Who remembers the old station road which is now almost completely covered up, certainly at the entrance by the police station?

I don't know when it was abandoned but I do recall when as children we could still use it as a short-cut up to the station.

I also remember that there used to be a health clinic located on that road to which we used to be taken for vaccinations and other treatments as little children. Is that building still standing?

Would love to hear any of the 'ole time' stories relating to this road.

I recall having to go to the Treasure Beach post office to collect mails and that was the shortcut used. It was pretty rough but any shortcut could help the tired legs. Really nostalgic. Oh for those good ole days. I always say those who never lived in that era missed out on some real good sometimes bad times but nevertheless good talking about now, compared to what's happening now.

Good post Nostalgic. I trod that road few times as a youth. Anyone knows why it was abandoned for the more winding road we now use?

I remember that road very well, that house was there a few years ago, I think someone was living there. I remember one special day, my mom took me to the Doctor in Black River, and we came back on that Bus that used to stop at the corner of the Police Station, and I remember it was going to rain, and we decided to walk through that road, and OMG! I slip and fell so many times before we reached out on the main road down by Mr. Albrie. I will never forget that evening. And there was a Water Tank up there where we used to go for water... Those were some DAYS... It was such a long walk to that Tank, and to walk down that road wasn't a easy walk...It's so good when we can just sit and refresh those old days, and be thankful for what we have, and where we are today...Nuff love & respect.

The house was owned by Miss Uni.I think she was one of the telegram carriers along with Maas Isaac and Maas Sarjan(Ms.Carro's husband).
I don't know how true this is but I once heard that Miss Uni was related to the popular song writer/composer Boris Gardner.

I remembered when the Post office was burnt down we had to use pedro plains and bwoy that little road came in handy walking from sandy bank to and fro especially de going up. Bwoy such fun days. If only we could rewind.

speaking of telegram people OMG those people had to walk so far to deliver telegrams. I was born in the 70"s and mot to disrespect anyone but i remember "suga" that was the only name I knew. Does anyone else know of her.

Her name is veronica but they call sugar bag.

Is she (Veronica) still around?

and Ketchy Bus? what became of him.

I remember as a young lad my grand father mold a huge cotton tree to make a canoe. This was in the
Mountainside area. This was placed on a cart
drawn by mules. When they they reach the old station road (the new road was not yet in place)they
had to tie the cart to a tree with a huge rope and
then let it down the hill a little at a time or else you can imagine what would have happened coming down that steep hill.

It is recolletions like yours that put things into perspective Bowl. It's a lesson of ingenuity, of making do with what we have, and of how we got here. I've heard tales of how physically strong Maas Joe was , and your story makes me feel so much pride in those good people who came before us. Thanks for sharing.

Does anyone know why the new road was cut and this one abandoned? I sometimes wonder whether the old one was better, but I don't have the answer to that. I just know that in recent years the existing road has been badly damaged quite a few times by torrential rains, suggesting that it was not properly engineered.

Suga and ketckie bus and doing well

That was the question I posed before Nostalgic. I'd really love to know the history behind that decision.

The old Station Hill road was almost impossible for cars and trucks to navigate, especially after a shower of rain. The road bed was almost solid flint rock and could not hold the gravel that was used in those days. The new road around it was indeed poorly engineered. Miss Uni Powell's house was at the bottom of the hill, and she was the aunt of Ivan,Leo,and other Powells in Lennans Wood.
Vaccination of babies used to take place in the police station.
Things have improved considerably over the years and Treasure Beach has moved into the current century.

Cousin Ray,
Thanks for the explanation re. the original "Station Road." I recall walking through it when my (grand) Aunt Pindy (AKA, Emily Moxam Swaby)lived there. It was so filled with loose rocks one could indeed slip and break one's nether regions!
As far as the vaccinations, I don't recall the era of the station house as venue for vaccinations. That would've been before my time. However, I do recall the house near Maas Aubrey's where I, in the late '60s as a 12/13 year-old girl took my baby sister (Lorna Moxam)for shots and check-ups. Children of my generation (born 1950s to early 1960s were vaccinated at the old primary school, now used as the Basic School campus across from Uncle Andrew's.
I miss the old days. As Loretta Lynn sings in "Coal Miner's Daughter," of her upbringing in Rural Kentucky, "We were poor but we had love...." Everyone looked out for everyone else. Charley Pride, another great country singer, says in one of his songs )"Burgers and Fries"), "It was simple and good back then," (in reference to the simplicity of his youth), that too is how I feel about the Jamaica of my youth. Change is good, but not all change is for the better.

I REALLY LOVE TO READ WHAT EVERY ONE HAVE TO SAY WHO REMENBER SWIN SWIN WHO USE TO CARRY TELEGRAM

I knew him as "Swing Swing", what did you know him as?

SWING, SWING.

Maas Issac???