The University of the West Indies Press
When Me Was a Boy
Hyatt Charles
History
When Me Was a Boy
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What was it like to be a small boy growing up in Kingston, Jamaica in the 1930s? The author presents his boyhood, and in his own voice talked about it in his radio programme When Me Was a Boy. He brings his school days to life: the tramcar and horse-and-buggy days when cars were few and far between and taking a walk was a social occasion.

Language
English
ISBN
9789766402020
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 A LITTLE MISCHIEF
Tramcar
My bed-wetting dream
My Christmus letter
Jointing the cane
A friendly fight
Names and nicknames
Eating well at school
Fresh bread feast
Pubity and purity
Puppy love
My biggest regret
Midsummer washout
A taste of country
My foot fault
Changing teeth
A smashing trim
Boy Scouts
Scout Jamboree
Street Corner – the film
A little monkeyshines
Christmus disaster
The Christmus spirit
My winnings
2 A SINGING GIG
A singing gig
A game of marbles
My feathered friend
A child's pet
Digging songs
Slim and Sam
Tall in the saddle
My first bicycle
Rainy days
Reaping from what you sew
No luck with gun
Disagreeable mango
Hope Gardens
Sunday special
My smart cousin
The good, the bad and the onlooker
Bird bush
A country lesson in Catadupa
3 BATTLIN' JOHNNY AND OTHER CHARACTERS
My clay pidgin has a wooden leg
Princess Rose
Charley McCarthy
Battlin' Johnny
Contrasts
Joe Lous
Miss Bourne
AB's fineral
Convent fire
Busta's day
Coronation
Emancipation Day
Granpa
An ode to Capo O'Brien
4 THE LAST TRAM RIDE
Movies in Cross Roads
'Long-grain rice' – local product
Chiney shoppin'
The herbalist in the market
East Queen Street
Bournemouth Club
The first robots
When towns were pens
Horse bus
Gas lamp pony
Nuff respec'
Style and fashion – at the seaside
The Sab hair cut
Long pants and brassieres
Women's work
Miss Cubba
Refridgeration
Suck-suck
The last tram ride
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