Shortwood Teachers’ College was established on the 28th of September 1885 to train female teachers resulting from the development programmes of Governor Sir John Peter Grant. It was then called the Jamaica Female Training College. In June 1887,...
A family from Manchester named Nash has made a great contribution to promoting and developing Jamaica’s cultural heritage both at the national and international levels over 170 years. The story is that, in the late 1830s, three brothers, George,...
Norman Washington Manley (1893-1969), national hero of Jamaica, chief minister, premier, and founder of the People’s National Party and the National Workers’ Union, acquired Drumblair Pen in 1924 when he was a barrister-at-law. He sold it in 1927...
