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Extract from the Speightstown Travel Guides:
Small, run-down and utterly charming,
SPEIGHTSTOWN
(pronounced "Spikestown") is the second town of Barbados, though it remains largely untouched by tourist development. It was once a thriving port, famous for its tough-talking, uncompromising inhabitants - "Speightstown flattery" is an old Bajan term for a back-handed compliment. Over the last century, however, the place has declined precipitately, and there is little to do today but stroll around and soak up the remnants of the local fishing industry, a few stylish old buildings and a handful of excellent restaurants that cater for day visitors and the guests of nea...
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