@@Armed-Forever what do you mean,if you look at recent videos of Downtown Kingston and it's waterfront you can see the old buildings have been well cleaned and maintained and rehabilitated in the last few years,our people are doing a good job at this
@@Lee247Jamaicahe just talks a lot about things he knows nothing about. Ask him where he lives. He could live in a town with absolutely no sense of community
@@williamgeorgelopezjunior8533he's talking the truth. This is why Jamaica can't get any better because of people like you who gets offended by the truth. When I was growing up in the 70s Jamaica was alot more cleaner than it is today
I lived there from 1957 to 1965. What wonderful memories. If the producer could add captions telling us what streets are being shown, that would be very helpful.
That's how I remember Jamaica as a very young child. My mother took me to the parade to see the lighting of the Christmas tree. I'm going to church on Christmas morning then to have a swim at the beach near the airport. Goose and Ham for Christmas Dinner, then visiting family close by. I used to be able to see the giant drive in cinema screen form inside our gate and sometimes being taken to see a movie there where we sat in the car and had snacks served at the window of our car. I still remember that. It was a very nice place to live then.
You would have been able to walk the streets and not fear someone would kill you. That is not to say people never had their fights and a killing here or there, but it was extremely rare. One of the main crimes that happened in those days was someone entering your home when you are away to steal, and it did not happen often. And believe me when I say hardly anyone locked their doors. The police did not carry guns because there was no need for it. Overtime, all that gradually changed - notably in the 70s.
@@dakg8034We winter in Jamaica for over 49 Years and although some things are Getting better, Society Morals especially young people have sunk to an all time low! So very sad!
Gosh! Wondereful image quality and colour. My mother used to work with Hanna stores at Hanna's 31 just below the original BNS building in the late 1940s and early 50's. Great to see all the cars I knew as a teeneager. Wonderful memories of my youth. Thank you very much. More please!
This was recorded early 60s between 61- 64 im very familiar with those set of Jolly Buses .Those are the 2nd batch of G buses that came 59-62 along with the A bus which is the short version of the G bus. The 3rd set of G buses came 63-66 with lighted billboards over their windows.The more modern looking L series came in 67 during Commonwealth games, this was the 1st real modern bus with big wrap around windshield then 68-69 , with larger route display.. The L bus is still considered the best looking bus ever came to jamaica.love seeing the good old jolly buses till this day.
Robert Campbell That’s incredible. I was born in 1993, so that’s a part of day to day life I’ve never had a chance to experience. Music and technology has revolutionised the world so much since then. And sports have advanced as well.
This streets were all clean. My parents were born in the 60's and I was born in the 80's. My parents told me it looked clean perfect in the 60's. In the 80's, I was a kid and these streets looked just okay where I used to be in Kingston.
Alot of these classic cars were lost to old age and believe it or not , returned to their original home in America because they were seen as collectables
You are looking at downtown Kingston, not the hood like trench town where I lived, but even then the ghetto was a wonderful place to live, when you have money you criss, crime was not a big deal
Boo, its because the brits took all the money with them. places like these are manicured and well kept with funds and free labor . which jamaicans were not paid for back then. y'all have some damned nerves to be looking it as if the place is derelict because folk don't care. Y'all need yalls ass whooped for that colonial nostalgia , retarded ass bunch.
My father left Kingston aged 15 in 1955 for a new life in England. Married aged 21. His father, Mr Shaw owned a hardware shop in King street, Kingston Jamaica. One Love Jamaica 🇯🇲
Believe it or not ,some of these original J.O.S buses are still around but people used them as houses. One is beside my aunt's house in bull bay Fleet number ' L 99 .My father used to drive these buses back then
My parents weren't even born yet,,,, no traffic lights 🚦,, a police in the center directing traffic,,, imagine if I time travel to the 50s , they would know instantly I'm from the future
When I Look at the grocery stores too Many sweeets, too Many Varieties of sift drinks and too Many Future Diabetes candidates walking the streets! Schools need to implement Nutrition and Fitness Programs!
That's King St between Tower St & Barry Street .My father was driving J.O.S buses back then.13 ,6,60,& 2 .The bus that you looking at is the legendary G bus without the lighted billboard which came 1959 -62 followed by 63- 66 models with lighted Billboard's over the windows.The more modern looking L bus which came after it is the very 1st bus came to Jamaica with a large wrap around windscreen.Jamaica was.sooo nice back then as a kid growing up.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
@@PHlophe And what difference does it make if "downtown" is an American word? How does that affect or relate to the main theme of "hothead's" observation?
U born 1997 I out school 2003. How can u tell ppl that is bay crime u see lol ur just. 6yr old in 2003 ur just kids wen I out high school. U dont know nothing about the street. But I understand wat u trying to say has ur age goes by u may see a little crime and dead body 😂
@@PHlophestfu, we been using the word downtown for ages, uptown and downtown in Jamaica are the names of the classes we have here, nobody asked an American to intervene with bs
JOS buses, Yellow cabs, and vintage cars... looks exactly footage from the James Bond 'Dr. No' movie. Old Jamaica under the stewardship of Her Majesty's government was much better than what Jamaica has now become. The country was clean, people had values and pride of self and community, even people who were poor could afford to live and eat well. Now Jamaica is rife with corrupt politicians, murder, robbery, rape, slackness, materialism, class divisions and extreme poverty. The white English and American folks who ran most of the country back in the day actually did a good job of it. Look how pristine downtown Kingston was and how decently people carried themselves about the day. There's not even one bit of trash on the streets! Compare that to downtown Kingston now... Colonialism in the early post slavery days was terrible because the mixed, light skinned Jamaicans had more and better opportunities than the dark skinned ones. But that had begun to change in Jamaica by the 1950s though it continues even now in most other parts of the Western world. Independence was a nice concept on paper, but it didn't turn out that well for Jamaica at all. There isn't one remaining British territory that is doing as badly as Jamaica is right now.
Indeed! Back then, no school had to close down because of violence in the surrounding communities. There was law and order. Soon after Independence, the garrison politics introduced the gun violence. It's been downhill ever since for Jamaica.
@@JoyHarrisonJamaica could become a British Overseas Territory, but how would that happen? The problem is that taxpayers in UK pay a lot of money that goes to Jamaica annually, and yet there is a large Jamaican community in UK, notorious for being involved in drugs, crimes, murder and rape. Imagine with me that Jamaica is the only country that has King Charles at the helm of power, yet they cannot enter UK Without a visa! All of this can be overcome, but the problem is that Jamaicans really hate UK and always insult UK, and this provokes the British people.
@@user-hh8yc9eb2k The greedy, selfish, corrupt politicians in Jamaica are moving towards becoming a republic. They want complete control of Jamaica. It means more power for them. Can you imagine how much more corrupt they'll become? It's too late for Jamaica to become a British Overseas Territory. It's more likely to fall under China's rule than to become a BOT.
Those days almost 80 percent of Jamaican were illiterate 70 odd percent have no land only the upper class who was white or almost white could go to high school or college get a job in office or official job the killing and mass arrest of rastafarian was common. Jamaica still swear Alegent to queen Elizabeth and king Philip
That police officer directing traffic.....I wonder with these nowadays driver , taxi and minibuses what would happen Streets are clean,,,, looking like king street in downtown Kingston back in the day
@@BKL63PRODUCTIONS Some cars tend to gain value and desirability with age, so it's fair to ask if none of them survived to be high dollar collectibles....Jamaicans have no perception of intrinsic value, that's why our country is raffled off to foreigners who create immense wealth off our culture. Cars aren't appliances to me they're a piece of history.
Donovan Wallace I here that, but I guess more old cars survive when there are no modern ones to replace them. Cuba is prime eg of this.. Yes but I know what you saying a lot of us don't values preservation. The whole of Ja is littered old building that will worth more if they were restored.
This area now is a disaster and a mess. A jamaican YTer called this out (using before and after footage ) and called out jamaicans for letting the place look like it was intended for dogs.
Yes this is definitely Jamaica downtown King St. but some of the other stuff you are sending out saying its Jamaica other Caribbean islanders is saying its their island.
@@Armed-ForeverWhat have you contributed to its cleaning and maintenance? Its rehabilitation and revitalization project? Are you on that committee at present? Are you one of the business owners that have invested in the area? Craasis 🙄
I think that, overall, Jamaica should have stayed under British rule. Can you imagine if Jamaica were still using the British dollar instead of the $J? I know that things weren't perfect in colonial Jamaica. In fact, it was especially hard for dark-skinned Jamaicans. The main college education they could access was the teachers' colleges. Some like my aunt were fortunate to get scholarships to study in England. Back then only light-skinned Jamaicans could work in the banks and in civil service jobs. The dark-skinned ones were largely relegated to field work and jobs as maids. However, with time the colorism would have lessen even if we had remained under British rule. More career paths would have opened up to dark-skinned Jamaicans. This has happened in the Caribbean Islands that remained British and French territories/protectorates.
@@fivestar000 Slavery was abolished in Jamaica long before Independence in1962. The people in Turks & Caicos, and Martinique are not slaves/disadvantaged and their islands aren't independent of England and France respectively. The leaders in Jamaica then and now had/have no clue how to run a country. Once Jamaica gained independence, it was bound to end up with a high crime rate and economic hardship.
@@Armed-Forever Thank you for not being afraid to say it too. Jamaica was handed over to novices who knew nothing about actually governing a country. It remains that way to this day. These unfit leaders introduced garrison politics (something the British didn't do and wouldn't have done) and all hell broke loose with the violence. Look at all the brutal dictatorships that arose in post colonial Africa. Black leadership certainly looks undesirable for sure.
bowy things n time change enuh...jamaica coming from a far place to present now...n look where are today...of to ask ur self if this life time real....end of time signs n wonder
This doesn't show all the (mostly rural) rural people living in squalor - without any access to education or healthcare facilities and living in wattle and daub huts. The colonizers lived well on the back of the poor.
Squalor? Back then, people took pride in the little they had. Yes, there were the poor, but they certainly didn't live in squalor. The 'colonisers' as you refer to them have been replaced by corrupt Jamaican MPs, that have turned the present day island into a pit of misery, violence, deception, class-oriented, and wanton.
The Black politicians are living well off the back of the poor currently. They haven't treated them any better than the white colonizers. Garrison politics started the crime and violence in post colonial Jamaica which has led to the dangerous conditions now. So yeah, the Black leaders haven't treated their fellow Black people better than the white colonizers did.
Did you ever regret getting independent…. Look at French Polynesia… people there got French passports, all benefits from France, free healthcare and education…. All social support You would be the same under British… was it worth it
For some the good old days when 8o percent of Jamaican was illiterate 70 percent have no land only upper class white or almost white have access to high school or college rastafarian was been arrested and killed racism was still very open in Jamaica
Jamaican was so clean
For real now downtown is dirty
jamaicans just don’t care
@@Armed-Forever what do you mean,if you look at recent videos of Downtown Kingston and it's waterfront you can see the old buildings have been well cleaned and maintained and rehabilitated in the last few years,our people are doing a good job at this
@@Lee247Jamaicahe just talks a lot about things he knows nothing about. Ask him where he lives. He could live in a town with absolutely no sense of community
@@williamgeorgelopezjunior8533he's talking the truth. This is why Jamaica can't get any better because of people like you who gets offended by the truth. When I was growing up in the 70s Jamaica was alot more cleaner than it is today
I lived there from 1957 to 1965. What wonderful memories. If the producer could add captions telling us what streets are being shown, that would be very helpful.
I recognize king street in one of them
King Street - Barclays Bank on the corner that bank stayed it seems for many years as I left school in the 80s and it was still there.
Wow. So amazing. If I could choose to reborn, I would want to be bored in your time to experience the history.
Mostly King St. in downtown Kingston. The beach is Gunboat beach going towards Norman Manley Airport or Port Royal.
@@katasmall505 That's the intersection of King St & Barry . Barclays Bank is at this intersection.
That's how I remember Jamaica as a very young child. My mother took me to the parade to see the lighting of the Christmas tree. I'm going to church on Christmas morning then to have a swim at the beach near the airport. Goose and Ham for Christmas Dinner, then visiting family close by. I used to be able to see the giant drive in cinema screen form inside our gate and sometimes being taken to see a movie there where we sat in the car and had snacks served at the window of our car. I still remember that. It was a very nice place to live then.
Look how Jamaica was so nice and clean...original 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
As a 17 year old I would have enjoy living in these day like wow look at the place
You would have been able to walk the streets and not fear someone would kill you. That is not to say people never had their fights and a killing here or there, but it was extremely rare. One of the main crimes that happened in those days was someone entering your home when you are away to steal, and it did not happen often. And believe me when I say hardly anyone locked their doors. The police did not carry guns because there was no need for it. Overtime, all that gradually changed - notably in the 70s.
@@dakg8034We winter in Jamaica for over 49 Years and although some things are Getting better, Society Morals especially young people have sunk to an all time low! So very sad!
I know there have been rough times (still ongoing) between then and now but times look better then than now!
While the place looked nice and tidy, the system wasn’t.
Gosh! Wondereful image quality and colour. My mother used to work with Hanna stores at Hanna's 31 just below the original BNS building in the late 1940s and early 50's. Great to see all the cars I knew as a teeneager. Wonderful memories of my youth. Thank you very much. More please!
It looked better back then than it does today.
yh cuz it was under white control, white leadership is unmatched, black leadership is the worst,
Back wen ppl used to die of old age
I wish I could have been there to see all this beauty.
The place was soo clean
This is the Jamaica I left in 1959
Yet you still left...
@Alyssa Williams kmt
A nice time and place to have lived. Well looked after as well 🙂
This was recorded early 60s between 61- 64 im very familiar with those set of Jolly Buses .Those are the 2nd batch of G buses that came 59-62 along with the A bus which is the short version of the G bus. The 3rd set of G buses came 63-66 with lighted billboards over their windows.The more modern looking L series came in 67 during Commonwealth games, this was the 1st real modern bus with big wrap around windshield then 68-69 , with larger route display.. The L bus is still considered the best looking bus ever came to jamaica.love seeing the good old jolly buses till this day.
Robert Campbell
That’s incredible. I was born in 1993, so that’s a part of day to day life I’ve never had a chance to experience.
Music and technology has revolutionised the world so much since then. And sports have advanced as well.
@@Mike-jv9cl My father drove those original Jolly buses fr mid 50s - early 70s those town was town.
By the British Scotland and England 1st
This brings tears to my eyes
Surprisingly good quality!
35 mm film the best
Jamaica was way cleaner than today, man I wish I was borned in these times. But now Mobay is like New York.
Only in Jamaica during the 1950’s and 60’s where you’ll see British and American cars on road at the same time.
Wow look at jamaica then to now.
I guess British rule wasn't so bad after all.
don’t talk bad bout my country 😒
Now, de whole a de place a mash up.
@Detta Wellbad what did they say?
@@2011Savere we didn't want to leave Britain in the first place, they lost their cash cow India and that's why they had to let us go .
This streets were all clean. My parents were born in the 60's and I was born in the 80's. My parents told me it looked clean perfect in the 60's. In the 80's, I was a kid and these streets looked just okay where I used to be in Kingston.
Alot of these classic cars were lost to old age and believe it or not , returned to their original home in America because they were seen as collectables
You are looking at downtown Kingston, not the hood like trench town where I lived, but even then the ghetto was a wonderful place to live, when you have money you criss, crime was not a big deal
Boo, its because the brits took all the money with them. places like these are manicured and well kept with funds and free labor . which jamaicans were not paid for back then. y'all have some damned nerves to be looking it as if the place is derelict because folk don't care. Y'all need yalls ass whooped for that colonial nostalgia , retarded ass bunch.
well, this is really an archive because Jamaica will never be this clean again.
My Dad left Kingston Jamaica in 1956, he didn't want to leave and thought England would be boring.
My father left Kingston aged 15 in 1955 for a new life in England. Married aged 21. His father, Mr Shaw owned a hardware shop in King street, Kingston Jamaica. One Love Jamaica 🇯🇲
Bruh Jamaica move in the opposite direction man! This Jamaica look awesome
Jamaica 🇯🇲 beautiful
Look at Jamaica when Britain was ruleing
i am in 50s know. nice to see how jamaica look so nice and peace full. i remeber the j o s bus from the 70s🏝🏖🌅
Believe it or not ,some of these original J.O.S buses are still around but people used them as houses. One is beside my aunt's house in bull bay Fleet number ' L 99 .My father used to drive these buses back then
Just beautiful. 😊
Everything looked so perfect. And that maid walking in the end.
All you could see was lots of care for everything.
Jamaica should get back to those days
have to send back in the british.
yep ikr
@@2011Savere white leadership is unmatched
I want to learn about Jamaica 🇯🇲 the history, Traditions , & Culture . I ❤ 🇯🇲 food alot
Beautiful
My parents weren't even born yet,,,, no traffic lights 🚦,, a police in the center directing traffic,,, imagine if I time travel to the 50s , they would know instantly I'm from the future
How nice and safe it was then .
How odd it is that persons were slim compared to today.
When I Look at the grocery stores too Many sweeets, too Many Varieties of sift drinks and too Many Future Diabetes candidates walking the streets! Schools need to implement Nutrition and Fitness Programs!
3:28 Habour street?
That's King St between Tower St & Barry Street .My father was driving J.O.S buses back then.13 ,6,60,& 2 .The bus that you looking at is the legendary G bus without the lighted billboard which came 1959 -62 followed by 63- 66 models with lighted Billboard's over the windows.The more modern looking L bus which came after it is the very 1st bus came to Jamaica with a large wrap around windscreen.Jamaica was.sooo nice back then as a kid growing up.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
My beautiful country
Lol I can't fathom Downtown being clean and safe, I was born in 1997 and I grew up seeing crime, poverty and blatant corruption
Babe, downtown is an american word.
@@PHlophe And what difference does it make if "downtown" is an American word? How does that affect or relate to the main theme of "hothead's" observation?
U born 1997 I out school 2003. How can u tell ppl that is bay crime u see lol ur just. 6yr old in 2003 ur just kids wen I out high school. U dont know nothing about the street. But I understand wat u trying to say has ur age goes by u may see a little crime and dead body 😂
@@PHlophestfu, we been using the word downtown for ages, uptown and downtown in Jamaica are the names of the classes we have here, nobody asked an American to intervene with bs
Seems like it was better back then than it is now.
JOS buses, Yellow cabs, and vintage cars... looks exactly footage from the James Bond 'Dr. No' movie.
Old Jamaica under the stewardship of Her Majesty's government was much better than what Jamaica has now become. The country was clean, people had values and pride of self and community, even people who were poor could afford to live and eat well. Now Jamaica is rife with corrupt politicians, murder, robbery, rape, slackness, materialism, class divisions and extreme poverty. The white English and American folks who ran most of the country back in the day actually did a good job of it. Look how pristine downtown Kingston was and how decently people carried themselves about the day. There's not even one bit of trash on the streets! Compare that to downtown Kingston now...
Colonialism in the early post slavery days was terrible because the mixed, light skinned Jamaicans had more and better opportunities than the dark skinned ones. But that had begun to change in Jamaica by the 1950s though it continues even now in most other parts of the Western world.
Independence was a nice concept on paper, but it didn't turn out that well for Jamaica at all. There isn't one remaining British territory that is doing as badly as Jamaica is right now.
Indeed! Back then, no school had to close down because of violence in the surrounding communities. There was law and order. Soon after Independence, the garrison politics introduced the gun violence. It's been downhill ever since for Jamaica.
@@Zeuswashington Britain has no reason to take us back. We wouldn't be profitable for them.
@@JoyHarrisonJamaica could become a British Overseas Territory, but how would that happen? The problem is that taxpayers in UK pay a lot of money that goes to Jamaica annually, and yet there is a large Jamaican community in UK, notorious for being involved in drugs, crimes, murder and rape. Imagine with me that Jamaica is the only country that has King Charles at the helm of power, yet they cannot enter UK Without a visa! All of this can be overcome, but the problem is that Jamaicans really hate UK and always insult UK, and this provokes the British people.
@@user-hh8yc9eb2k The greedy, selfish, corrupt politicians in Jamaica are moving towards becoming a republic.
They want complete control of Jamaica. It means more power for them.
Can you imagine how much more corrupt they'll become?
It's too late for Jamaica to become a British Overseas Territory. It's more likely to fall under China's rule than to become a BOT.
Those days almost 80 percent of Jamaican were illiterate 70 odd percent have no land only the upper class who was white or almost white could go to high school or college get a job in office or official job the killing and mass arrest of rastafarian was common. Jamaica still swear Alegent to queen Elizabeth and king Philip
'She's A Beauty'.
That's some interesting buses ya'll had in Jamaica
That's the legendary Leyland Olympic ,a.k.a the G bus .These buses were well built.
Yep, British Leland.
Before stop lights...
That police officer directing traffic.....I wonder with these nowadays driver , taxi and minibuses what would happen
Streets are clean,,,, looking like king street in downtown Kingston back in the day
Little boy was staring at the screen
Dam Jamaica yikes coming from this paradise to that caos today
Where are all these classic cars?
On my stove.
Replaced with modern ones. As is all over the world.
Chrome Federation stupid question.. Lol
@@BKL63PRODUCTIONS Some cars tend to gain value and desirability with age, so it's fair to ask if none of them survived to be high dollar collectibles....Jamaicans have no perception of intrinsic value, that's why our country is raffled off to foreigners who create immense wealth off our culture. Cars aren't appliances to me they're a piece of history.
Donovan Wallace I here that, but I guess more old cars survive when there are no modern ones to replace them. Cuba is prime eg of this.. Yes but I know what you saying a lot of us don't values preservation. The whole of Ja is littered old building that will worth more if they were restored.
remind me of a James Bond movie
Clean streets proper behavior. It’s the opposite now!
While the place looked clean and tidy, the system was not for everyone. But, I’m here for the comments.🇯🇲🇺🇸
Jamaica's all smashed up now.
The first on is where...HWT??
King street back then.
I miss those good old days, when🇯🇲National Pride🇯🇲Good Order and Discipline reigns🇯🇲
Huh? Those days there was no 🇯🇲, no “national” until 1962.
Bitter sweet
Even today its still looks clean
This area now is a disaster and a mess. A jamaican YTer called this out (using before and after footage ) and called out jamaicans for letting the place look like it was intended for dogs.
Impala 64 man dem a drive
The red & while car is infamous Ford Edsel .
Bro I wish I lived in Jamaica that time it’s muchhhhh better than Britain it’s always rainy and full of litter where I live :(
Look where we are now 💀
No potholes lol what’s up with that ?!
Damn my whole life been a lie. Had no idea this lil black Mecca existed. Now downtown looks like a Hiroshima bomb was dropped there 🥲
Dem Jamaicans is drivin’ hiney backwards you know what I’m sayin? PWG
Yes this is definitely Jamaica downtown King St. but some of the other stuff you are sending out saying its Jamaica other Caribbean islanders is saying its their island.
Jamaica land we love.
ISH
Looks better than nw lol
It still mostly looks the same today. Most of the buildings from that time are still there today.
It still looks the same?? Really??
looks dirty now
@@Armed-Forever your dirty
@@Armed-ForeverWhat have you contributed to its cleaning and maintenance? Its rehabilitation and revitalization project? Are you on that committee at present? Are you one of the business owners that have invested in the area? Craasis 🙄
I think that, overall, Jamaica should have stayed under British rule. Can you imagine if Jamaica were still using the British dollar instead of the $J?
I know that things weren't perfect in colonial Jamaica. In fact, it was especially hard for dark-skinned Jamaicans. The main college education they could access was the teachers' colleges. Some like my aunt were fortunate to get scholarships to study in England.
Back then only light-skinned Jamaicans could work in the banks and in civil service jobs. The dark-skinned ones were largely relegated to field work and jobs as maids.
However, with time the colorism would have lessen even if we had remained under British rule. More career paths would have opened up to dark-skinned Jamaicans. This has happened in the Caribbean Islands that remained British and French territories/protectorates.
@@Zeuswashington It's too late to go back now. Great Britain doesn't want us back.
no. being a slave is not it. the leaders are to be blame
@@fivestar000 Slavery was abolished in Jamaica long before Independence in1962. The people in Turks & Caicos, and Martinique are not slaves/disadvantaged and their islands aren't independent of England and France respectively.
The leaders in Jamaica then and now had/have no clue how to run a country. Once Jamaica gained independence, it was bound to end up with a high crime rate and economic hardship.
@@JoyHarrison well said, the leadership of jamaica is a joke, as with many black nations, 0 clue
@@Armed-Forever Thank you for not being afraid to say it too. Jamaica was handed over to novices who knew nothing about actually governing a country. It remains that way to this day.
These unfit leaders introduced garrison politics (something the British didn't do and wouldn't have done) and all hell broke loose with the violence.
Look at all the brutal dictatorships that arose in post colonial Africa. Black leadership certainly looks undesirable for sure.
bowy things n time change enuh...jamaica coming from a far place to present now...n look where are today...of to ask ur self if this life time real....end of time signs n wonder
What did the government do this place😢
This doesn't show all the (mostly rural) rural people living in squalor - without any access to education or healthcare facilities and living in wattle and daub huts. The colonizers lived well on the back of the poor.
Squalor? Back then, people took pride in the little they had. Yes, there were the poor, but they certainly didn't live in squalor. The 'colonisers' as you refer to them have been replaced by corrupt Jamaican MPs, that have turned the present day island into a pit of misery, violence, deception, class-oriented, and wanton.
The Black politicians are living well off the back of the poor currently. They haven't treated them any better than the white colonizers.
Garrison politics started the crime and violence in post colonial Jamaica which has led to the dangerous conditions now.
So yeah, the Black leaders haven't treated their fellow Black people better than the white colonizers did.
@@scottscott232, the colonizers were the most corrupt in morals and everything else. Remember, they were the enslavers.
the island would be as rich as the cayman if the" colonisers" didn't give jamaica its independence
No reggae no rasta no bomboklat
Reggae wouldn’t come until the 1970s
Look at the country how it was well beautiful.. N how many years later it looks like shit a big one thanks for been independent
It is still rich Ugly ass hole racist person.
Did you ever regret getting independent…. Look at French Polynesia… people there got French passports, all benefits from France, free healthcare and education…. All social support You would be the same under British… was it worth it
back when jamaica was under british control, now it’s a dump
It was not
@@familyjok1 62 it was free
Can you imagine how Jamaica would be better off if it were still using the British currency?
For some the good old days when 8o percent of Jamaican was illiterate 70 percent have no land only upper class white or almost white have access to high school or college rastafarian was been arrested and killed racism was still very open in Jamaica