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TimeBack: Episode I – Vanda Powery
A teenage athlete prepares to represent Cayman at the Carifta Games for the very first time.
In this episode of TimeBack, we revisit a powerful moment frozen in time, a 14-year-old Caymanian ready to test her strength in the discus ring at the Carifta Games. The year was marked by excitement, determination, and national pride as Cayman’s young athletes traveled to Jamaica to compete against the region’s best. Through her story, we reflect on the passion and dedication that continue to fuel Cayman’s sporting legacy.
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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.
