Holetown was one of the earliest settled towns in the English Caribbean. At a time when only St. Christopher had a settlement, Anglo Dutch merchant Sir William Courteen diverted from joining Thomas Warner in St Christopher to settle Barbados as a plantation colony of England. more
 

The Band of the Royal Barbados Police Force was established in 1889 with a compliment of 19 serving Policemen.

It was 32 years ago that the brilliant idea of commemmorating the anniversary of settlement of Holetown was born.


It may be a feature which occurs all too rarely, but there is nothing to beat the history lessons to be derived from a bus tour of Olde Holetown, the first town settled by the English in Barbados.

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