GAMES CHILDREN PLAYED

The games of choice were:

Cloth Dolls

Jox on the Tombs

Hopscotch
Katterpul

Giggs

An Occasional Swim in the Hectors River
Bat and Ball (Cricket)
Tree Climbing
Recreational Reading

Holidays (Fun that kids looked forward to)
Church Concerts
School House Dances
Harvest Sales Day
Cricket sports day with neighboring District

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Craighead, Manchester - The Austins

HISTORY OF THE AUSTINS' FAMILY Craighead, Manchester, Jamaica, W.I. ♣♣♣♣♣ AUSTIN, WHITE and GRANT FAMILIES The Austin, White and Grant families can be traced back to the early 1800s in the parishes of Manchester and Trelawny, Jamaica . The main districts in which the families resided were Allsides, Warsop, Trelawny and Craighead, Manchester. Garden of the home in Jamaica where Esmie spent her days relaxing during the summers(1989-2010) Thomas White Father of James White James Horace White and Christina Priscilla McLeish-White Parents of Arabella White-Grant Arabella Grant Mother of Edward, Esmie, Clarence and Roderick ABOUT THIS BLOG Mercel & Esmie Austin Austin’s, Grant’s & White’s From Craighead, Manchester, Jamaica This blog was started as a reminder of the wonderful parents Mercel Austin and Esmie Merisa Grant-Austin were. ♣♣♣♣♣ Click to see Romance Novel - Passion and Fate Click To See Romance Novel - Disa

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