Today in Bajan History| April 27th 1959 A Call to Save Barbados’ Heritage

April 27, 2026 00:04:57
Today in Bajan History| April 27th 1959 A Call to Save Barbados’ Heritage
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Today in Bajan History| April 27th 1959 A Call to Save Barbados’ Heritage

Apr 27 2026 | 00:04:57

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Show Notes

In a passionate appeal published in the Barbados Advocate, Captain M.B. Hutt urged Barbadians to protect the island’s historic sites before development erased them. Using the deteriorating fort at Maycock’s Bay as his starting point, Hutt argued that old forts, churches, graveyards, and plantation structures were more than ruins—they were living markers of national memory.

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