I haven't had Coconut choka for a long time now. Nice video.

Back in day, the donkey cart was our main transport to the movies.

Nice video.

I might come across as a tourist but is that the river or ocean? My guess, river.

@cain posted:

I might come across as a tourist but is that the river or ocean? My guess, river.

Essequibo river..boat ride from Parika to Leguan….The ocean is ahead though, at the tip of Leguan(Dauntless)

@Mitwah posted:

I haven't had Coconut choka for a long time now. Nice video.

Back in day, the donkey cart was our main transport to the movies.

Nice video.

Yes..my parents had a donkey cart..we went to the backdam with it..as u said it was our means of transpi..(but we had 2 Raleigh  bicycles too..a ladies for us girls n 1 for the boys.  Later 1 of my bro bought a nive  big Honda motorbike whn he started to work ..

n then another bro bought a ladies Honda 70

good old days.

ps my maa made a nice coconut choka using the lorha n sill.  That thing was so smooth! , nowadays u can chew the grated coconut in d choka..lol..(also we roasted it is  fireside)  ..

good ole days eh!!

cain u ever had coconut choka??

@Lynn, What was the name of your donkey. Ours was big and strong. He came from West Coast Berbice Bush Lot. His name was Samson.

Lynn, no never had coconut choka. Never had a dankey neither but I assisted in vulcanizing the tubes and tyres when they came to our shop.

@cain posted:

Lynn, no never had coconut choka. Never had a dankey neither but I assisted in vulcanizing the tubes and tyres when they came to our shop.

Donkey carts didnt have tires bai…

those were horse carts….

well u must try d choka..maybe chams can set u up..

the west inidan stores sell it frozen..but it so spicy!! N texture isnt not very ..but it tasty(minus d excess peppa)

@Mitwah posted:

@Lynn, What was the name of your donkey. Ours was big and strong. He came from West Coast Berbice Bush Lot. His name was Samson.

I dont think we had an name for it..

only our 2 dogs had names..

n our 2 parrots..

n of course my dad names his birds (cant rem the names though except 1 called ‘Tourist’)

Talking abt dankey…

ours was a genius..my bro used to sleep away but the donkey drove him straight home..hahaha

yes the donkey knew whn to turn into our street(dam) n to stop infront of our house

My dad never beat his donkey..he had a small blun wood..that heused to tickle above the donkey’s tail..

n that was enough to get it moving

our donkey was strong..n my dad kept it well groomed ..bathed it n hehad a big iron comb-like things ..used to trim the hair

it wasnicen rosy too..not like some of the magga ones around

@Lynn posted:

My dad never beat his donkey..he had a small blun wood..that heused to tickle above the donkey’s tail..

n that was enough to get it moving

our donkey was strong..n my dad kept it well groomed ..bathed it n hehad a big iron comb-like things ..used to trim the hair

it wasnicen rosy too..not like some of the magga ones around

Our donkey was a pet. He loves bananas and turnips. We would cut them up so that he doesn't choke. He wasn't too fond of squash but loved the occasional Christmas apple.

@Lynn posted:

Donkey carts didnt have tires bai…

those were horse carts….

well u must try d choka..maybe chams can set u up..

the west inidan stores sell it frozen..but it so spicy!! N texture isnt not very ..but it tasty(minus d excess peppa)

The cart in picture has tyres. So what do the donkey carts use as wheels, I am only familar with rims and tyres?

@cain posted:

The cart in picture has tyres. So what do the donkey carts use as wheels, I am only familar with rims and tyres?

The ones with tires..we called DRAY carts or ‘horse-carts’

iknow the donkey-carts in GT had tires

but wht we had had HUGE wheels..with metal rims

see pix

Rem we had MUD/sand roads..n esp going in the back dam, we had DAMS not roads..n that required sturdy wheels that can go thru mud on narrow dams

Here

@cain posted:

The cart in picture has tyres. So what do the donkey carts use as wheels, I am only familar with rims and tyres?

The cart in video isnt a DONKEY but HORSE cart!! Lol

@Mitwah posted:

Our donkey was a pet. He loves bananas and turnips. We would cut them up so that he doesn't choke. He wasn't too fond of squash but loved the occasional Christmas apple.

Lord have mercy..ours ate grass only!! Im not sure if my bros or dad fed it anything else ..

ours was for work..that animal fetch paddy bags n timber ..

all our garden veggies were transported from backdam to house..a 3 mile trek..n then again to the stelling . My parents used to to travel to backdam everyday…7 days a week .

i used to sit at the back with a nice big umbrella lol

I liked to hang my feet down for the ride/drive .

once i ran away n my parents didnt know until they got homen saw that i wasnt in theback..hahaha

i jumped off whn they turned to go in our st..n ran off to my aunty’s home n theyhad no clue..

they were so scared that i mayhave fallen asleep n fell off on the road..so a search party was sent out

they never thought of me going past our street..but after searching ..they decided to go up the rd..

n there i was at my auntie’s home, enjoying an ice piece of cake.

Poor aunty had no idea i i had ran off until my mother came..then she said she was puzzled as i was abit untidy n not like usual whn i was dressed nicely to visit her.  But shehad no idea i had run away..hehe

i was upset because i waanted something(i dont rem wht) but i didnt get my -own-way’ so i decided to teach my mom a lesson..n it was a Christmas eve too!

Ours had car wheels like this one. Actually this happened to ours one day when we tried to take a load of firewood up the incline to the cross the Canje swing bridge.

I don't recall seeing those larger wheels in G'town and vicinity but at my age I'm lucky to remember anything.

Around '76 while working in the shipping dept at Wix Filters I met a Gy guy who's family had carts then worked their way to trucking. I mentioned I worked in vulcanizing that's when he realized it was me who worked on their tyres back then.

@cain posted:

I don't recall seeing those larger wheels in G'town and vicinity but at my age I'm lucky to remember anything.

Around '76 while working in the shipping dept at Wix Filters I met a Gy guy who's family had carts then worked their way to trucking. I mentioned I worked in vulcanizing that's when he realized it was me who worked on their tyres back then.

Yeah whn i moved to GT in 76 i was surprised to see donkey carts with tires ..i think the big wheels ones were mostly used countryside where they didnt have ‘pitch’ roads

Back in the days, the Morris Oxford was made for the roads and dams in Guyana. The rear axle and wheels and springs were used on the donkey carts. They were small and light. Nostalgic eh!

Was the trunk infront??

i rem some cars trunks were in the front

@Lynn, It was the Volkswagen, that we called the "Bug" with the engine in the rear and the trunk in front.

@Mitwah posted:

@Lynn, It was the Volkswagen, that we called the "Bug" with the engine in the rear and the trunk in front.

Yes..the BUG-house!!

An old chinee man who lived next to our apt in Garnet st had man bug-house!!

we called him ‘smoke-pot’ because his car used to ‘smoke’

@Lynn posted:

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This type of wheel make sense for the mud dams. When you get stuck, you can grab the spindles or wooden spokes and help move the cart along/forward. Nostalgic photo!

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