"My aim in this book is to share these old photographs and a piece of our past with other Barbadians and visitors to the island. In doing so, a small and simple piece of social history has emerged. My own collection of photographs, made during my employment over many years in the rare stamp department of the philatelist, Stanley Gibbons, in London, together with pictures from the private collections of Dr. Karl Watson, Mr. Bill Ferguson and Mr. Peter Allard, form the nucleus of this book. The photos range from the earliest known photos on the island, from 1860 up to roughly, the end of the ... View More...
