JAMAICA GREATEST ERA - JOS BUS SYSTEM
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- JAMAICA GREATEST ERA - JOS BUS SYSTEM
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Patty pan was lettered F . It was shorter than the A bus with the driver sealed off from the passengers . One was parked by my mother's house & they scrapped it . recently
She is talking the truth about Bun up . Brow.n suit and sweating. FACTS !.
After train h Bun up was still preaching in Montego Bay.
I'm trying to get some Classic Vehicle Clubs to make an effort to find one of these town icons hidden in the countryside & restore it back to its heyday & bring it to a classic vehicle show . Many older & young generations would love to see one of these foundation buses at a Classic vehicle show . J.O.S is a part of Jamaican Transport History . They should find & preserve one or 2 of these buses cause of their Historical Values .
Everything this lady is saying is pure facts, I work on the JOS Bus from 1967-1972, I am now living in the USA, but she bring back a lot of good memories.
Omg she looks really good 👍🏾 for 75 God bless her 🙌🏾
That's how people who take care of themselves look. There is no excuse to be old looking before you feel old.
I am in the twilight of my life. I just hope our people will again experience those halcyon days, in our sacred land. I am overcome with emotion when I think about our blessed land, our beautiful fourteen parishes. I wish our future generations well, just like I am grateful to our ancestors. Jamaica land we love.
I remembered those days of the JOS!🎉 Older person would remembered the tramp cars!!!
The conductors on the JOS were polite, spoke perfect English and qualified...
"Twilight of my life", that says it all
Those days, we respected and loved each other.
That’s when life was great in Jamaica, respect was the order of the day, we respected the drivers and conductors of the legendary JOS bus system,91 and 95 out of Duhaney park,the late 70’s early 80’s they had a express that went almost all around Kingston that pass through Duhaney Park as well,😢good old days, I believe I drove on a country bus once or twice in my childhood days, I tell you the scariest ride of my life😂roller coasters ain’t got ish on a Jamaican country bus, great old days, miss them so🙏🏾🇯🇲
Te bus tickets were made from litmus paper. The conductress carried a little board rack where the tickets were placed on it and strapped down by springs like a rat trap. So when you pay for the ticket the conductress tore off a ticket which left a unique tear to show you had pay. Also the tickets had different colors to determine the different stages you were travelling
Exactly as you say, u use to love those buses
Remember the change machine thing they had strapped around their waist? You pay your fare and she would press on it to eject coins for your change. 😂❤
They use to have a pan where they kept the fares
That grip/ suitcase brings back so much memories
Dolce Mina(probably spelt it wrong) suitecase💯💯🤭😃😀👏👏👏🕊✌️🇬🇧🇯🇲
Dulcilina. I think was the name..
Yes the old English grip was nickname Dulcimina from the Jamaica radio drama story that started on JBC then later on move to RJR that used to come on in the evening 😂
From beginning to end a smile is on my face...my dad was a J O S driver....he is not here with us anymore but this brings back memories thanks for it
jolly joseph,the peoples transportation
My condolences 🙏
My father also drove j.o.s buses in the 60 s ,also my godmother . My father's name was George Campbell & my godmothers name is Gloria McDermott . I remember him drove one of the L buses brand new with the seats still wrapped plastic over the seat .
A wonderful interview with this beautiful lady. i can't belive she is 75 years young. give thanks
Those busses were always on time they have inspectors and the drivers had time sheet on a Sunday we take it on a drive out to the air port hope garden it was really good time
I was born 1957. I lived in St. Andrew I took J.O.S. Buses to school. Yes I also sound the doors made when they open. I also traveled on the diesel train from Kingston to Montego Bay.
Yes so true they were always in time diesel train i knows how the rides feel thank god I'm still around k"sons etc etc
Interesting article, mom used to work with JOS. She is now 99 years old. We now reside in Canada. I recently found her JOS ID badge, a copy of her paystub and a recommendation letter from her employer
I take the 10 bus to school 5cent was my fare😅😅
It would be nice to see your mother ID and pay stubs ETC.
@@Christlives-cv3tl are you on wattsapp?
My dad work there too he's now 81
I use the J.O.S in 1975
I am a previous JOS driver and watching the photos in this video brought back many memories. I previously drove Route 8 to Waterhouse, 70 to Papine, 31 to Border, 61 to Irish Town, 62 to Mavis Bank, 33 to Rock Hall, 34 to Mt Airy, 11 to Parks Rd. JOS should have never been sold 😢😢.😢
Glad you enjoyed
True wud, I went to Oberlin. I used to take the 31 bus to school whenever I had the fare. JOS was an excellent bus system.
My father used to drive Jolly buses in the 60 s. His name is George Campbell & my Godfather was Albert Taylor . I remember my father driving one of the L buses brand new with plastic still covering the seats to pick up me & my mom when he was working rt 23 . The L bus is the 1st modern looking bus with large wrap around windshield & 4 headlights . The beauty of the L & G Buses came out at night when they turn on the lighted billboards at night & parked up downtown parade . These buses still remain the best buses ever went to Jamaica. The O bus with the sink - in windshield & the 1st batch of A bus were the buses that j.o.s & the B bus from America which was converted to use the same engine as the O bus. Many people don't remember the O& B buses that j.o.s started out with .
@RudolphSmith-pv1ro, There was an ex-soldier who everybody called Soljie that used to drive 31 to Border. I was attending Oberlin High, and we used to hop on the buses. But nobody dared hop on Soljie bus. That man was serious as a judge
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Ms. Cecile is right on point . I use to live in Franklin Town and take the #23 bus . I'm 75yrs. Each bus stop had a timetable stand with a glass covering . Yes I use to give my seat to any lady who came on the bus . J O S had inspectors who usually monitor the buses to see that they run on time . Those were the days of a kinder , gentler Jamaica .
GREAT INTERVIEW 👍 👌..I AM ONE YEAR OLDER THAN THAT LADY AND I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL TIMES!!!...I WISH THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF TODAY COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT TIME IN JAMAICA 🇯🇲 ❤.
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I remember Morning star bus that runs from Motego Bay to Sav also the Blue Danube bus that runs on the same route. So many memories of the good old days.
Cecile got my attention when she mentioned “Field Marshall”. I clearly remember that bus as I too went to Ferncourt around that time, except I walked to Ferncourt. Great memories of my beloved school and those times. Thanks for the memories!!!
Thanks for sharing!
I also remember the conductresss'..I liked their uniforms (Yes Army Green Skirt, and a lighter colored shirt, Apron for change, and a tie, and a nice hat, they were very neatly pressed, they held the tickets on this holder so when you boarded the bus, and paid your fare she would just pull the ticket take your money and gave you your ticket. Those J.O.S drivers were the best. They used to handle those buses taking those corners. As children we truly enjoyed the ride....!!! Yes those buses were packed but everyone was respectful to each other. Yes we gave the seats up and folks would hold bags for others. If the bus took a deep turn, and someone fell back on you, folks would just apologize and the other person would say, no problem...!!!Yes we were disciplined. Thanks for sharing. it brings back memories.
What a gorgeous lady. Hard to believe she’s 75.
I remember those days very well.
My bus was the 13A to Molynes Gardens. The terminus was at “Molynes Square/4 Roads”.
I vividly remember many times when the bus would be full and the conductress would say “Step back, step back” to those who were still trying to get on.
When nobody would step back, she would ring the bell, telling the driver to “go”, and the bus would drive off, with people hanging on to the open door, for dear life, but refusing to let go.😆😂
This brings back so many memories of travelling on the Jos bus from Harbour View on the number 2 bus to Parade then got a bus to Halfway Tree to go to school.
I love the history. Please expand interviews with Elders and wisdom they hold. Thanks for this
You're welcome
@@kareemsquest The Chi- Chi sound came from the doors when they open & close . I know every model of these buses . The silver one is the G model & the green one is the N bus . There's still a couple j.o.s buses still around .
The number 11 bus use to run from down town Kingston (Parade) to Parks Road (St Andrew). Via Red Hills Road, Meadowbrook, Red Hill, Rock Hall and eventually Parks Road. The JOS route 32 also terminated at Parks Road via Constant Spring and Stoney Hill. I also use to take the route 8 which went from down town to Water House Via three mile roundabout. Those were the days.
It’s so gratifying to see how my musings have stirred pleasant memories of “the good ole days”. Thanks for the reminder that the smallest coin after we switched to dollars and cents was in fact the one cent, not five cents - Cecile Clayton
Hi Cecile! So great seeing you! Working with you is one of my most memorable memories of Office of Administration. So glad to see you enjoying your well deserved retirement... Bless! Stanley (Archives)
Wat was ur gate Number on 2nd avenue ? do u still have pictures of the place ?
Great memories , my mother was a conduct tress on the JOS bus for years until they recruit the first set of women drivers she was in that set, she use to drive the old busses, route 23, then she she drive that green one on the screen, then she drive another one, X77 the longest route, from down town to papine, she had to take the bus to the bus park at Tivoli garden every nights, then go to her house in mtn view, every one knew and lived her, thestreet guys use to love and protect her so much, my sister and I use to live with our grand mother in st mary, but every weekends we would take the other country bus she mention through the hils and valley to Kingston to spend weekends , and every holiday, we use to enjoy those days, my mom loved us soo much, she would have us sitting right beside her on that thing all day , or she would take us to hope garden and we ride all day and meet her back at the bus stop at hope road, , yes the uniform was black top with the big pockets , my mother shaped well soo she was sexy, she was ×aiiting her bus rout 23 ,to load at the corner of ward theater when a female driving driving car , got out of control, hit her and some other drivers and ductreses sdown one ductress died she broke her legs , that's when she stop driving, I remember every moment of Jo's buses, the green one on the screen, when stopped use to have a button , drivers press and the step goes doe to the ground so u could step in easy, then when u hoes it they press it it it goes up and the door closed, I use to have soo much fun, unfortunately my mother died last September at a young age of 74, I loved and miss my mother soo much
This lady reminds me EXACTLY of my grandmother and how she used to tell me stories of what Jamaica was like back in the day. My grandmother (RIP) was born in 1928, grew up in Downtown Kingston and the stories she used to tell me as a child are identical to what Miss Cecile is saying in the video. Punctual buses, standing patiently in a line at the bus stop, the orderliness of Jamaican society, trupence and "quatty" (not sure how to spell it), etc., sometimes I wonder to myself WHAT HAPPENED and how we became such an undisciplined society today.
Speaking of getting licks, I don't know how things work in JA today, but back in the 80's when I was in primary school we had certain teachers with a reputation for being very strict and who would walk around the classroom with a strap around their neck. Obviously this was back in the day before child psychology was invented in Jamaica. If you were late, you got a beating. If you didn't do your homework, you got a beating. If you got the sums wrong, you got a beating. If you couldn't remember the words to a certain poem, you got a beating. If you couldn't recite your times table from 1 to 12, you got a beating. And it made no sense complaining to your parents, for that meant another beating that evening. And if your granny ever found out, you got another beating from her as well - up to THREE beatings for the same crime!
One day after school a bunch of us boys broke into the school's storage room and raided all the new books and writing paper. I got caught after I couldn't explain to my mother where I got so much writing paper. The conspiracy unraveled in quick succession and one by one all the parents returned the stolen books and writing paper to the school. What followed was an Armageddon of biblical proportions as all of us got flogged ferociously to within an inch of our short little lives. The ring leader got it real bad - his mother dragged him to school by his ears and gave him such a POWERFUL thrashing in front of the class, that all of us "pudong a piece a bawling" in solidarity. Even today I can still feel that beating. Needless to say, I never stole anything EVER AGAIN in my entire life - not even a candy wrapper!
I remember Morning Star Bus I grow up in Montego Bay and I remember bun up he was called mus bun he always has his Bible and preaching also I remember Jos Bus too
You are on point every thing you said I can remember I actually miss those days I enjoyed my younger days so much.
Yes. The Ductress had neatly folded bills on her finger. And lots of bills too. Oh my gosh. This is pure brilliance.
J.O.S. BUS. I remember leaving school, Holy Family Primary School, we would go the East Queen Street Baptist Church. We would then take the bus down to King Street at the roundabout, in order to get a seat on the #22 bus to Windward Road/Fernandez Road, Kingston 2. It was a little joy ride for us. I was in 5th grade at the time. Left Jamaica at the age of 11years. Pretty young back then. It was different back in those days. Folks looked out for the children. We felt safe. Great memories. Love my country, My people, my culture.
I grew up at 43 Langston Rd in Vineyard Town those were the best days in Jamaica ❤
Langston Rd. tun gun hawk zone ya now,bad man place.
The Pattypan Bus goes to Jones Town.Denham Town Rock Hall because the streets were small and the bigger buses couldn't navigate those small streets.
There was another bus that was short like the Patty Pan with the door in the middle & painted Green & white with the door in the middle. It was lettered R . They operated 24 of them ,they ran the same rt as the A& F bus . These came with the infamous N bus with the rear engine . The N bus was plagued with problems ,often breaking down & catching fire . This was the bus they used to sabotage j.o.s after Manley took over . They came from 1 st batch that were made & they sent them to Jamaica with the original bad engines . British Electric Traction who owned j.o.s knew that those N buses were plagued with problems & sent them to j.os as a way to get back at Manley then left without teaching the mechanics to maintain them . The best of the N bus didn't come to Jamaica. The M bus was the last full size j.o.s got & the 1/4 million was the very last bus j.o.s got ,but sat on the Wharf for 3/ 1/3 yrs because j.o.s already went under . I was working with the Customs Dept when this happen .
I like the fact that there were pictures of the experience. Great historical events 😅
Yes I remember that JOS bus . I remember the # 11 bus I was a Very small child but I remember taking the bus from halfway three to parade and walking to school. Then from parade to back home And the trapence 3 pennies Jamaica was a far more Decent and much more discipline place when the British was there
This interview is pure brilliance, pure brilliance mi seh. Kareem, you are doing a fantastic job. Dedin wid laugh.
You are welcome
You are beautiful,and you are very proud of it for 75, a blessings mi dear
I will let her know
I am 70 years old, and I remember a little about Bun Up 😂. He was always preaching on the streets of montego Bay. Some of the time he would pick on nicely dress young women, walking behind them preaching( the lard sey fe tell you ect.---him ?? Warn you long time ,if you no come -- a bun you affy bun.😅.) He was most times dressed in white long sleeve shirt,tie and black pants,with a Bible.
I remember Mayflower buses from Montego Bay to kingston.
There was Victor bus, Mail Bus, Grey Mist, Blue Mist, Nothern Queen, Queen Mary, King Alphanso, Confidence, St Mary Special, Port Maria Special, Master Key, and Many others. Each Parish has their own bus name. Sometimes three people in the parish owned buses. It also depends on how large the parish is.
Many people owned passenger buses in Jamaica. Those buses that carried the loads on the top. We called country buses. Those that came to town all went to West Street teminal. One bus was called Morning Star, others called Morning Glory, Star Liner, North Liner, and Captian Special. There were many, many other buses.
After those phased out the mini buses came, but the big buses were better.
Jamaica was Jamaica then.
threepance a week for lunch money, takes me back. nostalgia oh wow. let me off driver
I use to call the "JOS" the "peng peng tush" i was a child then, and that was the sound that the bus would make in my mind, when it would stop. Lots of great memories ❤❤
The conductor would ring two times "ping ping" that told the driver to move off. When he eased off the brake that's when you heard the "tush"
Interesting!
Those bus was always so full I use to take 15 &8 or 40
I remember the "Star Liner" and the " Forest Light" buses traveling from Ginger Ridge en route to Kingston through other communities ❤😂
Yes, the Chi chi sounds.
My dad used to drive Starliner.
My husband and also my cousin were conductors on jos bus ,they had to wear Khali uniforms and badge those were the days.
I remember quite well taking two buses from Harbour View to get to St. Hugh’s High School. This brings back memories as she is quite correct that the JOS buses were on time. I believe she would be one year above me in school. They were good days.
Chi chi busses, also Patty Pan (Peter Pan) busses. Used to take the same bus from the Vineyard Town Terminus to downtown, then another from downtown to Portmore (Independence City). Also, the 27 from Mountain View Ave to downtown and thereabouts. The JOS bus network was built off the UK system. Good memories. Bless up Jamaica!🇺🇸🇯🇲
Ps. Please cover Jamaican Independence Day Festival. The Grand Gala at the stadium, the floats, the performers, the music competition. Thanks
Only one set of buses that were call Jolly Joseph .patty pan .is JOS
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Number 3, from Town to Constant Spring; and no:30 from town to Golden Spring; 31, from Town to Border, 32 from town to Caveliers, 35 from Downtown to Havendale. I lived off Contant Spring Rd-Cassava Piece Rd. 37 route was from Downtown to Meadowbrook; 36, from town to Norbrook. No.10 from town to Bsrbican then the 10 changed to 54.
No 1, went from Town to Omara Road, no 4, from town to Pembrook Hall. The 40 went to Pembrook Hall as well. The 91 went to Duhaney Park. The 67 was from Cross Roads to Children Hospital and beyond. The 27 passed the National Stadium, 80, 8, 82, 83 84, went over the Causway to Portmore, The 40 and 4 traveled along Spanish Town Rd via Waltham Park Rd to Pembrook Hall. The 39 traveled from 6 Miles via Washington Blvd to town.
We also had the Pennovaland and Bronx buses running from town via Washington Blvd to Spanish Town. Dem time deh JamaicA nice. The 13 ran from town to Molynes Gardens. The went from town to August Town. The 7 ran from Half Way Tree to Papine.
The #6 ran from town to August Town.
Don't forget the number 7 to papine up hagle y Park road 17 to Harborview 2 to windward road 27 up mountain view to university 11 to Waterhouse..along Spanish Town road 13 from cross road along Rousseau road 12 to Jones Town ...
Patty pan was number i2 ..
54 ran thru maxfield 10 ran thru cross road both ran at the same time different route same destination
@@cindygreen852 Yes I remember the 54 ran on Maxfield Ave. I thought the 54 took over from the 10. Thanks for the correction. Me miss jolly bus.But me hear say, ah the Rockefellers own J.O.S.
Jamaica Omnibus Service.
Love the attention to detail.
I rode on the diesel with the preacher, Bro Vin from Siloah, St. Elizabeth to Kingston and back
Yes i remember those patty pan busses
Also, I used to take JOS bus from Anchovy to Montego Bay (attended Cornwall College in Montego Bay, St James). Lots of memories. Thank you for this presentation.
Oh wow!
Keep up the good work. From a true Jamaican. God bless
That is so true about the bus,my mother told me about that same bus.she told of when you wanted to catch that bus . get up early.
Those were the Good old days……Awesome
The JOS No. 11 Bus Route: From Parade, along Spanish Town Road, Maxfield Ave to HWT, HWT to Red Hills, but turning off into Sterling Castle/Coopers Hill, then to Rock Hall, then terminate at Parks Road in St. Andrew. As a child, I use to ride all the JOS Bus routes just for fun.
Memories, Memories, memories.
I remember Cecille's family used to reside on Archambeau Road in Franklin Town.
I also remember the Diamond T's. We also had.the leyland bus we nick named ONE JAW because of the half cab design!!.😂
That lady is speaking the truth I born 19 44 I remember everything
I am 67 and from Mt. Salem. I remember Bun Up for sure!! Your lady described him perfectly. I was a little scared of him when him say " Yuh Mus Bun"
Thanks for the memory; I think he died in the early 1980s
😘💙Loving this chat; 😊Smiling ear to ear. Thank You, my beautiful paradise 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Glad you enjoyed it
Going down memory lane.😂 I enjoyed this.
Glad you enjoyed
I took the 39 bus to Cbar. This was from 1970 to 1973. . The bus ran from 6 miles to Cross Road. Kids pay half price.
The driver/conductor/ductress were clean and neat.
I remember those Days too I attended Barracks Road Primary School also and she is right about the gate close and the licks you would get for late
I am from hanover and three buses past where i live back then
Memories memories memories
Doreen Malcolm I work JOS for thirteen years and I have no regret. I usually work 15 and 22. If I could do it again I would do it all over. God bless this J O S company❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You had to form a line to go on the JOS bus. When the bus is full the conductress politely say "Step back" and you have to step back. We were so disciplined!
Indeed.🇺🇸🇯🇲
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A hog and goat style now,terribly BAD.
Yes; offered your seat to an adult; respectful.
Yes, joined the queue to get on bus. 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Number 91 from downtown to Duhaney Park, 92 from Patrick city, 95 from Cross Roads via Washington boulevard via Patrick city to duhaney park. 39 from cross roads via red hills road to meadow brook estates. Express 77.
Express Bus! AKA Circular! Went all over Town!❤😂
@@patrickwoodcock7732 Yes !! I met a lotta top tier girls on x 77 😀😀😀. It was the M bus fresh from England that did this rt . Sometimes the L or N bus did it too
Yuh kno di ting. I used to live at Sherlock crescent. 77 was called 'round di worl'.
Hi: As I mentioned before the back of the bus was referred to as 'the kitchen' because that area was hotter than the other areas. The buses were 'Leyland National' and the transmission seems to be the 'Epicyclic (semi-automatic) gearbox'. There are videos online where one can view the operation of these gear boxes. It was a pleasure to see the drivers operate the transmission.
The JOS bus system was very efficient ; proper scheduling first world service.
I remember country buses such as feild Marshall and may flower running from mobay and coming through lime Hall to Kingston those were memorable days.Great reminder 👋👋
Love JOS buses, they should bring them back brrp brr brrr sound of the JOS BUS
She looking good for her age, respect do, enjoy your co-host
She really brought back some real memories! Wow! My aunt took me to Kingston when I was a young boy and took me to the hospital for my ear trouble. We took the JOS buses and it was like being on the airplane for the first time. I need to mention the Fire Brigades too. The lights were so beautiful on the JOS buses.
I can remember those days taving on those bus going to Kingston traving from Clarendon we would take mayflower travel from cavalley to Kingston it was a good ride
When i was teenage living inthe countryside there was a bus name morning Star i came from Westmoreland to kingston so if you are going th Kingston people would have to be at a place name White house At five o clock in the morning to board this bus to town i Remember the field marchell bus that was back in the good old days
I remember morning star ....used to come to lambs river too
Morning Star, Hall's Transport and Blue Danube were the busses that came down in the mornings from the Cascade direction thrugh Jericho and on to Lucea, and returned in the afternoons (one of them might have been in the opposite direction).
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Rat trap too@@colinplummer5624
Ruby's Transport from Anchovy St. James. Shalman and Maclin from Summer Hill Maldon to Montego Bay
@@AckeeEater. You remember one called Sun Enterprise ?. This used to run Kingston to Savanna - la Mar
Big Respect to you for highlighting the use of the elders , and all the same to the elder for sharing, vineyard town was the cherry garden those days,what number 2 avenue did you live, 8 bus down town Olympic garden 15 cross road to Olympic garden 11 bus doney park , my sister Lucille douglas at eight 89 years old in two thousand ten was a conductress in 19 62 to some time in the seventy,
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She have good memories
Cecile, what a lovely interview that was! I thoroughly enjoyed it and it jogged some of my memories of the time also.
I remember when our JOS system was still in place I'd visited Trinidad and saw their rather chaotic bus arrangements with their small private buses. Of course it made me feel quite superior - poor T&T I thought! So I came back to JA and totally laughed them to scorn, not realising that we'd soon be at that very same point ourselves when our JOS was phased out and the robot buses took over!
I also remember as a child taking the country bus (can't remember the name) to go to Epworth, St Ann for summer holidays at my grandparents home. It was quite an experience, the scary part being when we had to cross Flat Bridge! The bus always swayed dreadfully with all the pack-ridge on top, and when it took the corner to get onto the bridge my fear was that it would fall over into the river!😵💫So you know I breathed a sigh of relief when we made it across without incident!😁When the bus finally made it near to Epworth, we had to get off at a point called Woods (I suppose it got it's name from the fact of the area being heavily wooded). At Woods we'd be met by my grandmother and grandfather, Gove and Grampa, and at least one young man from the village who was there to help carry our luggage. Then began the long trek to their home which was over a mile onward and upward to their small hilltop. We'd pass houses on the way and of course everyone would come out to call to Miss Imogene's and Maas Alec's granchildren from Kingston. At that point our trek was maybe 2/3 over, but we still had to go over a place called Rock Rock (very rocky and hellishly slippery when it rained), then the trek to the house up on the hill. And when we reached there it was just heaven.
I think those childhood summers roaming the countryside without fear and eating all the fruits available on everyone's properties were the best holidays I've ever spent in all my life!
My route was 27 to half way tree from down town( right through) 27À down town to stanton terrace.
Girl you looking great girl iam 66 and looking like 30 years old now god blessings on top a blessing girl god loves us and he knows we was born to love him we cant change nuff love to you rasta empress😂😂😂😂😂
So nice to bring back memories she looks great keep it up
I remember those trains and the preachers - 1970s. Also the occasional preachers on the JOS.
I remember when j o s came to Montego Bay in 1972
Those dilapidated Jo's busses central government gave us in mobay 😮
@@michaelladrey4398 Many people now don't know that Mobay had a bus company similiar to j.o.s .
@@michaelladrey4398 Those buses may look like that on the outside , but were rock solid underneath .
JOS Bus CAPACITY 44 seated 22 standing
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Jolly. JOS. Yellow and White. I was fortunate to live in a time of experience. Took one of those buses to Snow Hill in Portland...Respek 👊 Kareem, and his guest's, among audience!
Wow I can also remember the May flower bus that travel's from Kingston to Montego bay.
My classmate father use to drive for JOS. He was called Sojie, he did the 54 route, Downtown to Barbican.via Maxfield Avenue. 🚞 🚃 🚌
34b and 34c Golden Spring to mt Airy and Constant Spring
Those were the good old days. We would take the express to the airport and back . Our bus drivers Charles, miss Lindo can’t remember the name of the rest . Love those days
Yes.. i come from Mt Friendship..😂
@@michaelmctavish5920 I’m from MT Airy
@@michaelmctavish5920 I’m from mt airy
I was born a lot later than Lady Cecile, but it sounds as if I grew up with her. Our drama King in my class was a boy name Shirley when he was getting his beatings. Blessed his soul, he drowned himself in a tank when I was living in Kingston.
I really love this…..
She is telling the truth about the J.O.S. We did have to line up to go on the bus my bus # 7 Are # 6. Those were the time when people have respect for each other. Big up for the memories
I was born in the UK and my parents are Jamaican ,i live in Jamaica now but have been going from knee high to a grass hopper,my mum sent me to Jamaica age 13, and i took that chichi Bus from Mobay all the way to Portland it took all day not less than 5 Loòòng hours, i remember the bus making so many stops ,and they even put a goat on top, that bus you posted is now sitting in Port Antonio looking like a Museum Peace on the edge of the town ,great memories of that journey.😊
Nice, that's the year my mom was born.
I remember that someone always offered to hold your bag if you're standing.
Great content family love the vibes love the interview.
I can put my hands up in the 80s and 90s
Westmoreland
Leamington to New Road all age school we usually get the bus every morning at about 7:45am to 7:55am to school..
The bus coming from Montego Bay on Route to Santa Cruz. Always on time
Big up Mr Watson the driver..
Everything she said is on point like late for school some licks ..
big up mr lawrence, Mrs heart and Mrs Dennis they was know for that 😅😂
When i usually goes to Kingston for holiday with my mom i usually walk from Back Bush mountain view via vinyard town to south camp road onto Anderson road to visit my other Grandparents ❤
The bus them gear stick was so long all the way back to the front seat 😅😅 and the steering wheel was like free wheel you have to turn in múltiples times around a corner 😊.. the good old days God bless my country❤❤❤🇯🇲💯✅️🙏😇
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This lady is so 😍 and joyfully beautiful 🎉. Congratulations on keeping so fine and healthy.
I remember “bun up” when I used to take the train with my mom from Montego Bay to Old Harbor and this was in the late 70s and early 80’s.
King Alphanso running from Mo bay to mandeville. Honey Bee, Duke of Earl, Boston, the good ole Confidence and Bugle Boy
Don't forget Confidence!😀
@@rubylimey7614 Yoww, I used to take Bugle boy from Bombay to Mandeville . You remember O.D' s with a bus called "the bull ? & Grahams transport ?.
@@robertcamble3543 unfortunately I don't,..may have been before my time. I just remember King Alphanso n Confidence coming thru our district 🙂
@@rubylimey7614 Bugle Boy used to run Mandeville to Bombay , it travel thru Bellefield & go Banana Ground & Cumberland . It was taken over by a bus Called O.D' Transport .
@@robertcamble3543 thanks for sharing
Lovely lady. I remember those JOS buses.
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