70-year-old man murdered at Gaumont Hotel.

By Staff on April 16, 2013

The body of a 70-year-old man was found sprawled on the stairway of the Gaumont Hotel in High Street, Georgetown on Monday afternoon. The man has been identified as Frederick Thomas of Friendship, East Coast Demerara.

According to a police report, the man’s body was found with a stab wound to the chest on the stairway of the hotel just around 2 O’ clock in the afternoon.

He was taken to the Georgetown Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police investigators have since taken three women and two men into custody to assist with the investigations.

The Gaumont Hotel is one of Georgetown’s oldest hotels best known as a hide out for prostitution.

Holy cow, dis is a real place with a storied 72-year history in the capital's high street.

 

Anyone has any Gaumont stories to share? Chief? Nehru?

PLenty Bhai. Dem Days was 20 Guyana Dollars to press KAAK

 

I learn something new everyday about you non-kanta natives

 

What was the exchange rate at the time? What year? What were the hores like?

 

I find this to be hideously fascinating.

At that time mostly Amerindian and Indian Gals. The Indians were not as aggressive and did not earn their money so I always selected the Best  The 70's and early 80's.

Exchange Rate range from 6 to 1 to 11 to 1 at different time.

Now Nehru, don't say, you would have preferred an exchange of 6:9, right?

Nah Bannas, I aint no bloody Frenchie.

I did pass by the place...unfortunately, never had the opportunity to pay a visit...some real black guard homan

Ray, yuh sound disappointed deh Bai . And why is rouk inquiring of dis hare house of I'll repute? Like yuh want guh or wha.

Sheik, You could ah walk over.  Big Jail nah far from there.

Nah, not my style. My older brother and his friends use to frequent these places. White coconut tree and Dr. Circle were two others also.

Church Boy.  Well, someone has to be the black Sheep of the Family.

Nehru is spinning tales for you all. He was a quiet, shy, educated and religious brahmin boy. 

I'm cringing at the thought how filthy dis place must have been, hot decrepit and stank
no bloody wonder so many 55+ coolie men behave suh diseased

Where was White Coconut Tree? I know that place. Was it Camp or High St?

 

I worked beside Gaumont, knew a few of the ladies but never tasted the wares. After seeing some of those so called sex ed fliks where they showed peckers in various stages of damage due to sex with...ahem...rats, Iman got scared of dem people dem.

Nothing but clean decent wares for Iman.

cain if you work near gaumont then you should know white coconut tree it was right at the corner of princess and Lombard st 

Correct! I knew a family who lived aound there,the Cadogans.