{"id":195,"date":"2015-04-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/?p=195"},"modified":"2023-10-16T15:09:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:09:57","slug":"james-bond-got-start-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/01\/james-bond-got-start-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"How James Bond Got His Start in Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series, fell in love with Jamaica instantly. (Really, how could you not?) He was sent to the island by the British Naval Intelligence (how very <i>Bond<\/i> of him). Fleming vowed to return to the island, and when the war ended he made good on his word\u2014purchasing property and naming it GoldenEye. This land now exists as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theflemingvilla.com\/\">The Fleming Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GoldenEye was more than just a home for Fleming. It was here that he penned the now legendary <i>Bond<\/i> series. He became friendly with the people who looked after his estate, like gardener Ramsey Dacosta. What was it like to work with one the most famous and prolific writers of the 20th century? Ramsey, as you\u2019ll hear everyone call him, still works at GoldenEye\u2014and he loves talking about his time working with Fleming.<\/p>\n<p>Here, Ramsey shares memories of climbing coconut trees and making rice and peas for \u201cthe Commander\u201d (what Ramsey calls Fleming to this day). He also recalls the moment he realized what the Commander was writing all those years down at the gazebo, and reveals how Fleming came up with the name \u201cJames Bond.\u201d It\u2019s definitely not what you\u2019d expect!<\/p>\n<p>Psssst\u2026. we\u2019ll be sharing more stories with Ramsey. Keep an eye out for the next video on #OUTPOSTINGS coming soon! #StoriesWithRamsey<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related links:<br \/>\n<a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ianfleming.com\/\">Ian Fleming<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> &#8211; Official website<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pegasusbooks.com\/books\/goldeneye-hardcover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoldenEye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming&#8217;s Jamaica<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Novel by Matthew Parker<br \/>\n<a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Birds_of_the_West_Indies.html?id=37JPAAAAYAAJ\">Birds of the West Indies<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> &#8211; Purchase book on Amazon<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series, fell in love with Jamaica instantly. (Really, how could you not?) He was sent to the island by the British Naval Intelligence (how very Bond of him). Fleming vowed to return to the island, and when the war ended he made good on his word\u2014purchasing property and naming it GoldenEye. This land now exists as The Fleming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-culture","category-interview","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>James Bond&#039;s Birthplace - Ian Fleming&#039;s GoldenEye in Jamaica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Fleming, the man who conceived of the world&#039;s best spy when he was staying at his Jamaican holiday home GoldenEye share his saga of creating 007.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/01\/james-bond-got-start-jamaica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Bond&#039;s Birthplace - 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