Facts about PORTMORE You probably did not know (History of Portmore)

[@flybyairplane3528]

I Thank,you for all the information,as I left JAMAICA in 1959, so all this was build later,PORT HENDERSON,I partially knew about,as we used to go swimming there, ,,,,🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇯🇲🇯🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@movingforward2570]

I went there to my cuz in 70s and only Waterford passage for and Edgewater existed and lived there in 76 until 1994. The place now full of riff Raff's. Not nice anymore

[@romainefrancis500]

Portmore native now living in Canada. I didn’t know this much about my city so it’s amazing to learn so much now.

[@roysweetland8162]

Lovely treatment of the history of Portmore, I had an early link with Portmore and fond memories during the late '70s, My sister Marcia purchased a home in Edgewater Portmore in the early days of its development and I made my marriage vows to my best friend Annett in December of 1979, at the Church of Reconciliation in Bridgeport, The Forum Hotel with its "Adventure Inn" night club was one of my early place of hanging out and purchased quite a few of the resident "Claudine Discotech" equipment from my good friend Patrick Barnes who operated the disco to upgrade my Resident Shalimar Disco when the hotel was eventually closed for renovations, i spent long hours fishing below the newly constructed Causeway bridge, Hillshire beach on the weekends was one of my family favorite hanging out spot, The Portmore Telephone system was one of my early responsibility with the Jamaica Telephone company as the system that was installed between Kingston and Portmore was the very first Digital Microwave Radio and transmissions system in this hemisphere called the Raytheon RDS80. Thanks for this rich history of a bustling thriving and ever-expanding city.

[@EliteJamaica]

Thank you very much for sharing these memories, it's a blessing..... Thanks for watching

[@roysweetland8162]

@@EliteJamaica Thank you for sharing this rich history and connections to the past that we take for granted in Portmore's recent development

[@alexcampbell2110]

Old Breaton was the first housein scheme built in st Catherine by bustermante

[@movingforward2570]

I lived there from 76 to 94. When I went there it was so beautiful but now now

[@movingforward2570]

I remember when Bridgeport was swamp and there was only Edgewater and passage fort and Bayside supermarket and the beach was so nice

[@venicemiles4741]

Love this comment. It addssplendidly to the history

[@papalevi1959]

Gregory Park, Cottage Pen and Christian Pen were also some of the smaller pens. Gregory Park was the first stop on the railway line which constructed in 1845 and was the first line opened to traffic outside Europe and North America. The Gregory Park station was used to ship banana grown on Caymanas Estate and the smaller pens into Kingston for export. Gregory Park was also the place at which equipment, goods and material that were destined for the farms were delivered and then taken by ox drawn cart to their various destination.

[@jennifercoleman3970]

This is a great history lesson about the development of the Portmore, but you only mention the British and Spanish people and give a brief nod to the Tainos,, but no mention of the Africans. This land would not have been developed without their labour. Please add the contributions of enslaved and free Africans. Thankyou

[@Nuvision19]

Yup, not to mention the sugarcane fields and water pumps...great overview though

[@Nuvision19]

@@HummingbirdJa you are right

[@davidscott3726]

Name the significant , collective contribution black people made ?

[@godfreyosbourne3963]

Greatness my brother ALEXX, excellent thanks for the history 🔥💥🌟💯💯💯🔯🔯🔯🌟💥🔥

[@sharmgross9568]

Good morning everyone!! I live in New York and also a resident of Portmore . I didn’t know the history This video was very informative, thank you for the history lesson 😊

[@marvasharpe7094]

I am a resident of Passage Fort from 1975 thank you.

[@calabar92]

Wow I'm from Waterford and I never knew this history thanks

[@--christine]

This is a very important part of Jamaican history and well presented. Thank you so much Alex.

[@claudettespence307]

Thank you so much for this history lesson

[@SparisWorld]

I've met alot of Jamaicans in the past two years. I'm African American. Living in Florida USA. And I love the culture and people. I just always want to know more. Thank you for the informative video ❤️❤️ I hope to visit Jamaica soon

[@TAITRAVELVLOGS]

I’m from portmore living in Florida

[@dorothynoel1695]

Most informative and well researched. This comment shared by my niece who lives abroad!!

[@jam50things]

I had no idea portmore was so big..as a child I use to take the train from Montego Bay to Kgn every Summer....I have some more exploring to do!!

[@carlawilliams8136]

thank you for explaining all this I did not know majority of it my father was one of the first persons to have bought a house in passes fort way back many years ago in front of the Cannel it was really pretty. directly in front of the canal in front of matalan where matalan used to be. and he had added on on his house it was so nice. live in the states many years now and come to realize that it was such luxury to even live by the water in the United States you have to literally be rich to live by the water wow I think we Jamaicans really don't know what we have and many people just walk away. something to ponder about

[@evanitystartv]

You are heading on the right tract my friend

[@EliteJamaica]

Thanks for watching

[@DrPinkP]

Good stuff and wonderful job...Portmore wi Seh!...as some say 'di gaza'

[@joefozzy935]

Very interesting information. I am a resident of Portmore since 1992 and didn’t know any of the history. Good job. Keep up the good work 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@Jamacianmistake2010]

Keep up the good work

[@paragontelevision]

ive been searching for Jamaican info like this in a format just like u ave here well done. I was intrigued from 30 sec in🇯🇲

[@delroystewart3724]

Blessings

[@My_Yout]

Thanks for another history lesson. I spent a lot of time in Braeton as child so I'm familiar with the area.

[@colleenkhan3645]

Loving your presentation. Very informative. Keep it up.

[@madgelynthompson1665]

I admire the way you get to the point and present well-researched facts.

[@EliteJamaica]

Thank you, and thanks for watching

[@shanebrown2865]

Thanks for the edification

[@clydemurray3325]

As always very informative like it very much keep up the work from England

[@farrahc7055]

Thanks for another insightful video. Knowledge is power.

[@EliteJamaica]

Absolutely, thanks for watching

[@gartholiver2392]

I'm a history addict from Yawd and so this was a perfect double fix for me. Much appreciated. Nuff respect.

[@nadeneramsey5121]

Great info! I grew up in Independence City. Great memories 🇯🇲😊

[@oceangrey8796]

I Knew Nothing About PM , Very Educational Thanks Much !

[@phillipmorgan5881]

This is excellent!!! Great work, This kind of information is most welcome and helpful, just hope everyone is watching and learning students lock on.

[@EliteJamaica]

Thank you so much for watching

[@richardwilliams3839]

Yes it is

[@jeanclarke9106]

Thank You. I have been following your presentations for sometime and I am pleased to see that your presentations have become better and better. Well-done.

[@EliteJamaica]

Thank you so much

[@headgirl5]

Interesting Facts well researched

[@cleonmclean5540]

Great work

[@ewancameron5192]

Yes King 👑 always loving your historic video blessings

[@EliteJamaica]

Thank you

[@karlenekelly5683]

Informative ❤❤❤❤

[@sheldonwilliams7075]

I grew up in Passage Fort. So informative.

[@papalevi1959]

Did you grow up in Old Passage Fort?

[@petergrant2710]

Excellent work , very informative

[@colinnembhard1036]

Love it

[@petcaiibeckford6969]

I loved this!

[@richlee5753]

VERY INFORAMATIVE WE LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE THANK YOU

[@arielyehuda5210]

Very informative Brew 👍🏾

[@alishiajames9323]

I live and work near Portmore, but knew very little about it. Very informative video. Keep up the good work.

[@devonclarke9693]

Very interesting and informative. Good history lessions Kudos my bro

[@elishaloretta1833]

Never knew these fact'z about Portmore n thnx alway'z for sharing.

[@EliteJamaica]

Thank you for watching

[@lotstarbuic8395]

Well researched presentation. Thanks

[@teslyndawkins9192]

Well done. Very informative 👏 👌 👍

[@lilliansmithwhyte8498]

THANKS ✨VERY INFORMATIVE👍💘☕☕💘💘 THIS VIDEO✨

[@yvonnemscott4161]

Wow ! Well done. Some of the info I'm learning and some I knew before. Thanks.

[@cubbyranks7763]

Very informative 💪🖐️🇯🇲 thank you my brother

[@Troy-Moses]

After Hurricane Gilbert had left significant damage to Jamaica in September 1988, Portmore looked virtually untouched; which is attributed to that hill which extends from Bayside to Marine Park/Braeton. It was then that the population boom occurred, as prior to that they would say, "Portmore a dump land, mi nah live ova deh." The Matalon precast house design was genius, too... From what I understand, the Portmore suburb was intended to house the workforce for Kingston. What Portmore needs is an hospital---before dem start tink bout parish.

[@EliteJamaica]

Absolutely correct, however there are still people who say it's gonna sink, being the fact that they were told all of Portmore was dumped, but the truth is that the majority of Portmore was already there.

[@Troy-Moses]

@@EliteJamaica The strip of land connecting Kingston to Portmore was landfill ("dump land") in order to connect the cities via the old Causeway Bridge; but this is normal in civil engineering. Wharf is also on landfill.

[@somuchthingstosay3704]

Portmore is St .Catherine and will always be, regardless what they want to do. Parish my ass, they wanted to divide St. Catherine long time to facilitate Kingston and St Andrew, what kind of infrastructure does Portmore has in order to accommodate parish status? Leave my parish alone! Spain Town fi life.

[@davidscott3726]

For a minute 'portmore was like a suburban town..You could feel the affluence the minute you left Kingston a reach over there./Something changed in the last 20yrs though.👍

[@davidscott3726]

@@somuchthingstosay3704 True but let's be honest Portmore has little in common with the great St Catherine region.Portmore is more like ,Kingston in St Catherine .

[@kimvanderpool8822]

Great video 😊

[@evertonvenair2362]

Very Educational

[@kedarsharpe3567]

VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE

[@michellesamuels1700]

Thank you. I live in portmore in 1976 to 1985. I remember going to Independent City All Age School . Walking to the seshaving fun . I live in Waterford Westchester and I have Family that Live in Independent. I use to attend Miracle Open Bible Church with Pastor Wright was the Pastor . I had so much Fun Going to that church I can cote bible chapter we went on trips to Golden Spring to the river there went on walkerton we have Youth Fellowship every Friday The church was very thing to my age group at the time then they make the WaterFord Police Station The WaterFord Liberty There was the Bayside plaza . I was there when they Cut the Ribbon to for the Police Station Liberty anthem Post Office. I Remember the mailman ride bike cycle and they would ring to be bell on the bike and you would go get your mails. I used to love every summer they would keep fair where the Working Heart Center is now . Living in Portmore Was the best time in my life. I remember when water cut off every person in waterFord would go to Kamanas Park Park Horse Racing Track. forgive my spelling 🙏🇯🇲. I Took my Daughter to PortMore this April of 2022 and she love it . GOD Bless PortMore ForEver. May I should write a book My Wonderful life Growing Up In PortMore . 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇯🇲🇯🇲🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💯💯💯. Jamaica Land We Love. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.

[@vilmabeckford1483]

Thanks Alex for the history lesson I was never thought. Much grace

[@maxamillionfrontiers9768]

Superlative history Lesson on Portmore Alex! The best I have heard so far! Continue the excellent work.👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@richcooke2389]

Great research and presentation Alex. Are you planning to go on the road soon? Miss these

[@Nuvision19]

Very interesting

[@rohanwelsh9944]

Big up your self 🇯🇲🇺🇲

[@blacklyte3005]

Great 1 good job keep it up

[@joanpalmer-hay5986]

Thank you very much Elite for this wealth of information on the history of Portmore ❤❤.

[@StewieArt89]

Very informative. Good job!

[@taharqaheru145]

Thanks for the history

[@wiltonmcdonald2399]

Big up Alex another informative video.

[@glenfordsmart3222]

THIS PIECE OF HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT THANKS ALEX FOR SHARING EXCELLENT JOB.

[@EliteJamaica]

Thanks for watching

[@RasFraserwideawakemusic]

Respect and salute to the i for this great work fam ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@missjuneplum1]

A very interesting and informative video Alexx. 💛💚❤️

[@saniaedwards8066]

Love your videos Alex. Keep up the good work

[@EliteJamaica]

Blessings

[@christinerainford8166]

Thanks for your great research and information keep Jamaicans and the world inform 👍

[@stanleyfranklin5449]

This is very informative. Thank you.

[@Patricia-tf3mp]

I love your video it always interest me to know anything about any of the Caribbean Island . Thanks you.

[@sonialewis4964]

Very interesting facts. Fort Augusta is no longer in operation.

[@dorehb7679]

Awesome 👏 and informative 🙏

[@iamnottito]

Thanks for your detailed commentary on Portmore's history.I can't wait to visit Portmore again when I return to the island.

[@heathertaylor7553]

We need this! Excellent! It would be nice if you could cover on another clip when Healthshire changed to Hellshire and why🙏

[@damionevans3973]

Refreshing, Resourceful and informative 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

[@lyndab7508]

Thank you for this. Am a fan of history but it always makes me sad to know that when Google for history about certain places in my country there is nothing there unlike many places in the world. Really appreciate your hard work. Portmore is my home.

[@EliteJamaica]

That's the main reason I started this channel because I couldn't find anything about Jamaica.

[@jjennings899]

Good to know about ones country and it's history thank you.

[@chavallarodriguez5641]

Young generation of Jamaica don't know ere history bout dem country nowadays u teach me the history of portmore

[@inglejohnson9502]

Good info appreciated

[@orlandoknight3674]

Always appreciate your vids bro. Keep going.

[@helloxonsfan]

Very informative presentation...!!! Just subscribed...!!! 👍

[@pastorajohnson6391]

Truly appreciate this history

[@judithbrown-ramanand9163]

Very informative.

[@EliteJamaica]

Thanks for watching

[@Wes20231]

So, thank you for this information as we see that it was the JLP of 1960s under Edward Seaga as development minister with Hugh Shearer government as today we have PNP people laying claim that Portmore was started by Michael Manley. The JLP has been a visionary party in the infrastructure investment in modern Jamaica and the great and noble party of Alexander Bustamante today under the vibrant and astute leadership of Andrew Holness continues that trend of building on yhr legacies of the founding leaders of Bustamante, Sangster, Shearer and Seaga

[@josephinepynto4106]

Informative and well presented. I am learning a lot as I did not grow up in Jamaica. There is so much to learn. Thank you. Keep educating us.

[@Ewartonman1]

Thanks for the info

[@vilmacampbell9411]

Very infomative and well researched. Great work. Thanks

[@nateshadyer3764]

Great information great research it has enlightened me to few questions I had but for the most part great job👍

[@sherronham]

Oh my God everyday you learn more and more wake up sister and brother wake up

[@owenseigelstiftung1589]

Excellent. I always wanted to know how Portmore came about. I also wanted to know if it was sea dumped up for housing. Thank you my friend.

[@treeyes3419]

nice and informative, not boring

[@deniseberry713]

Thank you so much for this. I lived in Portmore from 1978 until I migrated in 1997 and I knew nothing about this history.

[@troywilliams9294]

Much appreciated it Alex I never knew Portmore even had its own history thank you for the information

[@topstrika8720]

☝🏾portmore

[@daledorah7990]

Good job man

[@sadikieschiekov1337]

Very informative

[@altheawhyte2328]

Extremely informative, educational and excellent presentation. I wish you were my History teacher in HSch (then 😃) Students fortunate to have history in a package with your videos. Thanks Alex and crew 😍💯🥂

[@michaelgreen2291]

Well done .

[@Cooyah888]

Well researched and thank you for this information.🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@courtneyshim3480]

Interesting info on my community. I have been to many of the locations and have seen the community grow over the years. Thanks for sharing the history. Fort Augusta was closed some years ago. Two Sisters Cave was also closed to the public.

[@EliteJamaica]

Thank you for that information, and thank you so much for watching