Trench Town Walk Kingston Jamaica

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Trench Town Kingston Jamaica The birthplace of Reggae Music

After visiting the Culture Yard, I walked down 1st Street with our tour guide

This seven-block plus, public housing scheme known as Trench Town, was built in the 1940’s as an affordable place for a transplanted rural population.

It became home to a family of musicians, poised to change the face of world music.

We turned north on West Rd with an informational sign showing the legends of 1st Street: The Wailing Wailers - Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh; Wailing Souls - Winston ‘Pipe’ Mathews, Lloyd ‘Pipe’ McDonald, George ‘Buddy’ Haye; Vincent ‘Tata’ Ford

Paintings of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Alton Ellis, Marcus Garvey, Massive Dread, Martin Luther King and Haile Selassie

We then turned on to 2nd Street

At the end of 2nd Street we turn north on Collie Smith Drive and then walk west on 3rd Street

At the corner of 5th Street and West Rd is Trench Town SDA Basic School and Trench Town Seventh Day Adventist Temple

We walk along 5th Street and then turn south on Collie Smith Drive with Boys Town across

Collie Smith Outstanding Cricketer Statue

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