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Old Persons

During the early 20th Century, Barbados was seen basically as a two-class society, founded principally on social status and colour prejudice. In spite of the clearly divided, segregated society, sport provided one of the few avenues for upward social mobility in a society that was not totally closed. Limited social mobility was possible mainly because of the mingling of sportsmen of low social status with elite members of the society, but yet the restrictive social barriers remained intact within the society generally.
In the late 1920’s and dearly 1930’s, both cricket and soccer provided means by which the poor could experience some degree of social mobility. Soccer was more popular than it is today, and the best athletes in both sports were given the opportunity to play for representative national teams in spite of their social status.
Although life was harsh for the Barbadian people, they tend to look for relief in the area of sports and recreation. Indeed sports pla...

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