Guinness 

Correct.

As a  teenager, I remember calling Mrs. Teixeira to offer my condolences and her words still ring in my ear today 'What kind of people would do this to children ?'  I was told she never recovered from Godfrey's death.

Guyana has an unpleasant past and its still happening today.  

The Radio Dem moderators in 1964 were ...

Christopher Deane about six feet tall  and

Mona Williams, very much shorter.

Mostly GT people participated in the show.    

No

 I have this book, given to me by her in New Zealand. I think it's the right person.

Malt Extract, or Malta.

Oh my goodness TI, that is her alright...very much shorter than Deane.

She was a very vibrant and out going person.

I have some photos taken of her, Christopher Deane and others in front of Radio Dem in 1964, when myself and Lennox D. [Montreal] from Canje was on the show. Some photos were also taken in the studio.     

Could you Dialog me her contact info, she might like copies.    

I would also like to know which company supplied the peanut brittle during 'teenage hour'.

I Google and discovered she is a writer of children books. She might be able to ID others in the photo, GT teenagers.   

Last I heard, she was in Israel. I think she married a New Zealand guy but not sure. I will try to find out exactly where she is.

Thanks TI.

It would be nice to know what happened with Chris Deane. 

http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/...lliams,%20Mona#a2904

Check the tab that says 'Contact' you can contact her through this book council.

Originally Posted by Mars:

There was a bum who hung around Demico and Brown Betty asking for change or food. He would belch on your hamburger and after you abandoned it in disgust he would chow down on your food. Name that bum. His false name that is and I want his real false name.

PZ

 

The stink cigarette was Texas 99, that thing stunk to high heavens and harsh tarass.

De man name was Peas Head cause he head shape like a big pea. If you say Peas Head it sounds PZed. By the way do you guys say Zed or Zee in Canada?

Thanks TI, I will let you know how it turned out.

you guys ever see a mad man in front of demco house bowl bat and field and he also run out the batsman then appeal some time he take catch  

When I was a kid in the Corentyne, this one mad man walk like 4 villages over to tell us his house was on fire (while the house was apparently still on fire).

We didn't know him. He didn't know us. He just chose us to come for help to save his still burning house. It didn't occur to him to tell his neighbors in his own village.

Nehru

No

Christopher Dean died in 1994 while I was News Editor at Broadcasting House. He and I covered Queen Elizabeth's departure ceremony at Timehri in February that year. A gentleman he was.

Thanks Gil. I am sorry to hear about Christopher's  passing.

He was a neat guy and I have fond memories of our meeting.

I am in touch with Lennox from Rose Hall estate in Montreal, who was on the show with me and will let him know about Chris.

I recently sent him the photos taken at that time.  

The telephone operators/radio dispatchers on the sugar estates had a network of friendship from Skeldon to Uitvlugt. Many of us met and relationships was formed, including family marriages.

A wonderful time.         

Originally Posted by cain:

Originally Posted by Mars:

There was a bum who hung around Demico and Brown Betty asking for change or food. He would belch on your hamburger and after you abandoned it in disgust he would chow down on your food. Name that bum. His false name that is and I want his real false name.

PZ

 

The stink cigarette was Texas 99, that thing stunk to high heavens and harsh tarass.

De man name was Peas Head cause he head shape like a big pea. If you say Peas Head it sounds PZed. By the way do you guys say Zed or Zee in Canada?

I was about to say Peas Head.

We say the word the correct way in Canada...Zed.

In music therapy whenever we do the alphabet song with the kids, when we get to the part  QRS TUV, WX Y and....there's always some with American influence who say Zee and others with Zed. Zed doesn't really rhyme though

Originally Posted by Mars:

There was a bum who hung around Demico and Brown Betty asking for change or food. He would belch on your hamburger and after you abandoned it in disgust he would chow down on your food. Name that bum. His false name that is and I want his real false name.

PZ

 

The stink cigarette was Texas 99, that thing stunk to high heavens and harsh tarass.

I believe the Texas 99 cigarette was available during the 80 day national strike in the early 60s, when there was no imports.

I smoke at the time and it was a hard choice between dry black-sage leaf or Texas 99. Both were just as bad, but they were good at chasing away mosquitoes.   

Time up. Ball named one but I couldn't award him the prize.

ANSWERS:

[1] Puma

[2] Monsanto

Puma was sold in Guyana one year after Monsanto introduced it in the US market. Sales in Guyana were encouraging for the first year but diminished gradually thereafter. Monsanto supplied the Puma concentrate to  Banks DIH which then mixed, bottled and marketed the drink.

Today's quiz.

Which of the following is correct?

The founder of the Dharam Shala in Guyana was related to:

[A] Peter Ramsaroop

[B] Boyo Ramsaroop

[C] Stella Ramsaroop

[D] Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop

[E] Gerhard Ramsaroop

Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop

or all of the above

I'll take your first answer. As for this answer, you need a spanking for being a spoiled pupil.

That was quick.

Congratulations!!

The last one was a fun answer 

YES YES YES..will be her cry.

Gilly, do you know if it's the same Monsanto as the bad guys always being taken to court for growing crap food?

Cain......

you bahine

they had this other man mad use to walk around kitty,he get mad after he went in the world war shell shock we use to call him walker the n--igger,he always have a rock in his hand every time we call him his false name he will run us and shout the British is coming the British is coming 

Same Monsanto. There's a big problem with them in India. Their genetically modified seeds and bullying behaviour have forced scores of farmers to commit suicide after incurring heavy debt to pay for seeds.

One more for today.

What was the original name of the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation [New GPC]?

I shall be back this evening to check your answers.

Bookers Pharmaceutical

No, it was Bookers Drug Stores initially, I think

Bookers British Drug House [Bookers BDH] owned the pharmaceutical plant, which carried its own name.

Bookers BDH also owned Bookers Drug Stores, which didn't make but sold drugs.

So, try again.

We used to call it Limacol company. But I think it was Bookers Manufacturing Drug Company Limited (BMDCL).

i should know, as a lil bai, my mother worked there

That's better. It was later renamed Carib Drug Company. Then, in 1976 when the Guyana government nationalized Bookers Industrial Holdings and Bookers Sugar Estates Ltd., it was further renamed Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation. After President Bharrat Jagdeo "gifted" GPC to his partner Dr Bobby Ramroop, it was finally renamed New GPC.

Congratulations!!

Read this passage carefully and answer the question:

Guns are a common feature of crimes in Guyana today. Not so 54-55 years ago. At that time, one lonesome fugitive armed with a "primitive" shotgun created havoc throughout West Coast Demerara. Among other things, he allegedly killed two policemen. He captured the attention of the whole country through newspaper, radio and the grapevine. Assistant Police Commissioner David Rose headed a manhunt for the fugitive, cornering and shooting him fatally, to the relief of all.

What is the full name of that fugitive?

This is a famous story in law enforcement  ...Cuffy.

I think Clement Cuffy. 

Thou thinkest correctly, my lord.

Congratulations!!

Yes, Clement Cuffy was killed in September 1959.

Assistant Police Commissioner David Rose later became Guyana's Governor-General Sir David Rose. He too was killed 10 years later.

Cuffy's obeah?!

To thine own self be true. Do not check a dictionary or any online resource. Make an educated guess for this quiz.

A billycock is:

[A] a ram

[B] a man's hat

[C] a goat's genitals

[D an alarm clock

[E] a policeman's baton

I would say B by process of elimination.

I remember 'billy goat" so billycock is goat's genitals.

definitely a man's hat