Local history Thread

SmokeyGTi · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:45 am Post subject:

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View of Marine Square at the corner of Frederick Street.
June 7th
1963

trini_ravi · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:46 am Post subject:

xeon · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:16 am Post subject:

xtech · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject:

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Conrad · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject:

equipped2ripp · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject:

trini_ravi, if you want the man to edit it, why did you quote it? Confused

trini_ravi · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject:

^^^skanky alread asked him 2... and no response yet

i'm hoping he see the quote... i'll delete after

Greypatch · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject:

Greypatch · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject:

One more a tourism booklet (me thinks)

Mrs Peanut Punch · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject:

d spike · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject:

Carlsen Field was actually the major airfield, not Wallers. This airfield is also supposed to be the largest (at least up until the 80's) in the world. Wallerfield was named after an aircraft (seaplane, I think) captain who kept his crippled plane airborne allowing his crew to bail out. He couldn't bail out in time, went down with his plane.

The chaps who oversaw the "Berlin Airlift" were specifically chosen from fellows who worked in Carlsen Field, due to their juggling the greatest amount of air-traffic in the war.

CF was the only base that had 3 air corps active at the same time: RAF, USAF and US Navy planes.

d spike · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject:

According to the book "Spanish Trinidad" (history text in the 50's), 4 priests and a friar were killed in Arena by the amerindians. The actual details of the "massacre" are given! After the slaying of the Governor and his men, the folks sat down to decide what to do, as they were quite aware of the Spaniards' habits regarding retaliation. The older heads wanted to go south to escape to the Main, while the younger ones wanted to go north and hide in the amerindian settlements on the North coast. (They knew of the escaped Spaniard who hotfooted back to St. Joseph. This soldier didn't get away clean - he died of an arrow wound afterwards.)

As the text goes, the indians split up. The Spanish soldiers trailed the larger group which were heading south. They caught up with them and slaughtered the lot - a few escaped during the exacting of revenge. This place was called "Big Blood". The Spanish chased the survivors and you can guess the meaning of the site "Little Blood". The Spaniards then took off behind the north-going gang. They cornered them on the cliffs of Galera. Old folks spoke of women flinging their babies and then following them over the edge. You all know the rest.

d spike · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject:

The American camp in Wallerfield, Fort Read (not Reid), had gateposts at its entrances - they still stand today. Between the two posts at Santa Rosa was a pine tree, which was felled about 10-15 years ago. That pine tree caused a few problems for the GIs who had to patrol the road around Christmas time. (Trinis loved having a real pine xmas tree!)
My grandmother's brothers solved the problem by putting up the car bonnet and peering around under the hood, while 2 brothers were up in the tree, clipping decent sized branches. One xmas, a patrol got suspicious, attempted to start the car (what do you know, it started) and sent the reluctant group on their way - leaving two boys aloft...

d spike · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject:

Conrad:"The name of many place in the south land were used as posts for trading slaves. For example in Moruga there is 1st Company and 3rd Company. "

This isn't correct.
During the American war for Independence, black slaves were encouraged by the British to fight for the Crown in return for their freedom. When the Brits lost, these free slaves (and now, ex-soldiers) had to be settled somewhere. Where better than the Colonies, and in particular, Trinidad, which though British, had few Britishers? However, they couldn't be settled within macco range of the estates with their slaves - the slaves might get ideas about free black people... So they and their families were shipped and then settled by their companies (hence the names of these villages) quite to hell in the bush. These villages were known for their cleanliness and organization - even though they were positioned far (and in some cases, completely cut off) from previously settled areas. These people were Southern Baptist, and referred to themselves as "Mericans". Two companies didn't make
it - their ship sank. One company's land allotment was so hard to carve out of the jungle, they called it Hard Bargain. Another company REFUSED to settle where they were sent after they saw it, and they returned to PoS. The authorities were very concerned about this (free black people walking around town, what will the local negroes say - or worse - think?) and the ex-soldiers were given a New Grant of land where they then settled.

Conrad · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject:

Correction noted. Source?

d spike · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject:

Any good local history book NOT WRITTEN for use in our gov't secondary schools. M. Anthony, G. Besson, the museum, et al

d spike · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject:

Slaves were sold where they disembarked in PoS

SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:35 am Post subject:

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SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:37 am Post subject:

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SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:39 am Post subject:

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SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:41 am Post subject:

Carnival - Late 60's
somehow this guy reminds me of an oompa loompa Very Happy

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SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:46 am Post subject:

from an old postcard, caption on the back sates:

"The Usine Ste Madeline, Trinidad, is the largest sugar factory in the British West Indies. In the yard are seen trucks loaded with cane brought in on the estate's own railway system. The Factory makes about 250 tons of sugar a day."

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hold this beautiful shot:

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pitch lake:

Greypatch · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:53 am Post subject:

Project 1234 ...
A sceret project to increase capacity of the P-a-P Refinery.

SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:55 am Post subject:

Postcards - Cocoa Production:
"In the past Cacao was propagated only by seed. During recent years progress has been made by the Trinidad Department of Agriculture in the selection of heavy bearing trees and their propagation by budding. The view shows a four-year-old budded tree on an estate in Trinidad, which has the largest number of budded Cacao trees on any private estate in the world."

"After being picked the Cacao pods are put into heaps in the field where the beans are extracted. They are then sent to the fermentation houses and are subsequently dried."

"After being fermented for about six days the Cacao beans are dried in the sun on large platforms with movable roofs so that they can be protected at night and during rain."

"This view shows the Manager's house on a Cacao Estate adjacent to it the Cacao drying houses, store rooms and cattle pens. The surroundings are often very picturesque especially on Cacao estates in the hills."

Greypatch · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:03 am Post subject:

thanks smokey

SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:07 am Post subject:

Red House - Thing looking like new

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hol dat patch:

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Indo Trini Town!! St. James!!

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Village Scene - Notice the houses have a Carat roof!

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Custom House - A Steamer!:

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Does this road still exist? what does it look like now?

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SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:25 am Post subject:

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Boeing 727-78
New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK)
USA - New York, December 1965

SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:44 am Post subject:

1938:

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Charlotte Street, 1956

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High Street

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Presentation College, San'do

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SmokeyGTi · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:07 am Post subject:

Indian arival day 1945: Y de Lima was actually around then

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Canning:

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Circa 1912

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Greypatch · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:42 am Post subject:

somebess photos dey bhai