Pictures taken during our holiday in Montserrat, June-July 2001, by John Wells and Gabriel Parsons.
1. The ferry
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The ferry ticket office in Antigua - no signs, no welcome, nowhere to wait
| Opale Express, the ferry to Montserrat
| The island seen from the north (Old Quaw, one of the sites proposed for a new airport, is the flat shelf to the left)
| Little Bay, the island's port
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2. People
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Prof. Sir Howard Fergus
| Gabriel with the Chief Minister, John Osborne ('John Bassey')
| ...and with Adeline Tuitt
| Rev. Joan Delsol Meade
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Rose Willock (of Radio Montserrat ZJB)
| Joseph Meade (Speaker)
| Teacher Jim (Osborne), Rocklands
| Eve, Harris's/Lookout
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Olivette, Long Ground/Drummonds
| Adena (Olivette's daughter) with uncle Gabriel
| Icilma, Banks
| Winifred Saunders (r.), Spanish Point/Barzey's, with friend
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Daniel Meade, Tuitts/Golden Years Retirement Home
| Gabriel and John Coba, Geralds
| Gabriel and Maggie, Tuitts/Geralds
| Sylvester, Spanish Point/Geralds
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3. Places
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Judy Piece, after the Sunday service
| view from St Peter's, looking south
| Lookout, looking north. In the background: Old Quaw, Pinnacle Rock
| Old Road Bay
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4. The volcano
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John with the volcano as a backdrop...
| ...and Gabriel, ditto (Belham)
| On Jackboy Hill, looking south towards the old airport
| The devastation where once stood Trants, Spanish Point, Farms and Bethel. Far left: the old airport
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5. Doing touristy things
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John in the pool, Olveston
| Gabriel at Woodlands Beach
| John at Woodlands Beach
| A "banton", a stray weakling sheep
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