wah house yuh rass talking about in school, meh ah wan country bai  abee nah had house in abee school

no no back in the late 70s, we had primary school athletics and teams of competing athletes were put into groups called houses

oh rass meh bin still deh in meh bukta then bai

75ish u weren't in Primary school?

who seh? meh stay back 4 times fuh sweet talk all dem lil gyal

C house

did high jump, broad jump, mile run

really Ray, I couldn't tell yuh was a high jumper
Jk

1962-1964 at Central High School I was in C House, orange badge. I think it was also called Murray House. To play cricket matches and participate in athletics, my classmates and I had to walk from the school's Smyth Street premises to Thomas Lands.

75 pounds ago...ah could jump over 5' 8" ....wha wrong wid yuh.

nowadays...well...I wouldn't elaborate

damn...I was born in 1963

Truth be told, I didn't excel in school sports. I was a book man.

I remember scoring 3 runs in cricket one time, and 8 runs another time. I won a few table tennis games. Really, I learned to play table tennis at Central, with 2 long desks as a table. My racquet was a small hard cover book "FIRST STEPS IN LATIN". That's how the guys practised.

Mc Lawerance house did long jump and high jump

in 1968 form 3 ,same year i wrote CP exams

i was second and third in the school tournament

for the two events

I played cricket for by class...on Fridays, games will be scheduled in the afternoon against other classes...fun times

Sometimes I look back...it all seems like a blur, like it was not me doing all that stuff...sighhhh...where have all the years gone

Ray yuh went to Indians right? Remember crossin over de muddy trench to play pon de immaculate QC ground? Ours was a rale cow pasture

but focusing on Primary school, I still have such vivid memories some 40 yrs ago

I think them men had stands on they ground too...if I remember correctly

Like country bai  Amral, we did not have houses. The only class name we had was dunsee and the others were forms.

 

One strong memory of my school days was playing so much sports that my pants butt would wear off. I remember going to school with a nicely starched and ironed brown uniform with ragged butt cheeks.

Me late sister Elaine who washed and pressed  my uniform had a saying

 

"Bai you skin like hion'.

 

I went to school to play sports and often wonder how I graduated.

Our clothes was starched by duking it in bucket of starch, which needs a crow bar to remove it from the clothes line.

It had to be sprinkled with water to soften it for ironing and the kerosene pump-iron would sometimes flare up.      

If not happened yet, wait til your kids get married. You might look at the adult and wonder where 25/30  years went.

Sometimes that could also be a blur, if you don't slow down and enjoy their childhood. I look at home movies and don't remember all the stuff we did together.   

East Ruimveldt D house we wore blue. Played soccer, ran, soor girls, long jump, soor girls, javelin, cycling, soor girls.

I was in Pugsley House at Berbice High School.

 

I took part in the 100 meters dash, relay, and rounders. Surprisingly, I was very athletic back then I was also on the debate team in third form.

Lol @back then
I can't pitcha yuh runnin, only away from me

So is which school you went to in G/T

yeah, not gonna happen

Rama Krishna Dharmic Maha Sabha Primary School

Whew, what a mouth full

From Freaky, a house was named after Giglioli:

 

http://caribbeanpress.org/wp-c...-Giglioli-Jacket.pdf

 

This was interesting:

Working in Guyana from the 1920s, Giglioli developed a passion for researching

the causes of malaria. His identification of A. darlingi as the sole vector of malarial infection, and the astounding eradication of the dreaded disease in the colony, between 1946 and 1948, constitute an epic in tropical medicine. It was an achievement with revolutionary potential - economically, socially and politically. In eradicating the dreaded malarial disease, Giglioli helped to transform Guyana “…from one of the world’s foremost fever-ravaged countries to the place where the deathdealing disease was first checked, then beaten back until today, victory over malaria has become one of the glorious achievements in the history of Guyana’s progress against disease and death.”

 

 

 

I think yo is put in maha in the name of the school, as I know it, but I could be wrong  

I wasn't into sports at all. No house for me. I was a spirited supporter though. 

 

Oh Skites, Miraver da drunken sports spectator, hehehe.

Lol@cain!!

Galton - Saints

 

Pheasant (I think) - St Agnes

 

I did lime and spoon, three legged and sack race!

Oh goody, I like that lime an spoon.

Go lime by the lady then do the spoon as we drift off, yessss.