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#AToZChallengeJamaica: H is for Hellshire

June 9, 2016

In the 1980s, Hellshire was the playground of uptown Kingston. Every Saturday morning, a phalanx of UWI lecturers sunbathed and gossiped on wooden benches at the top. Lower down, families played together. We waited for the fishing boats to come in, bought fish and took it home. What a life! All that is gone now, … More #AToZChallengeJamaica: H is for Hellshire

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