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Forrester's Hall

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Historic dance venue at 21 North Street in Kingston, one of the great sound-system halls of the late 1950s and early 1960s alongside Chocomo Lawn and Club Havana. Sir Coxsone's Downbeat and Duke Reid's Trojan were regular fixtures, and it hosted celebrated early clashes between the two rigs.

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Jamaica Gleaner 'Music Diaries'.

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Beat Street: Kingston as a Global Cultural Tourism Centre

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Kingston Creative, 30 September 2022. Reference only.

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Story · Well supportedLawn kings of downtown Kingston

How fenced yards, imported 78s and crowned sound men turned 1950s Kingston dances into an industry.

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