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Why Did  This Jamaican Community Disappear?
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Why Did This Jamaican Community Disappear?
#Jamaica #RuralJamaica #abandoned #onelovejamaica in the hills of St. Catherine, Jamaica, lies a community that time — and the government — forgot. Known in historical records as Doddington and called Darrington by the few locals who still remember it, this near-abandoned settlement near Point Hill tells a story that goes far deeper than overgrown ruins and empty foundations. In this video, we trek into one of Jamaica's most forgotten rural communities to uncover the truth about what happens when development never comes. 🗺️ What Was Doddington? Dating back to at least 1825, Doddington appears in Jamaica's colonial almanacs as a small private estate in what was then the Parish of St. John — a parish that itself no longer exists, having been absorbed into St. Catherine in 1867. The property was owned by two women, Isabella and Jane Pearson, and held a small number of enslaved people whose names were never recorded. Today, almost nothing remains. 🏚️ Why Did Darrington Disappear? Darrington is not unique. Across rural Jamaica, communities are dying — not from natural disaster, but from decades of neglect. No proper roads. No reliable infrastructure. No economic opportunity. When a community is consistently bypassed by development, residents are left with no choice but to leave. And when enough people leave, the community doesn't just shrink. It disappears entirely. 📍 What You'll See In This Video The trek to find Darrington in the hills of St. Catherine The history of the original Doddington estate dating to 1825 The connection to the erased Parish of St. John How Jamaica's rural communities are being lost to neglect and abandonment The human cost of underdevelopment in Jamaica's forgotten interior Jamaica has hundreds of communities like Darrington — places that once had life, had people, had stories — now fading quietly into the hillside. This channel exists to find them before they're completely gone. If you're new here, welcome. This is One Love Jamaica — where we surface the hidden, the erased, and the forgotten stories of our island. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss a new upload. 👍 Like this video if you believe these stories deserve to be told. 💬 Drop a comment below — have you ever heard of Doddington or Darrington? Thank you for watching this video. Please like, share and subscribe for more video on all things Jamaican. Please also turn on post notification so you don't miss out when we post. ========================== Share and Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvEjat9kDIunEnwh4ekIeg Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelovejamaica_/ Follow and like us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/onelovejamaica1 One Love Jamaica
Published May 31, 2026
The Jamaican Village That Has Been Completely Abandoned
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The Jamaican Village That Has Been Completely Abandoned
Deep in the hills of Clarendon, Jamaica — on the border of St. Catherine — sits a community most Jamaicans have never heard of. Its name is Goldmine. And it is almost gone. In this video I make the journey into one of Jamaica's most isolated and forgotten communities. The roads are rocky, steep, and unpaved. No taxi will enter. And when the Juan de Bolas River floods after heavy rain — there is no way in and no way out. Along the way I met a young schoolgirl named Jessica, making the long trek home on foot, stopping to round up her goats before dark. I had a brief chat with her adult sister and brother who gave permission. Simple people. Real people. The kind of people Jamaica tends to forget. Only a handful of residents still call Goldmine home. The young have left. The elderly remain. A pumping station metres away sends water to surrounding communities — but not a single drop reaches Goldmine. This is what abandoned looks like in Jamaica. Thank you for watching this video. Please like, share and subscribe for more video on all things Jamaican. Please also turn on post notification so you don't miss out when we post. ========================== Share and Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvEjat9kDIunEnwh4ekIeg Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelovejamaica_/ Follow and like us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/onelovejamaica1 One Love Jamaica
Published May 24, 2026
Shot at 16, Now He Grows Food From His Bed
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Shot at 16, Now He Grows Food From His Bed
#jamaica #OneLoveJamaica #DisabilityAwareness #kevinrobinson In Part 1, we introduced you to Kevin Robinson — the man from May Pen, Clarendon who was shot at 16, became a paraplegic, and wrote a book about it. That video stopped Jamaica in its tracks. In Part 2, we go deeper. We step inside Kevin's world and show you what a day in his life actually looks like. From his bed, Kevin Robinson does what most able-bodied people never do — he farms from his window, prepares his own meals, and produces his own coconut oil from scratch. This is not a man waiting on life. This is a man living it — fully, deliberately, and on his own terms. We also sit down to speak about Tanesha Hall, Kevin's neighbour, who has been one of his greatest pillars of support — standing beside him and his late grandmother through some of his darkest and most difficult years. Her quiet, consistent dedication is a story of community and humanity at its finest. Kevin also speaks further about his book — True Pain: A Real Life Story — a raw, honest account of surviving the unsurvivable, and what life looks like when you refuse to be defined by what was done to you. And for those asking — yes, a second book is on the way. 📖 GET THE BOOK Title: True Pain: A Real Life Story Author: Kevin Robinson 🇯🇲 Hard Copy (Jamaica): JMD $2,000 📦 Available on Amazon: Search "True Pain A Real Life Story Kevin Robinson" 📞 Contact Kevin Robinson directly: Tel: 876-421-1882Thank you for watching this video. Please like, share and subscribe for more video on all things Jamaican. Please also turn on post notification so you don't miss out when we post. ========================== Share and Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvEjat9kDIunEnwh4ekIeg Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelovejamaica_/ Follow and like us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/onelovejamaica1 One Love Jamaica
Published May 17, 2026
Shot at 16: 28 Years Paralyzed, Still Unbroken
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Shot at 16: 28 Years Paralyzed, Still Unbroken
#jamaica #resilience #humanstories At 16 years old, Kevin Robinson was shot. He has been a paraplegic for the last 28 years. But this is not a story about tragedy — this is a story about resilience, survival, and the unbreakable human spirit. In this video, we sit down with Kevin Robinson from May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica, as he shares his remarkable life story — the shooting that changed everything, the decades of rebuilding, the pain that became purpose, and the book he wrote to inspire others who are fighting battles the world cannot see. Kevin was raised by his grandmother, who stood by him through his darkest moments and never let him give up. Her love and sacrifice shaped the man he became. Sadly, she has since passed — but her legacy lives on in every word Kevin has written. Now, Kevin is working on a second book — yet to be published — proving that his story is far from over. 📖 GET THE BOOK Title: True Pain: A Real Life Story Author: Kevin Robinson 🇯🇲 Hard Copy (Jamaica): JMD $2,000 📦 Available on Amazon: Search "True Pain A Real Life Story Kevin Robinson" 📞 Contact Kevin Robinson directly: Tel: 876-421-1882 Thank you for watching this video. Please like, share and subscribe for more video on all things Jamaican. Please also turn on post notification so you don't miss out when we post. ========================== Share and Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvEjat9kDIunEnwh4ekIeg Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelovejamaica_/ Follow and like us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/onelovejamaica1 One Love Jamaica
Published May 10, 2026
Found A Secret Tunnel Hidden In Jamaica's Mountains
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Found A Secret Tunnel Hidden In Jamaica's Mountains
#jamaica #JamaicaHistory #JamaicaRailway #HiddenJamaica #OneLoveJamaica Deep in the mountains of Manchester parish, Jamaica, there is a tunnel that most people have never heard of — and almost nobody talks about. The Comfort Hall railway tunnel is 688 feet of solid limestone, carved by hand over 130 years ago as part of what was once the most ambitious railway system in the Caribbean. Jamaica was the first country outside Europe and North America to have a working railway. But when the trains stopped running in 1992, communities like those surrounding this tunnel were left behind — and the history was buried with them. In this video we go inside the Comfort Hall tunnel — exploring its construction, the punishing mountain terrain that made it an engineering feat, the tragedy that struck just miles away, and what nature has done to reclaim it in the decades since the last train passed through. This is not a story you will find in any textbook. This is erased history — hiding in plain sight. One Love Jamaica 🇯🇲 Thank you for watching this video. Please like, share and subscribe for more video on all things Jamaican. Please also turn on post notification so you don't miss out when we post. ========================== Share and Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvEjat9kDIunEnwh4ekIeg Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelovejamaica_/ Follow and like us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/onelovejamaica1 One Love Jamaica
Published May 3, 2026