“COVID-19” Oh my gosh, how the world has changed during the time that I’ve been away from my keyboard! I’m stunned and can’t quite believe what’s happened since I last posted an article. Who could have predicted that for the … Continue reading 1988 – Maundy Thursday (Part 1)
Prologue Wow, today’s installment has been a challenge, a real marathon blog to put together. Lots of happenings during this period and many donated photographs have all added to the delay of this blog. Around 35 photographs have been included and … Continue reading 1980 to 1987 – The Last Branch
I received some very sad news yesterday morning. As I was applying the finishing touches to my next to be posted blog, an email arrived from Roger Parris of New York, informing me that his mother, Hortense Parris, had died … Continue reading “Aunt Hortense” 1920-2019
Hi to all my readers, welcome to the year 2019! Today is the first anniversary of To Jamaica and Beyond. I began this blogging journey exactly a year ago today. The year has come and gone so quickly, that I’m … Continue reading 1970 to 1980 – Marriages, Deaths, Retirements
The previous blog, 1963 – Jamaican Wedding Cake contained the usual selection of old-time black and white photographs from Cecil Hodgson’s albums. The years were now moving quickly forward and the world of colour photographs are beginning to appear more … Continue reading 1964 to 1968 – Back Home
It was now the year 1963. There would be just one more Hodgson from Southfield that would move to the United States of America. However, the Hodgson Emigrants moving from Jamaica into the United Kingdom were complete. There was now … Continue reading 1963 – Jamaican Wedding Cake
It was 1961. The story continues…. There were now eight ‘West Bromwich Hodgson’s’ firmly established in England. These ‘first-generation’ Jamaican immigrants would eventually be responsible for the creation of the second, third and fourth generation members of the Hodgson clan. During the … Continue reading 1961 – The Fantastic Hodgson’s
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