BRUCE GOLDING Though born in Ginger Ridge, St. Catherine, Bruce remembers growing up in Macca Tree with neither running water nor electricity.
He describes those early days: "We had tanks at the back and fetched water to bring it into the house. Every bedroom had a washstand, a big enamelled basin and what we called a goblet, and an outside toilet. That's how we grew up.
"When I was seven, my mother got a post at Alpha Academy, which required her to move to Kingston. So my father bought a house in town and put us all here. He stayed in the country, close to his constituency.
"Whenever he came in for Parliament, he would stay over and the moment Parliament was over, he headed back, so we maintained two households."
PEARNEL CHARLES
RAISING HIS seven children among them three medical doctors, a dentist, one lawyer and a PhD candidate is a record, Charles, who in November will contest an election for leader of the JLP, takes immense pride in.
And for good reason too raising such a large family takes many of the strengths needed to run a country successfully vision, compassion, patience and a sense of humour.
