Aunty Mully at Ninety-Six
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In rivers women washed clothes with solid Brown Soaps; on washing-lines they hung them up high, anticipating the hot sun to do the drying. Quarries stored the cleanest water that needed carrying home from communal standpipes, usually from miles away, in large kerosene pan resting on top folk’s head with a cotter wedged between. Fire woods, varied broken pieces of sticks, placed between each set of large grey stones, on-top of folks’ handmade kitchen stoves, relit at dawn. Swiftly even solid caste irons, used to iron-out deep creases in garments, heat-up in front of those hot red-orange kitchen fires.
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Obedient and humble, Aunty Mully walked off her family farm with no possessions and narrow academic knowledge. A slow and bumpy bus ride took her into busy Kingston, Jamaica, where only limited job opportunities were on offer. Like a warrior seeking a more progressive way to live, she flew across the Atlantic Ocean to Britain. There, she undertook Blue-collar duties in the National Health Service (NHS) in order to create her descendants’ new beginning. Their obedient duty includes active army service. Facts based events and colourful, post-card style pictures that captured the character of this community.
About the Author
Marcia Angela Thomas was born in July 1958 in Kingston, Jamaica. She grew up in Clarendon, Roaden Hall, with her father’s family. On the family land, they cultivated large crops such as sugar canes, yams, and ginger plus reared various farm animals.
Marcia attended Kellits Junior Secondary School. Aged seventeen, she left Jamaica to live with her father and family in Britain. Later, she studied at South Bank University and gained a BA (hons) and PGCE (early years). She worked as a primary teacher for almost twelve years. Marcia has two beloved sons, Ebije and Oche. In her spare time, she enjoys writing poems.