M A LCOLM ’s R U M A DV EN T U RE S by M a l c o lm At h e r to n
My name i s M a l c o lm At h e r to n. A f te r ove r f o r t y wo n d e r f ul ye a r s, of Caribbean ad ve nt ur e, I fe e l t h e m o st at h o m e, i n St. Kitts and p a r t i c ul a r ly N ev i s. A lm o st t hi r t y ye a r s a g o, a fe ll ow n a m e d G a r r y S te c k l e s, e n c o ur a g e d my w i fe a n d I , to v i s i t S t . K i t t s. A n d j ust like t h e o l d s ay i n g g o e s, “a ll r o ads l e ad to r um”.
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I re c ent ly sp ent a c oup le of la z y we eks, wander ing N ev is. S t K it t s and her smaller sib ling N evis, do n’t usually c o me to mind, w hen ex p l o r ing fo r r um. It ’s b e en alm o st t wo de c ade s sinc e t he c l o sure and dismant ling, of t he Rot hsc hild dist iller y, in S t . K it t s. S inc e t hat t ime, t here really hasn’t b e en any c o mmerc ially p ro duc e d spir it s p ro duc e d l o c ally, in S t . K it t s and N ev is. T he de c isi o n was made, to end t heir sugar indust r y, in 20 0 5 and t he r um p ro duc t i o n c ease d als o. Twent y f ive year s ag o, we b ought a p l ot of land in S t . K it t s and had a h o m e built , t hat b e c ame our family ’s se c o nd h o me. S adly, we par te d w it h t hat h o m e, but we kept s o me great mem o r i e s. O ur k i ds sp ent a l ot of wo nder f ul t ime, ex p er i enc ing S t . K it t s and N ev is
