Your post brings back a lot of emotional memories of me growing up at Belvedere, during my teenage years. Most of the people moved from the logies to Belvedere etc in 1959 and I start working at Albion office in 1960. While you were there I passed your house dozens of times, on my bicycle. The man who lived across from you was Chedda, Albion office bookkeeper. I am in touch with his son Dev. Past Deo house at the end of the block lived the late Grub Jaimangal . He was a highly educated guy and his father worked in the shovel gang at Albion Estate. Grub played the guitar well and we had many parties at his house when his father was at work.
I knew Deonarine well since the logie days at Albion. I remember when he first met his wife who lived on the same street. In Ontario, he was into horse racing. As you might know he also passed on. .I believe the British exams and qualification at BSC is highly recognized overseas for job opportunities. Some of the Albion Front BSC grads moved to Fort Mc Murray in Northern Alberta and one is presently in Fort St. John, Northern BC.
Similar to John, on weekends I would go to our farm with Deo. One of our farms was located past Chesnee, turn left, right just before the wooden bridge and left at the next bridge. The road had a high bank with a lower trench. In our teenage inexperience we tied the donkey to the cart while we went to the farm. When we returned the donkey had pulled the unmanned cart into the trench with him also in the trench. There were no adults around, but we were able to get the donkey out and have him pull the cart back on the road embankment. I also knew Deo parents well.
Our house, now vacant, is the last house on the left before going to Belvedere school. The area where the school is located was a swamp with crab grass, where we chased dogs that was killing the sheep. I assisted the surveyor to map the school land and also worked on the school during the day, while I worked evenings at Albion telephone exchange.
I was born at a large hospital that was located where Albion office is presently located. Some of the hospital materials was used to build CHS auditorium.
Where at Albion Front were you born. I knew overseer Ramsammy and niece Doreen who is married to an Albion historical writer in NY. Dentist Fung-a-Fat visited there to look after teeth. One of my first wedding photo shoots in 1962 was when Belvedere school street Coo Koot son Moses got married to a Permaul house, across from Yollanda cinema. Coo Koot had the Madrass church behind our house at Belvedere, near the water pump, that was bombed in the 1960s.
My Albion school teacher David Latchana from Albion Front, used to have the entire class at his house in the evenings for extra lessons. He never took payment, compared to teachers today, but every now and again, my mother would get me to take him a live chicken, that was a bit embarrassing as a teenager. After classes, we used to stand at the Albion Front high bridge and watch Yollanda movies through the open windows. We could only see part of the screen, but could hear the audio.
I am now putting together some photos taken between 1960-1967 for display and presentations in other countries. I took about 1000 photos before coming overseas.
More later