JAMAICAN HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FROM THE 60S
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She didn't answer where the China dishes came from. Bone China was from England, I still have some pieces I took to Canada, my chimmy have pink flowers, we had a press in the kitchen which store grocies and everyday crockery made out of wood and mesh.
I’m from the enamel, Latrine, China cabinet and Crotchet era. Good times 😂❤❤
Happy days
The good ole days😅
Oh yes
This lady reminded me of my youth. I am 70 yrs old and I do remember all what she is saying. We had the cups and bowls we got when Jamaica got independence. They were heavy and strong. Each child in school would get a set. All those furnitures are still in my parent’s home. We take good care of them. They are our legacy.
Me too,I am the same age as you.
Delores, those were the best days. Let us not forget. Love this.
OOOh man she shake up mi memory bank,,oooh laawd man, mi even start sumell through the computer🤣🤣🤣. Even as a grown man 71 yrs old, the china cabinet is still in my grandparents home and my uncle's house. I cant remember really using any crockery from the cabinet, I think when my mother got married, my grandparents used them and that was it. While my grandparents were building their home/house my uncles(their children) would use what they call kerosene pan fi carry water from stand pipe fi full the drum pan dem. Note, the pan didnt contain any kerosene, they were cooking oil 5 gallon cans. Maaan I could go on on on, my grandma old Singer sewing machine is still there, the one with the string type belt, no one uses it, its just sitting there. My aunt had a four legged bath tub, (you'd be surprised how much an original goes for today), My wife and I stopped at an antique store in Albany California, I was soo surprised at the cost of those overhead toilet tanks...they demand big dollars. Ok let mi shut up.
We had a picture of of the queen and a picture of the queen and her husband
I broke a lot, nough licks for breaking
Who remember red oak? My dad put something in the outside toilet, it did not smell, my mom would red oak, polish and shine that toilet, scented flowers were planted around, beautiful, I would steel the condense milk and hide behind the latrine. We slept with all windows and doors open, we only close when it rains. That high bed was also a place to hide from beatings. I’m from St. Thomas. I miss my Jamaica .
Me we use it on the floor
@@deanprince4282 Yes, I prefer the lighter polish, when I clean our house as the eldest one I use to keep our map on the veranda and walk behind everyone rubbing the floor if it smeared .
Saw a lady in BK using it on her steps yrs ago, I stop to compliment her & told her of my memories using it on our floors n steps in JA!😇
My grandmother had a chimmy under every bed as well as a home sweet home lamp in all the rooms. We had to empty andwashthe chimney and lampshades everything morning then return them to the rooms at nights
I am 69 years old and living in the USA,I am a plumber by profession and during the early seventies I used to install these eary toilets you speake about ,the right name for them was high up toilet and l we would install the regular ones we now know today ,they were reffered to as low down toilets..
The high up toilets were more effecient against clogging because of the height of the water tanks from the bowl,This gravity fed pressure was very strong,hence these toilets would rarely get clogged as compared to the so called low down ones. The thigh up toilet tank was made from cast iron,this caused the flushing to be very noisy.
Thank you and your guest for this great programme.
Thanks for this insightful information
Jamaica was a very prideful society back then, Beautiful memories
Woolworth and Times Store had escalators I remember going to those Stores just to go up and down the escalators. ❤😂
@@lenah4160 Yes, I remember The Woodward on King Street I used to ride the escalator there but I don't remember time store think I used to go there with my grandmother but I don't remember it.
Me too and there are many more like us of course, sometimes we had to run security a come put we off...
Those were the good ole day's and I'm hoping and praying that our island of Jamaica will come back to what it was God's willing.
I am cracking up and at the same time suffering from nostalgia.
@@margueritadentonsuckram1172 You sound like my I get too excited speaking about my country, school and church ⛪️ days I don’t think 💭 I will ever grew old although I’m aging memory keeps me going
Cecile, in addition to the doily, please do not forget the figurines ( the porcelain big dog, and her 6 little puppies). Kareem we were not overdoing it, we were living the life, we had arrived, The homes were Architectural Digest beautiful in those days. Most of these neighborhoods had beautiful homes, Jones Town, Allman Town, Harbour View, Rollington Town, well kept ( nice gardens, with manicured lawns, verandahs where families lounged). Something happened to the Jamaican psyche, that sent us along a downward spiral, as it relates to our surroundings.We were very much into the aesthetics of our homes. We had beautiful communities that enriched us. So sad.
LOL how did I forget the porcelain dog
I remembered the big dog 🐩 and the six puppies.Lol ❤😂
I still have a porcelain dog set AND two porcelain cats!
LOL! I'M Cracking Up!
Those were the good days of Jamaica when families work together, in the home , yard and fields ,when every child had a chore, to 😄
Woolworth in Ochi had an escalator as well. Don't forget the plastic on the setee, Singer sewing machine. (Where it was a must to learn how to sew) the Pyrex dish, Tyga balm, coconut broon, and brush (I was the ''Hoover' 😅). St Mary good times.
Great point!
The people/trade people that made furniture are called Cabinet-Maker. Carpenters made houses, roof, door posts and windows. Cabinet Maker made doors and anything decorative, including assets and coffins. Sometimes the skills or occupation overlapped or the person may have been dual trained. My Grandfather was both.
remember Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books
Yes
Yes I use to read a lot of those books, I would get them from the school and public library in Annotto bay.
Oh what memories... I spend most summer days @ my local Library reading these classics, I just found some of them, don't forget " The Bobbsey Twins" book, I wished I had all my Comic books!☮❤😇📚
@@lunalea1250 Amen; I never read, but my sisters did
@@sillywabbit8504 Nice! 😇
I remember making crochets to decorate the house. Oh so beautiful.
My mom made those. I remember her washing them, starching them, then ironing them with that clothes iron heated on the coal stove. They came out nice a frilly and stiff!!😊
I used to take the JOS buses to school! My goodness! I'm flashing back😅
I still have a few crochet patterns I bought from Woolworths, and some sets of crochet using. I've taught my daughter and am teaching my grand daughters how
to crochet.
Please I'd love to see a trunk bed that linen was stored at the foot of the bed and also figarens there on shelves
I'm 52, and I grew up with a lot of these items and doing chores. I grew up in Westmoreland with my grandparents and cousins.
We had modern flush toilets. And the pull chain one in the maid quarters. And yes crochet and embroidery was popular. I am 66 going on 67. We were very fancy. British Boshey😊
Burglar bars did not get popular, unfortunately they became an absolute necessity.
I remember the "soldering man" that would ride by on his bicycle singing out "saudering" then the neighbours would come out with the items to be patched like the enamel mugs, metal wash pans, basins and so forth. All the ladies in my granny's circle & some of the younger girls who could crochet elaborate pieces, like swans, pineapple designs, hand towels edging and arm rests you name it. The Supervisory Nurses & Midwives(Sisters & Matrons) would wear very elegant hats with crocheted edges that would indicate their status. Going to Woolworth's in Cross Roads to purchase the most beautiful colours of Coats & Clarks crochet threads was always a treat! Kareem it's always great memories of the good old days when the lovely Cecile joins you. Next time I hope she'll talk about the Wardrobe , Dressing table & Washstand. We kept the enamel basin & water jug set on the Washstand.
This video brought me down memory lane. I grew up with some of the things mentioned although we were poor.
Those days were happy times for us now we have it all, and we are so very un happy God have mercy on us
who remember Elite Haberdashery on Princess Street . I beg your pardon, L.A.Henriques sold fine crystals, fine china and high end jewellery.Bone China was used for every day use, it was cheaper than fine china (the raw materials are different.)
My mama still has our baby cups and I’m 50 years old they keep everything 😂😂😂😂
I went to boarding school at 43Langston Rd in Vineyard Town we had the chain toilet but it was ceramic also telephone those were the good old days❤
Emily that school is no longer there it is now under construction they are putting up apartment building as we speak
Kareem, Jamaica in its hey days was a Jamaica of elegance, opulence, very , very upscale living . As a matter of fact, not only amongst the very wealthy, but
individuals who just had 9-5 jobs. lived lavishly (China cabinet, stereograms, gas stoves, washing machines, beautiful homes, swimming pools,etc).People strived to improve and upgrade. their living conditions.Moving on up was also our motto
My mother would tell us that in her days many children had to sleep on the floor under the bed, only adults slept on the bed; for the very poor in large households some adults even slept under the bed, that’s one of the reasons why I think the beds were so high.
Love this going down memory lane❤
I remember the JOS Bus they call Pattie pan 😅
Crochet was taught in school by the Home Economic class teacher. It was also taught at the 4Hclubs. Back then, children were illustrious- we didn't have any baff-hand pickney whey cant do anything. Boys and Girls were taught how to wash, cook, clean, iron, drive nail, milk animals, and sweep yard. Both genders fed the chickens and go look wood fe cook. Today day, pickney can't boil water, but I blame the parents. Some of these parents treat their children like beauty queens and paper doll. I'm 64, and all my grandchildren learn to do chore. They clean up the backyard. My 16 yr old granddaughter cooks like me, from just watching me in the kitchen. She cleans like me. I love her you see. My three sons can cook and iron well. Now they dont wash by hand, but if push comes to shove, they can. I still have my rims in my back yard.
To make the icecream they also would use coase salt along with the ice
Yes I am guilty of breaking a piece of crockery. I remember the fear of not knowing what to do after I broke it 😊
Thanks for the memories, I have a cabinet in my dining room that I store the crockeries in that I use. I have a breakfront in the living room with pretty crockeries in that I only dust and put back, those are for beautification. I am eighty years old. I have two mugs
The china cabinet you couldn't touch nothing in there if you do its over, only on special occasions you touch what in there
I just had a concert at church and I featured items from the past. I displayed pounds, 10 Shilling, 5 shilling paper, shilling, 2 shillings, tropence, penny, willy penny, tining lamp, grater, gene polish, floorbrush, crochet needle, jacks, enamel plate and mug, threadbag, old school hymnal, exercise books, I sang the National Anthem, National Pledge. I informed my audience about our national bird, fruit, dish, and tree. I talked about the way of life.
For example,boys played marble, flew kites at Christmas time, made and played with gigs. I went down memory lane and went into Jamaican life
Wow nice to know
There is a owrmanent exhibition at the Geffyre Museum in London where are displayed the west indian Living Room. And centre stage is the starched crochet doily for the centre table. Plus the pineapple ice bucket, coloured glass fish and blue-spot radiogram.
I am 44 and i do love those items the lamp the chimmy my mummy as some old plates even the independent plates from 1962 ,a center table before I was born, I am planning on restoring it ,lol
our homes were our palaces, and was treated as such. please do not call it over doing, it made sense in those days.
I remember Chimmy, Pail, Latrin , Morter, and Morter Stick. Broom, Coconut Brush, Wax to shine the floor. Two big tank in the yard. Coffee pulper, Cane juicer. Lots of chicken, and chicken cub. Cabinet in the dining room. Warrander dye red, floor shine and lots more. Four dogs are one cat. Do you remember moon shine night? Those were the days😊😊❤❤
My mom used the pail for the used baby nappies to soak.
We had the chain toilets(2) outside next to the shower outside pipe. We lived on Sutton Street, doors never locked & no burglar bars. Our living room was the veranda. TV stayed in the Dining Room & when it was time to watch, small tv table was turned to the veranda.
No concern about being robbed; I miss my beautiful, peaceful 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲.
and we thought we were poor, but we were so rich in spirit. we were HAPPY.
Left Jamaica at 6 years old, but I so remember all these things. Pit toilet and then the indoor toilet with the chain. This was Spanish Town. Love these memories. I come home often. Thanks for sharing ❤
She has described most things from my childhood..😍😍😍😍.
Sometimes, the Aliasses came from their behaviour or something that the do or enjoy doing..
I used to pay one cent for my bus fare to school on the Jamaica Omnibus Service and i knew satch windows they were huge beautiful.
This is real great memories and i really enjoy watching these videos thank you both.
She remind me of my grandmother days I am fifty six years old I have a plate it about one hundred and fifty years from my grand mom
My mother had the chain flushed toilet. I am now regretting upgrading the bathroom. We should have kept it.
My grandfather still have his.
went to the clay factory on a school outing from St Thomas in the 1960's. I had a bowl for the longest time that was given to me after the tour. this was one of the defected ones that they gives to student after the tour.
Wow! That production was my introduction to the theatre. First time i ever went to the theatre.
I was a student at Morant Bay High School and we were taken on a school outing to the Ward . I wish we would refurb that building. It's close to my heart. Great orogramme
Yes, I saw HMS Pinafore at the Ward Theatre.
York Pharmacy used to be in Half-Way-Tree, and I remember when they got air-conditioning, oh gawd. We used to go in there just to feel the AC.
I broke a cup and saucer and got wiping that I will never forget.
I find that this lady is very knowledgeable on the subject and I did learn the name of certain elements of our tools in the 60s . I was born in the parish of St James and then went Kingston in my early teens. In my household the boys took care of the animals, yard and fetching of water . The girls would clean the house go to the grocery. My mother would also wash cook and clean the everyday maintenance of our lives
My grandfather Mr Lowe worked at Henriqiez on King Street in downtown Kingston. He wore a grey uniform.
I loved high beds as I would hide from the John Canoe: the Devil with the 3pronged fork, Horse Head and the Belly Woman, couldn't stand them, I would scream and my cousin would rescue me. Yes, I remember Gilbert and Sullivan, when I was in high school I took part in this musical also the Pirates of Penzance and a couple more. I loved performing.
Oh, The Mikado was another. Came to Kingston while in high school to perform
@@user-ij4tw4uz1o My goodness! I used to run and hide when the Junkanoo was getting close to where we were watching the parade. Can't remember the time of year that would happen though. That part escaped my memory.
I can remember clearly lanaman's in almantown. We usually stop there on our way from school. My favorite candy (sweetie) was paradise plumb. Icy mint with the L in the middle wasn't loved by kids. Great days when love was our main virtue. Diesel, JOS, spring bed with kiya mattress, chimey, lamp, the toilet with the chain etc etc i know it all. Come a far way
My goodness. I remember all this. My favorite candy was Paradise plum. I have been searching for it the last couple years with no luck.
please do an episode on shopping downtown and especially on King Street back in the days ( King Street was our 5th Avenue, upscale shopping, selling European clothing, shoes)
Okay I will look into this. You can also check previous videos as we did cover some stores in downtown Kingston
Housing cleaning days, first you sweep the floor, then you wash the floor, then polish and finally shine the floor.😅
That is a lot LOL
I love this
Great video 👏👏 you could do a video on the stores and restaurants back in old days like the Van Dels, Batta, Times Store, Woolworth, Homelectric, Elite etc
I am from Kingston and I remember everything you guys talked about. Those were the good days
I always remember the Christmas jingle "all of your things are at Times Store the favorite store in town"🎶🎵
Very interesting. I worked at Times Store and you could buy fine China there. They were from U.K. I Have many memories at 90 years.was my job to wash the chimies every day got a licking when I forgot to return them before bedtime. This was in Westmoreland .
Love this history lesson the kids today need to learn the history
True
It was named Jamaica Ceramics. My late father worked there for many years until it was closed down. Was located in Twickenham Park , Spanish town. The cloth manufacturing company was named Arigunabo Textile Company. Located off Brunswick Avenue, in Spanish Town also. I’m from Spanish Town.
Thanks for this information
Yes, the textile factory was I think, my very first school trip. Never forgot it.
Traditional I am in to antique I am 60 give me all those old stuff
there was also the buffet , and please don't forget the wash basin. and the goblet, they use to keep it on the wash stand
If I remember correctly, this play was this in the 70s. I believe I watch it. I can still remember it.
Elite Haberdashery, Pink & Black Store Mile's Drugstore @ Parade. ........my these were the best of times .
When I migrated to the US, I bought a Condo Apartment with antique furniture. Among the pieces I have kept are mahagony China cabinet and matching server, high boy chest of drawers, and dressing table. I feel good to be part of history.
I see inamel cups in stores in America.
😂 Love This
Very Similar to Trinidad and Tobago items 🇹🇹 💜
Same Exact Things and Names
One Caribbean, One Love ❤💛💚
One Caribbean for real
I’m pass 60 and can remember a lot about Jamaica as well. I was eight years old in 1966 when the Queen Elizabeth 11 came to Jamaica at the time I was attending Providence Primary School in Liguanea.
Lawd gad😅, so many memories.
Those were beautiful times ❤
Story time about Brother Anansi, (Anancy) and Brother Tukuma stories. Duppy Stories about Rolling Calves,We were afraid of duppy big time
I enjoyed this video and hearing of the old-time stores like Issa and Henriquez.
Break front is known as a dresser, it's usually found in the kitchen.
Thanks for sharing
Dont forget it was a pail set which included a basin used to wash face.
Very true thank you for this reminder
Memba newport west where all the factòries was for the ladies espeçial dino michele linen and quilting bwòy it was joy seeing them espciaĺly on fridays payday
I remember when the truck would go around the community washing and cleaning the street with the big brushes revolving as it makes its way slowly through the streets of kingston. In the evening we loved to watch with our grand aunt on our walk then❤
Great point
I remember buying some of the things at azan store ,
back in those days every school inthe country side has a put toilet so ehen ee smaller one goes to the pit tiolet you have bigger girls that followv us for safty
Every Christmas we had to wash every piece of China ware,wash the doilies and starch the crochet ,it was treacherous but fun🤗
This lady reminds me of child hood growing in August Town I am same age as her remember all of that the only thing with my mom if I broke something she said one crosses is gone good mother all the way in canada those days were the best lo e my country visit every year may god bless ja and take everydestruction in charge in the might name of jesus of nazareth amen
I remember that woolworth had escalator.
The #13 JOS bus went from down town kings street to molynes road
Great man i tell you all the caribbean islands had the very same life style .Great video of long ago
There were also embroidery pillow cases and also table towels made from calico
I still maintain every thing I love one old style very old fashioned my embroidered tablecloth matching napkins and placemats, believe me I now live in the United States i tell my grand children about all the good old stuff
The toilet was called out house .All that both of you spoke about was in my time growing up in Jamaica.
Jamaica people smile the best in the world thay have 3 different smile am from st Thomas
I love this episode
A lady said you had to have $ to go to department stores in Jamaica. Downtown was posh. She told me about Nathan’s After independence people start selling on the streets
Then there was the iron that you heat on coal stove to iron your clothes
Lawd the kids’ screaming in background 😂
I have one of the chain toilet at my home now
This brought back so many memories of my Grandma! I also have a beautiful set of Doctor Bird embroidered Irish Linen placements from the Allsides workroom tjat my Godmother gsve us as a wedding present. Beautiful craftsmanship ❤
Thanks for sharing!
People were poorer worked hard and very classier to make where they lived looked welcoming and feel comfortable. China once came from England because Jamaica was British rule. English goods were sild . Time Store was a book store.
Woolworth on king street with the red stools
That was a treat trip from Spanish town to Kingston for malted milk and patty
I would best describe a breakfront is a combination of a cabinet and buffet (sideboard). They were often in the dining room. the breakfront had glass to the top and cupboards to the bottom. The cabinet is mostly glass, with maybe a row of small drawers to the bottom.
The enamel mug was poor people’s china. It was patched using a metal by the name of Sauda, which is a coiled soft silver metal and it’s heated on fire , then it becomes liquified
Jamaica Textiles if I am correct was Lightbourne"s place in Maypen where they screen printed by hand. I toured the factory in 1974.
I remember Trif-hylton on Kings Street - every colour of crochet and embroidery thread all displayed chromatically. Such a shame the things we have lost.
This is so interesting.
Blessings...thanks much
Chocolate tea in the enamel mug
I rememmber when the children went to Sabina Park to see the queen. I did not saw her because i was small and they only take afew of the bigger children. A man use to go around and solder chimmy and mugs, and sometime they also handle the condense milk can to drink our tea. I use make grills learning trade on Spanish Town road in the sixties that was only to pretty up the rich peoples house.
mostly in Barbicon, Red Hills and those places.