Love Hill and Gully growing up it was a must .Whoever didn’t have a TV had to find a neighbor who had . It was a must watch young and old could relate to some aspect of it . Rich Culture Carey Robinson and crew Thanks much, much!!
lester smith She sounds like a welsh woman.Its possible that she may come from a welsh background whose parents settled in Jamaica from Wales.The singer Bonnie Tyler has a similar throaty accent as this lady.
Mrs Matalon is the splitting image of my Grandmother in every respect, also born in 1911 and lived to 102 years old. This documentary is marvelous. You hear her talk of Mrs Muchett, that is also family to me. Also Mrs Stockhausen she speaks of is another family member. This is unreal. ( Stockhausens were from Trelawney where my Grandfather is from. ) Would you believe that Charles Matalon is one of my good friends. This must be his grandmother or Grand Aunt. The similarities are uncanny. And would you believe that the school she speaks of, St Andrews, my Aunt worked there for 40 years.
That lady is on point speaking the TRUTH...I can concur and have driven those streets in Kingston and rode the number 14 JOS bus which ran along the streets and area she mentioned...A KEPT WOMAN..correction LADY..
3:53, omg that's my buddy! I know his Dad is Jamaican and they were prominent Jewish Jamaicans but to hear her say their last name out of nowhere was quite shocking. "The Lindos," that was unreal.
Interesting to learn that Stanton Terrace was named off Stanton District in St. Thomas. As a child growing up on Stanton Rd. in the district of Spring Garden in St. Thomas, I was very familiar with the Matalons' home in Stanton. Knew this lady and Ivy Matalon. They were involved with the Girl Guides and Brownie movement. Isaac (Zacky) Matalon; her husband was Custos of St. Thomas.
You get to meet and hear from them in parts 2 and 3. They are friends of Mrs Matalon. Some met and worked with her through the Girl Guides movement, others through working with her family and/or husband.
People thinks that all Jamaicans say “ya mon” far from it. I have Jamaican friends who would be offended if someone would say “ya mon” they thinks you are making fun at them.
If you look at the “white” families in Jamaica they are still extremely segregated. I’ve always thought it was weird that people live in a country with 92% black people and still have a family that’s all white or all Indians or all Chinese.
A lot of the white Jamaicans who settled on the island were of German,english,Scottish and welsh ancestry so it’s a possibility she may come from a welsh or Irish background.Remember she is a direct descendent of the colonizers.
That has always been my impression of the interviewer. He asked ridiculous, irrelevant questions on the show. I am amazed he was allowed to host that show for as long as he did.
