Local history Thread

InDeForest · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject:

I was told:
during the latter part WW2, most cargo/supply/bomber planes between north america and europe could not make the transatlantic flight with the fuel and heavy loads etc, so a route of a series of shorter flights was arranged, from north america planes would land at wallerfield, swap cargo refuel and return, or refuel and fly east to africa (dunno where), then do the same and head north toward europe.
Since the german Uboats were doing such a great job sinking allied shipping across the atlantic, as much as possible sea cargo was changed to air cargo. The number of planes and volume of cargo flowing through wallerfield was massive.

Greypatch · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject:

yea boi true dat

MG Man · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject:

yep, we were also a prime target for invasion / attack had the war continued past 1945 Shocked

neckto · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

i only hopw it don't need a next world war for we to get a track

trini_ravi · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject:

it was stated that during the war Hitler wanted to capture T'dad as oil was discovered in south and it was one of the biggest finds at the time.

just like George W.

3rd_Gear_Pull · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject:

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:23 am Post subject:

Can folklore be considered in this thread too???

tr1ad · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject:

bump for history buffs

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject:

ok, here's one, and one of my pet peeves:
Princes Town, NOT princeSS town as many people think:

Princes Town
Originally founded as the Amerindian Mission of Savana Grande, the town was renamed after the 1880 visit by Queen Victoria's grandsons, Prince Albert and Prince George (later King George V). The Princes each planted a poui tree at the Anglican church in the area, which still survives to this day.

The princes were doing their tour, which included a stop to Devil's Woodyard.....for the Lighthouse crew, Devil's Woodyard is a field of mud volcanoes a few miles east of Princes Town, in the village of Hindustan....on their way back, they planted the Poui Trees, which still stand today!

White CZ4A · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject:

Maserati · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject:

^the road to the devil's woodyard still in that bad condition?

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject:

it supposed to have been paved some years ago
I haven't been since I was like 7 or 8 years old
That place used to creep the sheit outta me.........I heard it's now only safe in groups

tunerlime? Laughing

SR · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

road still not so great
pas thru it a couple years ago on a rally run

but good idead for a :know yuh country" tuner lime

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject:

^^^^yeah boi SR, some ah de tunerlime contingent cud use ah mud mask

SR · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:

yu pickin on feuners again

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

I was thinkin larafan, buh since yuh point that out Mr. Green

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanywaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy

another interesting spot in south is the old railway tunnel in Tabaquite.....don't know much about its history, but it's pretty cool

There's a WW2 bunker peeping out the side of a hill in Claxton Bay....looks like a munitions bunker somebody exposed by accident while doing an excavation.....not sure if it was ever opened....anybody know more about this?

...........I know a giy who uncovered some old cannons in Rio Claro, of all places.....the kind you would notmally find defending acoastal garrison.......not sure if they ever removed them tho.........

SR · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject:

probably moved long tim now

how about a tuner lime to the military museum

would be a good place to start since we on world war 2 etc

how many people know the importance of chaguarams for world war 2 and what was kept there

as well as macaripe

tr1ad · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:13 pm Post subject:

the govt decleared it a historical site and that was the end of it

they were supposed to open it up but it never came to pass as yet...

which part of rio claro mg?

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

SR, not a bad idea
The curator is a cool dude and he is amazingly knowledgeable.....

tr1ad, not sure of the exact location...the problem was getting a hiab or crane off the road to lift them......those mortar cannons are HEAVY...........nobody moving them so easy

Here's one...........in the remote reaches of Brasso Seco village is a turn-of-the-century STEAM-POWERED steam roller.........we think they left it there after paving the original road......been there so long that trees have grown up around it and it's trapped.......not to mention the thing is huge.........you need TRUCKS to move the pieces after you disassemble it and cut down a few trees! Funny thing is, it is prolly still under government ownership Exclamation

The village itself is really nice.....quiet, picturesque, and is the start of the Madamas and Double River Falls trails............I always enjoy talking to the locals.............it's a dying village tho.....it's tiny and the young folks are leaving to seek employment in the towns.....agriculture and subsistence just not cuttin it..........tragic

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MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject:

few people do............it was an accidental discovery............nobody really sure why they there, cuz there's no evidence of fortifications

Greypatch · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

i want to go down and see that roller...

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject:

me too.............Kamikaze's dad is the one who did the detective work to track it down....he really wanted to unearth and restore it.....he's a real Steam Engine buff Exclamation

I'll call him and see what we can arrange

IMPREZZING · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject:

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject:

yup
all those small bays were dredged to hide and park u-boats

The western part of the northern range is also dotted with hidden bunkers, some of which are rumored to be still sealed, hiding Harleys and sportscars kept by American troops stationed here Shocked

tr1ad · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:08 pm Post subject:

i know there's an old WWII sub off of tobago

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject:

there's also a WW2 fighter plan sunk off the chaguaramas coast

Smokey · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject:

Don't know if this is common knowledge or not, but in Moruga, la lune side...there are old paved platforms at the top of one of the hills, where there used to be some anti aircraft artillery for the americans during WWII

MG Man · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

there are WW2 constructs all over the country
There used to be a control tower of sorts in Couva, but it was ripped apart years ago for building materials...........