Found this one among some old family photos and I'm assuming it's Grenada because the inscription on the back said "May Day procession on Halifax Street". No idea what year it was taken, though I'd think the late 1940s would be a safe bet.
Today Grenada celebrates Labour Day on May 1, which is of course also International Workers' Day, but I suspect that this procession may have been more in keeping with English May Day traditions (ie May poles etc), which I recall being observed (in Trinidad and Tobago, at least) up until the late 1960s.
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Found this one among some old family photos and I'm assuming it's Grenada because the inscription on the back said "May Day procession on Halifax Street". No idea what year it was taken, though I'd think the late 1940s would be a safe bet.
Today Grenada celebrates Labour Day on May 1, which is of course also International Workers' Day, but I suspect that this procession may have been more in keeping with English May Day traditions (ie May poles etc), which I recall being observed (in Trinidad and Tobago, at least) up until the late 1960s.
Technorati Tags: Grenada, Caribbean, May+Day, city, procession
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August 1st, 2005 at 6:51 pm
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March 3rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Im grenadain and im proud well im half lol are you goooddaYyy?!
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