At the moment I am particularly involved with something that happened in Jamaica in 1932 (two years before I was born!). Long ago I stored on my computer references to a remarkable 'Industrial Trade Exhibition and Fair' that took place on the Kingston Race Course in September of that year. Just recently I visited a similar exhibition at the National Arena, and I was prompted by my visit to look through the material I had gathered on that other Exhibition 80 years ago, and to check to see what had been written up about that event, and the remarkable group of Jamaicans who had organised it, much against the odds - the world was then in the grip of the worst depression ever, until the one we are struggling with now in 2012. Hardly anything has been written about that exhibition, as far as I can tell via my internet connection.
So - I am going to try to bring those days in 1932 back into the light of memory; I will try to put up a post at least once a week, revealing what was happening in relation to the planning of the Exhibition during the same week in 1932. There may be other news of the day which was worthy of note!
Mr. T. H. Beecher. the founder
and organiser of the All-Jamaica
Trade Exhibition and Fair.
Mr. Beecher was ever after known as 'Exhibition' Beecher
Back in September 1931 the promoters of the Exhibition and Fair had set out their aims in putting on their show:
The aims would appear to be just as applicable today as they were 80 years ago. Paul
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