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This is a major problem with Jamaican culture, they just don't know how to or refused to preserved history. How can the Ward theater still be in disrepair. What a shame!

Rialto was not on slipe road

This lady was so classy and eloquent in how she put herself over ...sounds like she was a debutant in her time i really enjoyed this .....😊

This lady enjoyed sweet Jamaica and she is still looking great !!!! I remembered in Old Harbour where I grew up in the late 70s we had Dowa theatre and then the Glendon Court theatre muscled in on the business !!! It's so true, people did not have TV and video players and that is why during the eighties to watch anything released out of Hollywood, we simply had to go to the theatre, because hardly anywhere else to go so movie theatres was big business back then !!! So a man who had the means to acquire a TV & video player could also rent the cassettes from businesses doing the rental or get this from overseas in America, make money by setting up a little shop on his house and charge people who would come by to his little shop as patrons to watch movies !!!

Beautiful Jamaica way back when, a child could walk alone without worrying, hitch a ride without fear. I remember going to a drive In back in the 50s as a kid. I’m sorry, but life was better before .

Looks like Jamaica was a great ,safe place to live before independence

I was born in the 70s listening to all the good days. I really enjoyed listening these stories. Thanks for sharing love it ❤️❤️🇯🇲🇨🇦🙏🙏.

This is vintage history. The nostalgia is so overwhelming. My first connection with any of these premier theatres of Jamaica, began with the initiative of our School principal, Miss Mac. When you say Jamaica dance festival she oozed it! The committment, the energy! When we went to finals, we qualified to perform at the legendary Ward Theatre. Hats off to the creators of this space!

The 50s was my time, I went to every cinemas in Kingston sometimes I would go to two cinemas in one night. Those were wonderful times.

I grew up in the 1970ties on Melrose ave across from Ritz on Maxfield Ave. Every sunday night my grandmother would let us go Ritz. 3 movies showing we were little, so we left after the second. Bolo, red rose, white rose, trinity, Saturday night fever, every karate movie i saw at Ritz. We went to Regal to watch King Kong. Saturday morning, we went to Carib to watch Matinee and, of course, go to tastee at Cross Road to buy Patty before going home. We were young, and we felt safe. I still love my movies.

In the70s students used to be taken to the Carib and Regal theatres to watch movies based on literature texts.

Just came across your channel, interesting ❤❤❤

I have goose bumps when this lady talking about all the good things about Jamaica she reminds me of my mom I love this lady she just like my mom

Although I was born in the 60s, I remember the good times in Jamaica. Those were the good and best days.

That was the Jamaica that we knows why can't we get back out sweet sweet Jamaica

I used to live on the edge of Richmond Park by Chisholm Ave and we could see the top of that outdoor theater on Maxfield Ave from the verandah. I also remember Pantomime on Boxing Day at Ward Theater.

I wish all those beautiful things could reverse back Jamaica was so beautiful and peaceful and so nice

I loved going to Ward Theater to watch Pantomimes and Root plays.

During the 60's all the community's in Kingston had their cinema, I lived in Denham Town, we had Ambassador in Trench town , Fats Domino perforned there, and Queens theater on Spanish Town road, those were the days.