The good ol' Jamaican days
Let your mind take you back to those days ...
At primary school:
an icy mint was 1 cent
a fudge was 5 cents
free vegetable patties
free cow's milk, cherry milk
free uniform material
Walking through the malls on Constant Spring Road at Christmas with the lighting sparkling.
The song "Arlene a musi dream yu deh dream"
Far less crime and poverty
Ring Ding when it was in black and white, or Colgate Cavity Fighters Club
Sunday Matinee in black and white
Running between the roller-coaster,
tilt-a-whirl, scrambler and bumper cars at Coconut Park.
J.O.S. buses
Paper for 50 cents.
"Hello, my name is Tamara Dobson -- even though you may know me as Cleopatra Jones."
The radio soap opera "Dulcemina". CeeBert
Toppsi and Epiphany nightclubs
A.P.I. TV programming, shortly followed by JAMAL Into the Light
When splinter was called glass bottle and mirror was looking glass
When travelling after SIX the only thing to be afraid of was DUPPY
When people went to parties to dance with each other and not to cut pose
When school children looked like scholars.
"The Fortunes of Floralee" radio soap opera.
"Please ah beggin' u sumting for my two children dem mam" ".... JUDY!!? ..JUDY SMITH, the maths brains from Primary school who used to help me?!"
Schools Challenge Quiz with Dennis Hall, or Dennis Hall for that matter.
Fun-For-All video game house.
Ina Pine's weather forecasts: Kingston, 85ºF and sunny; Montego Bay, 85ºF and sunny, Negril 85ºF; Port Antonio, 85ºF and sunny; Spanish Town, 85ºF and sunny; Mandeville, 70ºF and partly cloudy".
Skateland.
The New Market floods.
Shouting repeatedly at the tuck shop: "One patty an' coco-bread an' a box juice an' a drops!", until you were acknowledged.
Buying paradise plum, icy mint, sky juice, suck-suck or busta through the fence.
Black Heart man stories.
Anansi and Bredda Rabbit stories.
The Back Tax Axe TV commercials. "Lawd, Ah confused"...."Ello, Carltons.."
Shelly-Ann Jeans:
No one can, like Shelly-Ann.
When "Roaches" were the shoe fashion; a "Napoleon" was the hairstyle of choice for guys (who could grow enough hair).
"Big League Football" on Sunday
afternoons.
Peter Red and Peter Blue
The revolving Craven 'A' box at Tom Redcam Avenue and Old Hope Road
The Kentucky 'turtle' building in Cross Roads
Getting up Harry? Yes ma,....... Laaad a feel peckish!!!
When "T" shirt was called ganzee and soda "airated wata".
Maskita one, maskita two, maskita jump inna hot callaloo.
In the middle of a fight "HOT PATTY, HOT PATTY box it nuh if yu brave".
"I'm a Horlicks kid, soon I'll be Horlicks big..."
Pass the dutchie pan di lef' han' side...
King Kong kisko pops and cherry milk.
"Spider man, spider man, does whatever a spider can."
"Love is all I bring, inna mi khaki suit an ting" Uptown Top
Those were the days, ta ta and tek care. (Please see '40 ideas for Jamaica' in the Lifestyle section)
