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Jumping and running with Heart: Kareem Streete-Thompson’s Journey
This episode of TimeBack looks at the remarkable journey of Kareem Streete-Thompson, one of the Cayman Islands’ most celebrated track and field athletes.
Through photos from the Commonwealth Games and a touching image with his mother, his greatest supporter.
We reflect on the discipline, dedication, and family love that fueled his success on and off the track.
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Cayman Compass
A window into the past with the Compass photo archives
A photograph of two men standing on a small motorboat, laying some of the last tree logs for a large bonfire near the reef in East End, sparks childhood memories for Graham Rankin of a decades-long tradition.
Rankin started down memory lane after seeing an old photograph from the Cayman Compass archives. It’s one of 300,000 being revived and digitised by Compass Media and Dart as part of a project to bring the islands’ past back to life.
As he stared at the black-and-white image with slightly squinted eyes and a tilted head, Rankin told the Cayman Compass, “I still remember like it was yesterday.”
Rankin recalled that the tradition started in the early 1950s, before his time, by the community men in East End.
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