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Welcome to Eagle Harbor Parkway KinderCare

Welcome to Eagle Harbor Parkway KinderCare in Orange Park, Florida! We are located just off Interstate 17 in Fleming Island, making our center an easy stop for many parents each day. Our staff is passionate about education, and we are proud to deliver a quality early childhood curriculum. It’s our mission, from the moment you walk into our center, that you feel welcomed and part of our KinderCare family!

Our classrooms are places to thrive! 
In our safe and healthy classrooms, your child will be engaged in learning experiences that meet them where they are, both socially and academically. With fun daily activities, passionate teachers, and great friends, a lifetime of confidence starts here. Contact the center director to learn more about our child care options and schedule a tour! 

Meet Elizabeth O’Daniel, Our Center Director

Meet Elizabeth O’Daniel! Elizabeth is the Center Director at Eagle Harbor Parkway KinderCare in Florida. Elizabeth attended Murray State University for her education. She has been with KinderCare since 2000. Every day, she looks forward to making a difference in each child’s life. When Elizabeth is not working, she loves to hike, bike, and drive her jeep on wonder trails.

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AMERICA’S MOST ACCREDITED

We’re so proud!

Nationally only 10% of daycares are accredited – nearly 100% of our learning centers are. That’s a big difference,
and that means KinderCare kids are getting the very best. Here’s why.

SCHOOL-READY

What Learning Looks Like

Our talented early-childhood teachers set kids down the path toward becoming lifelong learners in a positive, safe, and nurturing environment.

Eagle Harbor Parkway KinderCare Programs

Infant Programs (6 weeks–1 year)

Leaving your baby in someone else’s care is a big step. Everyone at our
centers—most importantly, our naturally gifted infant teachers—will work with
you to make sure the transition goes smoothly. When you step into our infant
classroom, you’ll see how much we want your infant to feel safe, loved, and
ready to explore their world.

Toddler Programs (1–2 Years)

Everything in our toddler classroom is designed for little explorers. That’s
because a lot is going on at this age. When your child is wandering all over the
place, that means they’re learning and discovering new things every day. We’ll
help them explore their interests (and find new ones!) as they play and learn.

Discovery Preschool Programs (2–3 Years)

This age is filled with so much wonder and curiosity. That’s why we offer a ton
of books and toys and bring artwork down to kids eye level. Children in
discovery preschool also begin to learn how we all work together in a
classroom. Simple math and science, pretend play, and group play help them
get used to a more structured school setting.

Preschool Programs (3–4 Years)

This age is all about expression, when kids really start to form their own ideas
about what they want to play and how they want to create. Every day in our
preschool classroom, your child will explore science experiments, create
artwork, and play pretend—all the skills needed for their big next step:
kindergarten!

Prekindergarten Programs (4–5 Years)

When you walk into one of our pre-K classrooms, you’ll see artwork and
writing displayed around the room. Labels are everywhere to help kids connect
letters with words. You’ll also see pictures on the walls that reflect the families
in our community.  Your child will also deepen their knowledge in language,
math, science, Spanish, and social skills.

Before- and After-School Programs (5–12 Years)

You can count on us to provide reliable care for your school-ager while you’re
at work, with safe transportation from our center to your child’s school and
back! Whether your child wants to start a drama club, build a volcano, or
create a comic book, they will have a place to follow their dreams. Your child
will start and end the day with a whole lot of fun!

School Break Programs (preschool, prekindergarten, and school-age)

Winter break, spring break, summer break—when school’s out (but you still need to work), you
can count on KinderCare to provide a safe and supportive learning environment that’s focused
on fun. We welcome children ages 5–12 during school break times and make sure they have a
sensational, screen-free experience they won’t forget.

Participating Child Care Aware Center

KinderCare partners with Child Care Aware® of America to offer fee assistance for
Active Duty military families and flexible support to fit their needs when care at a Child
Development Center on the installation is not available.

Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Programs

Learning Adventures – Enrichment Program

Cooking Academy™ (3 – 12 Years)

In Cooking Academy, kids learn new recipes from cultures around the world and
develop a healthy relationship with food. They’ll whip up everything from Southwest
rainbow lettuce wraps to pumpkin muffins, building their skills in STEM, communication,
and more along the way. And yes—little chefs get to eat their culinary creations!

Music Explorers™ (2 – 4 Years)

KinderCare families are already giving a standing ovation to our newest Learning
Adventures program: Music Explorers! Kids will learn to sing, move, listen, play
instruments, and even create their own tunes. Our original curriculum blends math,
science, social studies, literacy, and mindfulness (think yoga!) for a uniquely KinderCare
way of learning the foundations of music.

Phonics Adventures® (2 – 4 Years)

Learning how to read is a whole lot of fun at KinderCare! We help kids grow to love
books and words (and get ready for kindergarten) in our Phonics Adventures program.
From discovering the basics of vowels to practicing poetry, kids learn all about letters
and sounds in small-group lessons made just for their age group. (Bonus: Kids who
attend our phonics program are more prepared than their peers for school—and we
have the data to prove it.)

STEM Innovators (3-8 Years)

You’ve probably heard a lot about how important STEM education is for your child, but
what does that really mean? Our STEM Innovators program takes kids’ natural ability to
make sense of the world and applies it to robotics, chemistry, coding, geology, and
more. While your child experiments, they’ll discover how to use technology to do
amazing things!

Dance

Our Teachers

We’re the only company in early childhood education to select teachers based on natural talent. Being a great educator isn’t enough though.
KinderCare teachers are also amazing listeners, nurturers, boo-boo fixers, and smile-makers. Put more simply,
we love our teachers and your child will, too.

Meet just a few of our amazing KinderCare teachers!

A KINDERCARE TEACHER WITH

An Artist’s Heart

“My classroom is full of art!” says Mary Annthipie-Bane, an award-winning early childhood educator at KinderCare. Art and creative expression, she says, help children discover who they really are.

We put our best-in-class teachers in a best-in-class workplace. We’re so proud to have been named one of Gallup’s 37 winners of the Great Workplace Award.
When you put great teachers in an engaging center, your children will experience
an amazing place to learn and grow.

Family Stories

Don’t take our word for it. Hear what our families have to say about our amazing center!

  • Our children have been enrolled in KinderCare almost nine years. I cannot say enough about the staff and center. They make me feel comfortable every day that my kids are cared for. My husband and I work ten hour days. We are able to get the boys to KinderCare in the morning in time for my oldest child to be taken to elementary school on time! They can have breakfast, and are safely shuttled back to KinderCare after school. I have never had to worry about the safety of my child being transported to and from his elementary school. In the younger ages, we have had one or both boys in every age group at the center. The teachers always know my children by name and give them personalized attention continuously. The kids have plenty of outdoor time, celebrate events, have wonderful parties, and put on shows! If that is not enough, we have also been able to have the children participate in small, specialized classes, such as Phonics and Cooking! It was very convenient to have both boys participate in the excellent VPK program KinderCare offers right on site. KinderCare is part of our lives. I trust the staff to guard my children’s safety, encourage my children’s independence, and nurture my children’s creativity. From the director to the teachers and to the brave soul who feeds a building full of energetic children… I am very pleased and happy to give two thumbs up! I trust KinderCare can become a part of your lives also!

    Tracy L. M. – KinderCare Parent


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Who Are KinderCare Families?

They hail from hundreds of cities across the country from countless backgrounds, and proudly represent every walk in life. What our families have in common,
though, is the want to give their children the best start in life. We are so proud to be their partner in parenting.

Hear from just a few of our amazing KinderCare families.

A Globe-Trotting Family Finds A

Home in Houston

Four young children, four different passports, two languages, two full-time jobs…oh, and a few triathlons thrown in for good measure.
Meet the globe-trotting Colettas—a family on the go.

Frequently Asked Questions

What accreditations does KinderCare have?

We are your trusted caregiver. Our centers are state-licensed and regularly inspected to make sure everything meets or exceeds standards, including child-to-teacher ratios and safe facilities. Our centers aren’t just licensed—most are accredited, too! Find out more.

Do you offer part-time schedules at Eagle Harbor Parkway KinderCare?

Everybody’s schedule is different. We’re happy to offer quality, affordable part-time and full-time childcare. Drop-in care may also be available. Reach out to your Center Director to learn more.

How does naptime work at Eagle Harbor Parkway KinderCare?

Our teachers meet every child’s needs during naptime. Our teachers know how to get babies to nap. In fact, they are pros at getting children of any age to nap. Visit our article on “10 Ways We Help Kids Get a Great Daycare Nap” to learn more.

Do you support alternative diets?

We strive to be as inclusive as possible. To that point, we provide a vegetarian option at mealtime, take care to not serve common allergens and can adapt menus based on your child’s food sensitivities. If your child has additional needs, we’ll work with you to figure out a plan.

Are meals included in tuition? Can I choose to send my child with lunch?

We provide nutritious meals and snacks developed by a registered dietician to meet the needs of rapidly growing bodies and minds. If your child has special dietary requirements and you would prefer to bring in their lunch, please make arrangements with the center director.

Does my child need to be potty-trained?

Every child begins toilet learning at a different age. Until your child shows an interest in toilet learning, we’ll provide diaper changes on an as-needed basis. When your child shows an interest, we’ll discuss how to work together to encourage toilet learning.

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    website. These are exciting times in your child’s life and these
    first years are the most important! We believe in the education of
    our youth and early childhood education is what we do best! The
    information you find here will help you to become familiar with all
    the great things that are happening at our school. If you have any
    questions, please feel free to contact us at 904-278-7710 or stop
    by our location any time. Once again, thank you for choosing
    KinderCare, we look forward to partnering with you soon.
  • Our center offers secure keypad entry, and we check identification
    at the child’s pick-up time to ensure only authorized parties are
    picking up the child. We hold our center to the highest safety,
    cleanliness, and maintenance standards. ALL
    teachers are CPR and First-Aid certified. Rest assured,
    your child is safe with us. 
  • Hours Of Operation: 6:00 AM to 6:30 PM, M-F
  • Yes. Episcolal Childrens Services. NACCRA.

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Bond’s birth house – Culture – Kommersant

The first James Bond film premiered in London 60 years ago, on October 5, 1962. At the beginning of the picture “Dr. No” viewers find themselves in Jamaica – the island on which Ian Fleming wrote 14 books about agent 007 with the right to kill. The island where 3 of the 25 Bond films take place. An island where many tourist attractions are associated with either Fleming or Bond.

James Bond (Sean Connery) and Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) on Crab Key (Dunn’s River Falls on the north coast of Jamaica)

Photo: Eon Productions Ltd

James Bond (Sean Connery) and Honey Ryder ( Ursula Andress) on Crab Key (at Dunn’s River Falls on the north coast of Jamaica)

Photo: Eon Productions Ltd

The Birth of a Hero

Ian Fleming’s classic Bond books (the name of the hero was used by other authors) are not mentioned neither the day nor the place of his birth. There is only an indication of the nationality of Bond’s parents. Father is Scottish, mother is Swiss. John Pearson, author of a biography of Fleming, also wrote a “biography” of Bond, James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007. It states that Bond was born on November 11, 1920 years in Wattenscheid (currently a district of the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). In Charlie Higson’s book “SilverFin”, a series of novels about the young Bond, Zurich, Switzerland is given as the birthplace. But all this, of course, is fiction.

James Bond was born on February 17, 1952 at the GoldenEye Villa near the town of Oracabes, St. Mary’s, Jamaica. On that day, Ian Fleming, a retired British naval intelligence officer and foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times, began writing a book called Casino Royale. Whether in order to be less nervous before the upcoming wedding, or in order not to look poor compared to the bride who received £ 100 thousand from her ex-husband in a divorce agreement, or simply because Fleming had long wanted to write a book .

Already in March the book was finished. On March 24, 1952, the marriage of Ian Fleming and Viscountess Rothermere, née Ann Geraldine Mary Charteris, was registered at the town hall of Port Mary, the capital of the parish of Saint Mary. By this time, their romance had lasted intermittently for 15 years. On August 12 of the same year, the couple had a son, Caspar Robert Fleming. On August 16, Fleming sent a letter to his wife: “My love, I am writing this short letter in order to try out my new typewriter and see if it prints golden words, since it is made of gold.”

City Hall of Port Maria. Fleming’s marriage to Viscountess Rothermere was registered here.

Photo: UDC Jamaica

Port Maria City Hall. Fleming’s marriage to Viscountess Rothermere was registered here

Photo: UDC Jamaica

The $174 Royal Quiet Deluxe Portable typewriter (in terms of purchasing power, this roughly corresponds to today’s $1800) was actually not gold, but only gilded. But Fleming’s words really turned out to be golden. 13 April 1953 years later, his first book was published, became a bestseller, followed by 11 more novels and 2 collections of short stories (the last was released in 1966). Fleming wrote all his books in the winter in Jamaica, and spent the rest of the year mostly in London. In 1962, the first of 27 Bond films was made (in addition to 25 EON Productions films, there were two more films created by independent film companies).

The 17th of 25 EON Productions films is named “GoldenEye” – like Fleming’s Jamaican villa.

Life in Golden Eye

Bellevue Great House. Fleming lived in this house when he first came to Jamaica

Photo: Bellefieldgreathouse

Bellevue Great House. Fleming lived in this house when he first came to Jamaica. In November 1944, Lieutenant Commander Fleming (this rank in the British Navy corresponds to the Russian rank of captain of the third rank) was sent to a conference of representatives of American and British intelligence, which was held in the capital of Jamaica, Kingston.

Together with Fleming, his old friend Ivar Bryce was sent to the conference. They met on a beach in Cornwall when Bryce was 11 years old and Fleming was 9. Subsequently, both studied at Eton College, became friends again, spent a lot of time together, traveled around England on a motorcycle owned by Bryce, published The Wyvern magazine. During World War II, Bryce served in the US-registered foreign intelligence agency, the British Security Co-ordination (BSC). In fact, it was the residency of all British intelligence services in the United States.

In Jamaica, two friends settled in *one of the richest houses, owned by Bryce’s wife Sheila, Bellevue Great House in St. After the conference, on a flight to New York, Fleming surprised Bryce with an unexpected statement: “When we win this damned war, I will settle in Jamaica. I will just live in Jamaica, have fun, swim in the sea and write books ”(according to other sources, this conversation could have taken place at 1943, 1942 or 1941).

Pictured from left to right: Ian Fleming, Ann Harling, her husband, Fleming’s army colleague Robert Harling, Ivar Bryce Robert Harling, Ivar Bryce

Photo: Ian Fleming Archive

There were books about spies.

In Jamaica, then a colony of the British crown, Fleming settled before he wrote a book about spies. In 1946, on the recommendation of Bryce, he purchased a plot of land, according to various sources, 12 or 15 acres (5–6 ha) on the northern coast of the island. Most of the area is overgrown with grass. Once upon a time, donkey races were held in this place. The territory was put in order, and in its most attractive part – on a rock hanging over the beach, a five-bedroom villa was built. The design of the house was designed by Fleming himself. There were no glass in the windows of the villa – only blinds, traditional for Jamaica. There was no hot water and no closets. There was something military about it all. As in the requirement for servants to address the owner as “Commander Fleming.”

Fleming named his house GoldenEye. In an interview published in Playboy magazine in December 1964, he explained the title thus:

“I happened to be reading Reflections in the Golden Eye by Carston McCullers at the time, and also during the war I participated in an operation called Golden Eye” – for the defense of Gibraltar in case the Spaniards decide to attack it.

In February 2000, Ian Fleming’s passport was put up for auction at Sotheby`s, with which he visited Gibraltar while working on Operation Goldeneye. In Gibraltar, Lieutenant Commander Fleming was supposed to make contact with Colonel William Donovan of the US Office of Strategic Services (the CIA was later created on the basis of this organization). Initially valued at £2000–3000, the passport was sold for £15,525.

But back to Jamaica.

In 1948, the British playwright Noel Coward was vacationing at Fleming’s villa. He liked Jamaica so much that he settled in the neighborhood, buying land and building his own house – Blue Harbor, and then moved to another – Firefly.

Approximately the same distance between Fleming’s house and Coward’s first house was “Bolt” – the home of Blanche Blackwell, heiress to one of the largest fortunes on the island (both Fleming and Coward purchased land from her brother Roy Lindo). In biographies of Fleming, Blanche Blackwell is called his friend, lover, muse and possible prototype of two “Bond girls” – Pussy Galore and Honeychile (Honey) Ryder.

Blanche Blackwell and Ian Fleming

Photo: Biography of Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett

Blanche Blackwell and Ian Fleming

Photo: Biography of Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett

Photo: Biography of Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett

spent three weeks at GoldenEye Villa. Before returning to the metropolis, Eden planted a tree in the garden. From London, the Prime Minister wrote to Fleming: “I don’t think there is anywhere else where I can rest as I need.”

Three houses near the town of Oracabesa were popular holiday destinations for celebrities during the 1950s and 1960s. Fleming, Coward and Blackwell were visited by photographer Cecil Beaton, artist Lucian Freud, writers Evelyn Waugh and Truman Capote, film actors Errol Flynn, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness, John Gielgud, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren.

Fleming was a great lover of birds. When choosing the name for the protagonist of Casino Royale, he took it from the cover of the Field Guides of Birds of the West Indies. The book was written by ornithologist James Bond. According to Fleming, the name was “short, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and very masculine – just right.”

Birds of the West Indies

Fleming’s love of birdwatching was reflected not only in the choice of a name for agent 007. called “bearded hermit thrush”, and in English – rufous-throated solitaire (Latin name – myadestes genibarbis). Fleming heard the song of this small secretive bird more than once in the Blue Mountains.

In the ninth book (and the fourth movie) of the James Bond film Thunderball, the villain’s mistress, who later went over to the side of good and Bond, is named Domino. In Jamaica, this is the name of the songbird – the yellow-throated songbird (Geothlypis trichas). In males of this species, the head coloring looks like it is wearing a black masquerade mask – a domino.

Jim Wright details Fleming’s relationship with birds in The Real James Bond.

Near his Jamaican home, Fleming planted hibiscus and bougainvillea to attract birds – pennant-tailed hummingbirds (Trochilus polytmus), mango hummingbirds (Anthracothorax mango) and pygmy hummingbirds, also called pygmy bees (Mellisuga minima). According to Dacosta Ramsey, who worked for many years as a gardener at the GoldenEye Villa, Fleming liked to listen to birdsong at dusk.

Fleming’s books contain many descriptions of birds. For example, the story “For Your Eyes Only” begins: “The most beautiful bird in Jamaica, and some say that in the whole world, is the pennant-tailed hummingbird or the doctor hummingbird. The male of this species is about nine inches long, of which seven inches is the tail—two long curved black feathers crossing each other, their inner margins scalloped. The head and plume are black, the wings are dark green, the beak is scarlet, and the eyes, bright and trusting, are black. The body is emerald green, so dazzlingly bright that when the sun shines on the breast, the brightest green creature in nature is in front of you.

In the same story, ex-Gestapo von Hammerstein, who became head of counterintelligence in the Cuban secret service, orders his subordinates to kill the British Havelock couple living in Jamaica, who refused to sell him a house. In addition, Hammerstein himself kills a kingfisher with a gun, deriving obvious pleasure from this. The Havelocks’ daughter Judy kills Hammerstein with a bow, and James Bond saves her, cracking down on the former Gestapo’s henchmen.

In Live and Let Die, Robber, an assassin working for Mr. Big, kills an American brown pelican in front of Bond. “What the heck?” Bond asks. “Practice,” Robber replies. Subsequently, a shootout occurs between Bond and Robber when 007 discovers that Mr. Big is smuggling gold coins into the US, hiding them in tropical fish tanks. During the fight, Robber falls into an aquarium with sharks.

In Fleming’s latest book, The Man with the Golden Gun, the main anti-hero Francisco Scaramanga shoots two Antillean grackles (in Jamaica this bird is called “kling-kling”) in a cafe, and later from a train window shoots a turkey vulture hovering in the sky, guarded statutory kind. Scaramanga killed many British agents and tries to kill Bond, but he himself dies at his hands.

In Fleming’s books, a man who kills a bird is a scoundrel who himself will be killed.

The two authors met shortly before Fleming’s death at 1964 year. According to a popular legend in Jamaica, in the early 60s, an elderly couple appeared on the threshold of the GoldenEye villa – a man and a woman. “Hello, Mr. Fleming,” the man said. “My name is Bond. James Bond”.

In fact, the acquaintance took place in absentia. In 1960 or 1961, the Bond couple found out about the existence of a namesake and Mary Wickham Bond wrote an indignant letter to Fleming – why did he give the name of a living person, her husband, to a scoundrel? In a response letter, Fleming explained his motives (just like in an interview with Playboy), gave permission to the real James Bond to use the name “Ian Fleming” in any way, for example, to call him the most terrible bird, and also invited the spouses to visit.

Bond. James Bond. Ornithologist, author of a guide to the birds of the West Indies, first published in 1936 and still reprinted thanks to the author’s namesake

Photo: Jerry Freilich

Bond. James Bond. Ornithologist, author of a guide to the birds of the West Indies, first published in 1936 and still reprinted thanks to the namesake of the author

Photo: Jerry Freilich

In 1975, Caspar Fleming, the writer’s son, died of a drug overdose. At 1976th Ann Fleming sold the GoldenEye villa to reggae king Bob Marley. In 1977, Marley was diagnosed with malignant melanoma under her big toe. In the same year, the musician decided that Fleming’s former home was too luxurious for him and sold it to his music producer Christopher Percy Gordon (Chris) Blackwell, Blanche Blackwell’s son. In 1989, Blackwell sold his record company, Island Records, for £180 million (about $300 million at the exchange rate at the time) and entered the hospitality business. At 19In ’98, he hired interior designer Linda Garland to remodel Fleming’s villa. In 2007, he announced plans to build cottages and villas on the territory of the GoldenEye estate, which by that time had increased in size to 40 acres (16.2 hectares) due to the purchase of neighboring land plots.

Fleming’s Villa is currently the most expensive holiday property at the GoldenEye Resort. Its five bedrooms can accommodate up to ten people. Price per night from November 1 to December 19 – $11 915.

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Fleming’s villa changed a lot when it became part of an expensive hotel. The only thing left from the former owner is the absence of glass in the windows

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This is what GoldenEye Villa looks like now

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Fleming’s villa changed a lot when it became part of an expensive hotel. All that remains of the former owner is the absence of glass in the windows

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Sergio Pitamitz / Robert Harding Heritage / AFP

According to the tradition established by Sir Anthony Eden, the guests of the villa plant a tree upon their departure. Among those who have already planted their tree are Harrison Ford, Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones, Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, Martha Stewart, Fatboy Slim, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell. Of the performers of the role of Bond – Pierce Brosnan.

Not far from the expensive hotel is the public (admission costs only $5) James Bond Beach, also owned by Blackwell. The beach bar bears the same name as the 3rd book and 11th Bond film, Moonraker. The names of the cocktails served at the bar are also taken from the world of 007. Thus, the Doctor No cocktail is vodka with juice.

The former Boscobel Airport, located about seven kilometers from the GoldenEye Resort, has been named after Ian Fleming since 2011.

Dr. No

“At exactly six o’clock in the evening, with the last yellow glow of sunset over the Blue Mountains, a purple shadow fell from the skies on Richmond Road, and the crickets and tree frogs in the beautiful gardens chirped and whistled.”

Ann and Ian Fleming at their Jamaican villa

Photo: Evening Standard / Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Ann and Ian Fleming at their Jamaican villa

Photo: Evening Standard / Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Thus begins Ian Fleming’s sixth James Bond novel, Dr. No. Part of the action takes place in Jamaica. James Bond also visits Jamaica in the second (“Live and Let Die”, Live and Let Die) and the last, twelfth novel of the epic (“The Man with the Golden Gun”).

The first EON Productions film (Dr. No) and the eighth film (Live and Let Die, although the film is set on the fictional Caribbean island of Santa Monica) were filmed in Jamaica. In addition, part of the latest Bond film to date, No Time to Die, was filmed in Jamaica, the script of which has nothing to do with Fleming’s books.

The movie Dr. No, starring Sean Connery, doesn’t match the book in every way. Crab Key Island (in Russian translations the name Crab Reef is also used) in both the film and the book is the lair of the villain, Dr. Julius Know. But in the book, a large number of pink spoonbills live on the island, since the doctor’s side business is the extraction of guano. In the film, Dr. No owns a bauxite mine. In the book, Bond kills the villain by literally drowning him in guano; in the film, Dr. Know drowns in boiling water from a nuclear reactor. In the film, Bond does not have to fight a giant squid. In the film, behind the villain is the mysterious worldwide criminal organization SPECTRUM, in the book, the USSR. When Dr. No was filmed, Fleming expected the Cold War to end soon and did not want to portray the Russians as enemies. Perhaps if the filming had begun only a year later, everything would have been different – shortly after the premiere of the film, the Cuban Missile Crisis began.

In preparation for the filming of Dr. No, Chris Blackwell was tasked with selecting location locations and soundtracks. Among the musicians applying to play Jamaican music was a 16-year-old boy with dreadlocks who was turned down because he looked too sloppy and did not have good manners. His name was Bob Marley. A decade later, Blackwell would make him a superstar, but in the film, Jamaican music was assigned to represent Byron Lee and the Dragonaires.

Ian Fleming smokes on the beach near his house. He smoked 70 cigarettes daily. Photo taken on February 23, 1964, the Bond author has six months to live

Photo: Harry Benson / Express / Getty Images

Ian Fleming smokes on the beach near his house. He smoked 70 cigarettes daily. Photo taken February 23, 1964, Bond author has six months to live

Photo: Harry Benson / Express / Getty Images

When it comes to shooting locations, Blackwell did a great job.

The film begins (except for the cartoon screensaver) not with a beautiful sunset, but with three supposedly blind people walking through Kingston. In the book, Fleming notes that they are all chigrs (chigroes, that is, mestizos whose parents are Chinese (Chinese) and Negroes (Negroes)). The “blind” walk along King Street, approaching Queen Victoria Park (now called St. William Grant Park). The statue of the Queen, the Ward Theater building, enters the frame. Then they return along King Street, coming to the intersection with Ocean Boulevard. There is a monument to the governor of Jamaica, Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalf, on the boulevard (currently the monument is located in St. William Grant Park).

Bond’s assistant Quarell (John Kitzmiller) dies on Crab Key. In the film Live and Let Die, his son Quarell Jr. will help the agent 007

Photo: Eon Productions Ltd

Bond’s assistant Quarell (John Kitzmiller) will die on the island of Crab Key. In the film Live and Let Die, his son Quarell Jr. will help the agent 007

Photo: Eon Productions Ltd

A little later, the “blind” are at the “Queens Club” (in the film it is portrayed by the private club and hotel Liguanea) . Near the club, they kill British Secret Service agent John Strangweiss, and the corpse is taken away from the crime scene in a car. A few minutes later, they will kill Strangweiss’ assistant as well. The Strangways House in which his assistant was killed was on Kinsale Street. Unfortunately, it didn’t survive. The film does not show what happened to the two corpses, in the book the killers dispose of them by dumping them into the Mona reservoir. The track around the reservoir is currently popular with joggers.

After the Secret Service in Jamaica did not get in touch with London, James Bond was entrusted to find out their fate.

Mona Reservoir. In Fleming’s book here, Strangweiss’ killers and his assistants got rid of the corpses

Photo: owensoft.net

Mona Reservoir. In Fleming’s book here, Strangweiss’s killers and his assistant disposed of the corpses Know is the only Bond film in which 007 does not go abroad.

On a domestic flight, Bond flies from London to Kingston, to Palisados ​​Airport (currently named after Jamaican statesman Norman Manley, the airport building has been completely rebuilt).

Turning at the real Caribbean Cement Company cement plant on the way to Miss Taro’s home on the fictional Magenta Drive, James Bond discovers being followed

Photo: Eon Productions Ltd

fictional Magenta Drive, James Bond discovers surveillance

Photo: Eon Productions Ltd

Having eliminated the killer, sent to the airport by Dr. No under the guise of a driver, Bond with a corpse in a car drives up to the “Government House”. This is Kings House, the residence of the Governor General of Jamaica.

In Port Morgan near the village (and in the distant past the largest city in the Caribbean) Port Royal, near the Norman Manly airport, Bond finds the fisherman Quarell, assistant to the missing agent Strangweiss. The skirmish and then reconciliation of Bond and Quarell takes place in the bar of the Morgan`s Harbor hotel. The bar is still in its place, although its appearance has changed. The name of the hotel has also changed – to the Grand Port Royal Hotel.

The bauxite loading pier, purportedly owned by Dr. Noe, is located west of the city of Ocho Rios.

Although James Bond wore a Rolex Submariner in Dr. No, there are Bond Swatches in the more affordable price range. This model is dedicated to the film “Dr. No”

Photo: Swatch

Although James Bond wore a Rolex Submariner in the movie “Dr. No”, there are “Bond” Swatches in a more democratic price category. This model is dedicated to the movie Dr. No

Photo: Swatch

The home of Miss Taro, another of the villain’s assistants, was filmed at the Grand Lido Sans Souci Hotel in Ocho Rios, where the film’s crew lived. The current name of the hotel is Couples Resorts Sans Souci. The appearance of the “House of Tarot” has changed a lot over the years.

Near Ocho Rios is the Jamaican government-owned Laughing Waters beach, where the famous scene with Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder emerging from the sea in an ivory bikini was filmed. In 2001, Andress sold the legendary bikini at Christie`s auction for £41,125. In November 2020, the bikini was put up for auction at Legends of Hollywood in Los Angeles with an estimate of $300-500 thousand, but did not find a buyer.

In addition to the bikini, Honey-Ursula was wearing a white military belt provided by game designer, tin soldier collector and maker John Tunstill. The belt is currently in his possession.

Ursula Andress’s bikini in 2001 was bought at Christie’s auction for ?41,125 by the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain

Photo: Stefan Rousseau / PA Images / Getty Images 41 125 restaurant chain Planet Hollywood

Photo: Stefan Rousseau / PA Images / Getty Images

The beach is closed to the public. But you can rent it by the day for a party or some special event. The price depends on the number of participants and starts at about $1000.

The swamp scenes (encounter with the “dragon” tank, during which Quarell is killed and Bond and Honey Ryder are captured) were filmed around Falmouth.

Jamaica is back and back again

The 1973 film Live and Let Die starring Roger Moore as 007 increased the number of Bond attractions in Jamaica. But it is worth a separate story, perhaps next year, when it will be 50 years since its release. As for the 2021 film No Time to Die, despite being a great advertisement for Jamaica’s recovering travel industry from the coronavirus pandemic, it has nothing to do with Fleming’s books. And it hardly has such a number of fans as the 60-year-old Dr. No.

“Would these books have been born if I had not lived in the magnificent vacation vacuum of Jamaica? I doubt it” (Ian Fleming). Photo: James Bond Beach

Photo: Jim D / Flickr

“Would these books have been born if I had not lived in the magnificent vacation vacuum of Jamaica? I doubt it” (Ian Fleming). In the photo – James Bond beach

Photo: Jim D / Flickr

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