Daily Archives March 1, 2013

The Main Reason That Business And Commerce At Old NewMarket Square Was Relocated To Lewisville St. Elizabeth – Vincent Samuels

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During the years that my grandmother Jane Rebertha Samuels, “Auntie Rosa”, “Mama Rose” – deceased at age 106 years – nurtured me in her dilapidated wooden house situated on the rocky terrain of “Mount Ease”, Flint Valley, Saint Elizabeth, among the many stories my grandmother related to me before she passed away, was that the hole from which fresh clean water was gushing was capped, and that an Engineer by the name of Mr. Alport stated publicly that there are seven (7) rivers running under Old New Market square.

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Jane Rebertha Samuels, “Mama Rosa”, “Auntie Rosa”

My grandmother further related to me that when C. C. Bromfield, Syrian Businessman – deceased – was building his One Stop Shopping Department Store, Grocery, and Shell Gas Station – this building is currently owned...

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