The Betty Black Blog

A continuation of my post from last month.
7. The multiple time zone clock was invented by a Jamaican.
In 1935, P. L. Huffstead, who worked for the New York Rapid Transit Company invented a “tell the time around the world clock.” The clock, which was installed in Grand Central Station,

From the hilltop mansions to the middle class ‘burbs to the poorest inner city room to the rural farmhouse: Sunday Dinner must be chicken and rice and peas. No social or cultural divide here.

Jerk is a Taino (native Jamaican people) barbeque which was adopted by the Maroons and the Buccaneers. In fact, the word barbeque is a Taino word. The word buccaneer or boucanier is derived from the French meaning “eater of smoked meat.”

Everyone is probably aware that our Lightening Bolt broke his own records in the recent World Championships: the 100m with 9.58 and the 200m with 19.19. Overall we took home 7 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze to end up just below the USA in total medal count. In the 2008 Olympics we sent a [...]

I’ve always had an interest in History and in my native country, Jamaica. This has led me to collect all sorts of interesting facts about Jamaica so for my very first post I thought I’d share some of them with you:
1. Jamaica has a prehistoric forest.