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PHOTO FLASHBACK: From the album of Westmoreland’s past

Published:Friday | August 27, 2021 | 8:10 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production
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SUGAR RULE HERE – and the record remains – a derelict bit of equipment and the foundations of a factory building on Bluecastle Estate.
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WEATHERED TIMBERS make up an old shop on Great George Street, Savanna-la-Mar.
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MANNINGS SCHOOL: In 1710, Thomas Manning made a unique gift to the parish of Westmoreland. He left 13 slaves with land and produce of a pen in Burnt Savannah and cattle, to endow a free school in the parish. The school was incorporated in 1738. The name Mannings is synonymous with the parish of Westmoreland.
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RELICS OF THE BUSY ERA: Remains of the sugar factory on the Bluecastle Estate which was one of the largest of its kind in Westmoreland, before the establishment of Frome, WISCo.
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The history of Westmoreland is long and storied. Outside of having the second oldest high school in the Western Hemisphere, the parish accounts for a great many firsts and once led the country, in terms of earning, belying the more quiet, serene position it now holds on the North Coast. These images from 59 years ago provide quite the history lesson.

Published August 1962

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