Local history Thread

[ziig]

my father in law was a cook for the Yankees he can cook american food real good......his turkey is boss and pancakes are wicked..............he is a real good cook boy...i marry my wife to eat he food..LOL

[Skanky]

cazabon

his grandson taught me biology in CIC dont know if hes still there

Who is that teacher?

[ziig]

Not sean cazabon?
i know him but havent seen him inyears...!!!

[SR]

so let me throw one out for allyuh hear



free masons


who knows the building with the symbol on it and where

[Skanky]

[quote="Manchungster"]Just found these whilst googling Wallers and US Airbases in 3Ne.



If allyuh want to go hunting gimme a shout we could find them things.

[Rory Phoulorie]

so let me throw one out for allyuh hear



free masons


who knows the building with the symbol on it and where

Picadilly Street in Port of Spain??

There's a building at the top of a hill along that road. Someone told me that it is a lodge building, but I have never seen any activity going on at that location in the years that I have passed there.

[nismotrinidappa]

^^^^ i know of that one also...


what about teh area called gloster lodge in belmont..

[Conrad]

paramin man does fight for dey paramin women eh

just be careful

But they're so bloody gorgeous

the statue is on the old road and it was amerindians who made it..

Can you clarify/proove this? What you said is what I've been told since small (I live nearby) but apparently others know better.

[TurboDrive]

uhhh.. is it where they building lots of gov't housing now or am i mistaken?

No not the same place.That is before the chase village flyover. That is Carlsen Field you talking about.

[TurboDrive]

so let me throw one out for allyuh hear



free masons


who knows the building with the symbol on it and where

Picadilly Street in Port of Spain??

There's a building at the top of a hill along that road. Someone told me that it is a lodge building, but I have never seen any activity going on at that location in the years that I have passed there.

There is also one on Ruth Ave. San Fernando. Known about it since I used to attend St. Pauls Ang. School. I too have never seen any activity and the place is always in immaculate condition.

[tr1ad]

so let me throw one out for allyuh hear



free masons


who knows the building with the symbol on it and where

one in san fernando on ruth ave

[Black Scorpion]

lil off topic...from early 1900s

http://www.telegram.com/article/2007081 ... source=rss


""Worcester laid down its first black-topped street early in the 20th century. In 1901, the city began paving Main Street between Chandler Street and Lincoln Square with cobblestones, and a proposal was made to cover the section in front of City Hall with asphalt or wooden blocks to lessen the racket made by iron-rimmed wagon and buggy wheels.

In the years following “bitulithic pavingâ€

[xtech]

for those who made the long trek to see the huge satellite tracking station dish in chaguramas........ well this is a picture of the same site with the original radar tracking station still operational in 1958. The dish replaced this an was used to track the rockets after launching from florida on the moon missions in the 60's.



Wallerfield was called fort reid at first these are the first GIs to arrive no clear land just coconut trees an plenty bush



HALT! Who Da!?


http://www.trinoutdoors.com/pages/other ... l%20Sights

[xtech]

Old pictures from old American Base in Chaguramas which actually has a date (July 22nd 1944 a Saturday) on beach in Chaguramas near where KFC currently stands






Leaving the Ship all the Yachts missing


Beach Party more like bush party

[Maserati]

xtech,good post

[joker]

^^ what he said

[xtech]

Working Hard for the Yankee Dollar







Eating out of the Garbage

[xtech]

[idlemind]

Was jus digging up in my archives and saw some pics from the last tourism park held center of excellence (2006 i think it was)

Some Folklore (sorry for the quality, was last day...real jam)

Soucouyant:



Douens:


Papa:



Mama Dlo:

[idlemind]

These portraits were huge so bear with the angles :

[Conrad]

WOW! Looking at those pics makes you wonder why did we didn't build around our history rather than reclaim land and break down old architecture to become "modern".

Nice, keep em coming.

[xtech]

post more stuff nah









P20 (1922)

Austin 20s Part of the fleet of Trinidad Central Oilfields.








Bunsee Partap Dome fire in 1928 (Fyzabad)

16 ppl killed plus ah car.


Model T P5734 & A Chevy

[Greypatch]

excellent work fellas ah gonna save dem pics

[Greypatch]

bump as we taking old T&T threads

[TrinbagoMan]

Excellent thread MG Man

[Redman]

Great Thread,

Trinidad was one of the largest Naval bases during WWII

The carriers came here on their shake down cruises(1st cruise after leaving ship yards.)
The gulf was a natural harbor easily protected from the threat of u boats and the new crews and ships could work the kinks out.The shallow waters of the Gulf made anti sub patrols easy and the tactical pic for the subs suicidal
The ASW for the entire Caribbean was anchored in Tdad

Its location made it a stop for raw materials heading north to the US and East to Europe eg rubber from Brazil, and ships massed into convoys in the Gulf before heading across the Atlantic.So we were a meeting point in both directions. The merchant ships would wait here for their escorts anchored in the Gulf of Paria

As the pics show the waters around Tdad are littered with sunk cargo ships -victims of a concentrated effort early on by Hitlers wolf packs- IF hitler had continued the concentration of U boat activity here the war could have gone in a different direction. We were pivotal


The refineries here also contributed and along side Aruba and Maricaibo(I think small tankers ran crude from Maricaibo to Aruba ) kept the mechanized war running. The refinery in Aruba was shelled by a U boat-I dont think that we were ever shelled but there were a couple alerts WRT invasion
There is even a story of a German u boat officer being caught with a CINEMA ticket from Tdad.
Having apparently landed and taking a walk about.

I think that Rosevelt landed here on his way to meet with Stalin and Churchill,it was under the QT so it wasnt a state visit-Making This was the cross Atlantic flight for a US President and that makes Tdad the first foreign landing for the US Pres.
Also Tdad was used for jungle training -and had small bases all over the southern country

Thats all of the top of meh head and it have a sahina and channa waiting for me so...



Later

[Greypatch]

please contribute more after the fry food

[janfar]

Its also fact that German U-boats used to go for repairs in Rio de Janeiro. Theirs one parked there right now as an exhibit. Argentina and Brazil were somewhat allies to the Germans. Another purpose for the base in Trinidad was as a hub for hunting damaged U-boats headed to the Brazil/ Argentina for repairs...

[TOIZ WIT NOIZ]

this going good didnt know so much until now

[Redman]

How many of allyuh really know what a Brighton Bucket is??
as in dat gyul pass meh like a Brighton bucket-(the South version of a full bus)

I gone again-trying to cancel an order on Amazon

Later