Wednesday, 15 March 2023 // 1968 Coconut Growing Potential
10:11 am
London, Kiritimati
Find copy of: Ministry of Overseas Development An Investigation of the Coconut Growing Potential of Christmas Island Volume 1 The Environment and the Plantations. By R. N. Jenkins and M. A. Foale Land Resources Division / Directorate of Overseas Surveys Tolworth, Surrey, England 1968
Copy loaned to me by John Bryden, 79, of Scotland. Has been in the Pacific since 1966, age 23. Then managed copra plantation here on Christmas Island for nine years. Quit when striking workers were not honored. Has lived all over the Pacific, owns the largest trading store (JMB) on the island (and a couple mini JMBs). Married a woman born on Christmas Island. Two sons schooled in Scotland, have a wee lilt — and parlance — of Scotsmen.
Ministry of Overseas Development Land Resource Study: An Investigation of the Coconut Growing Potential of Christmas Island Volume 1 The Environment and the Plantations. By R. N. Jenkins and M. A. Foale Land Resources Division / Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, Surrey, England 1968. Courtesy of John Bryden.
Gorgeous — and accurate — British maps, circa 1968, from the Land Resource Study. Courtesy of John Bryden.
John Bryden, with family, 1980s. Courtesy of John Bryden