NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 14 INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL: JAMAICA @ 60 AND B YOND F ATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 jamaica at ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE Too much si-dun bruk breeches. TRANSLATION: Sitting down too much wears out one’s trousers. (Anderson, Cundall) EXPLANATION: Idleness leads to wants. (Anderson, Cundall) OLE TIME PEOPLE USED TO SAY ... The arrival of Princess Margaret for the celebrations Princess Margaret steps down the gangway of the BCAC airliner that brought her from London to Kingston for the Jamaica Independence celebrations on Friday morning, August 3, 1962. Behind her is the Earl of Snowdon, followed by Miss Fiona Myddelton, lady-in-waiting. Princess Margaret smiles as she talks with Norman Manley, leader of the Opposition, who was presented to her shortly after her arrival at Palisadoes Airport on Friday morning, August 3, 1962. The premier, the Hon Alexander Bustamante, looks on. At right, wife of the attorney general, is being presented to the Earl of Snowdon. Princess Margaret visited the University Chapel on August 4, 1962. Here Prof David Stewart, MBE, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and senior dean of the UWI, is presented to her. Also in the picture are (from left) Mrs Gloria Lannaman, president-elect of the Guild of Undergraduates; Mr W.E. Gocking, librarian and chairman of the chapel committee; and the Hon Hector Wynter, director of extra-mural studies and chairman of the university’s independence celebration committee. Beside the princess is the pro-vice-chancellor, Dr Phillip Sherlock, GBE, who was first presented to the princess and in turn made the other presentations. PHOTOS FROMTHE GLEANER ARCHIVES The Earl of Snowdon and Premier Alexander Bustamante exchange a few words during the period while HRH Princess Margaret inspected the guard of honour at the Palisadoes Airport.
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