Barbados in a Nutshell - 2022 - EBook

Nigel Benn Auntie Bar in Shorey Village, St. Andrew also sells fresh vegetables from Lucille’s garden Andrew Hulsmeier Rum Shops Small establishments which sell a variety of small items, but are licenced to sell spirituous liquors as well. It is difficult to determine how many rum shops there are in Barbados, because they are generally listed with all other places licenced to sell spirituous liquors, which includes hotels, bars and restaurants. There is one, and sometimes several, in practically every village in Barbados, and some say they vie with churches for first place as the largest number of non-residential buildings on the island. There are clearly several hundred in Barbados today, an interesting selection of which are showcased in Peter Laurie’s The Barbadian Rum Shop. The rum shop is a point of social gathering among imbibers, and at almost any time of day, but particularly in the afternoon and at night, groups of men of varying ages can be found ‘firing one’ (having a drink). Rum Shops 16