My paternal great-uncle had a pharmacy somewhere in New Amsterdam in the days of British Guiana...like 1950s/1960s. Any clue about that Gilbakka Fish?
My paternal great-uncle had a pharmacy somewhere in New Amsterdam in the days of British Guiana...like 1950s/1960s. Any clue about that Gilbakka Fish?
http://www.indocaribbeanworld....ary_10_2007/arts.htm
Check this link you may find some info.
My paternal great-uncle had a pharmacy somewhere in New Amsterdam in the days of British Guiana...like 1950s/1960s. Any clue about that Gilbakka Fish?
No clue, sir.
From Django's link I got Ganpatsingh's Drug Store only.
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Name the first East Indian who owned a business on the Strand, New Amsterdam and tell us how long that business lasted.
Good morning
Alexander Saywack, a general provision merchant from 1865 - 1965.
Correct!!
Later, a Saywack descendant built a store on Regent & Alexander Streets, Georgetown. In the 1980s when there were commodity shortages I used to buy my Brylcream from Saywack's.
Congrats!!
I alos remember a Saywack's at Lamaha and Pike Street area
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Name the first East Indian who owned a business on the Strand, New Amsterdam and tell us how long that business lasted.
Good morning
Alexander Saywack, a general provision merchant from 1865 - 1965.
Correct!!
Later, a Saywack descendant built a store on Regent & Alexander Streets, Georgetown. In the 1980s when there were commodity shortages I used to buy my Brylcream from Saywack's.
Congrats!!
I alos remember a Saywack's at Lamaha and Pike Street area
I know them too. One of the boys, Kam, was an acquaintance of mine. I used to buy bread and cigarettes at their shop. I don't know if they're related to the Strand Saywacks.
I believe all them Saywack's are related like the Poonai's
I believe all them Saywack's are related like the Poonai's
My paternal great-aunt married a Poonai. Them are the cow people right?
Almost all of the Corentyne families are heavily intermarried amongst each other. It's a remarkably small gene pool.
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Name the first East Indian who owned a business on the Strand, New Amsterdam and tell us how long that business lasted.
Good morning
Alexander Saywack, a general provision merchant from 1865 - 1965.
Correct!!
Later, a Saywack descendant built a store on Regent & Alexander Streets, Georgetown. In the 1980s when there were commodity shortages I used to buy my Brylcream from Saywack's.
Congrats!!
I alos remember a Saywack's at Lamaha and Pike Street area
i went to school with the son
While you wait for today's quiz, look at this picture. It shows Main Street Georgetown in 1890. Notice the canal running in the middle. A footpath replaced the canal. Also, notice the top of the drinking water fountain in right foreground. Look down the street. Yuh see any motocar? Yuh know why? Keep the answer to yourself. This is not a quiz.
[Wayne Mc Watt pic]
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A rich Berbice girl was married to one of the Caribbean's greatest heads of government. Name both of them.
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Name the first East Indian who owned a business on the Strand, New Amsterdam and tell us how long that business lasted.
Good morning
Alexander Saywack, a general provision merchant from 1865 - 1965.
Correct!!
Later, a Saywack descendant built a store on Regent & Alexander Streets, Georgetown. In the 1980s when there were commodity shortages I used to buy my Brylcream from Saywack's.
Congrats!!
I alos remember a Saywack's at Lamaha and Pike Street area
i went to school with the son
Yeah which one of them?
Let's begin.
A rich Berbice girl was married to one of the Caribbean's greatest heads of government. Name both of them.
Riya and Angali help needed this is a tough quiz.
Gilly...give a hint.
Let's begin.
A rich Berbice girl was married to one of the Caribbean's greatest heads of government. Name both of them.
Riya and Angali help needed this is a tough quiz.
Gilly...give a hint.
HINT: Chinese-Berbice gyal. Daddy had big shop in New Amsterdam.
Django, our last hope is Anjali.
I can't find anything!
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A rich Berbice girl was married to one of the Caribbean's greatest heads of government. Name both of them.
Prime Minister of T&T Eric Williams and his wife Mayleen Mook Sang.
Maylene Mook-Sang got married to Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
answer was in one of the link i posted
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A rich Berbice girl was married to one of the Caribbean's greatest heads of government. Name both of them.
Prime Minister of T&T Eric Williams and his wife Mayleen Mook Sang.
It had to take a pupil from the planet Mars to answer this quiz.
Maylene was the daughter of T. Mook Sang, a wealthy businessman.
Congrats!!
Django, our last hope is Anjali.
I can't find anything!
sorry Riya, i am late i quickly looked but did not see anything.
I think Mars may have the answer.
Maylene Mook-Sang got married to Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
answer was in one of the link i posted
You get consolation prize.
I regret to inform you that I have an important appointment tomorrow. We shall continue Thursday. Anyone is free to put forward a brain tickler in my absence.
Let's begin.
A rich Berbice girl was married to one of the Caribbean's greatest heads of government. Name both of them.
Prime Minister of T&T Eric Williams and his wife Mayleen Mook Sang.
It had to take a pupil from the planet Mars to answer this quiz.
Maylene was the daughter of T. Mook Sang, a wealthy businessman.
Congrats!!
I'm not from the planet Mars. The planet was named after me in the same tradition as Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, etc.
Django, our last hope is Anjali.
I can't find anything!
sorry Riya, i am late i quickly looked but did not see anything.
I think Mars may have the answer.
Anjali and Riya the answer is here,i posted this link before.
http://www.indocaribbeanworld....ary_10_2007/arts.htm
"Hughes and Company, established in 1878, were Chemists and Druggists on the Strand. By the late 1800βs, T. Mooksang was probably the wealthiest Chinese businessman in the town. His daughter Maylene Mook-Sang got married to Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago"
Let's begin.
A rich Berbice girl was married to one of the Caribbean's greatest heads of government. Name both of them.
Prime Minister of T&T Eric Williams and his wife Mayleen Mook Sang.
It had to take a pupil from the planet Mars to answer this quiz.
Maylene was the daughter of T. Mook Sang, a wealthy businessman.
Congrats!!
I went to school with Mr. Mook Sang's great grandson. His appendix broke and he died suddenly. It was probably the first time that I experienced a school mate dying. I remember feeling really sad about it.
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Name the first East Indian who owned a business on the Strand, New Amsterdam and tell us how long that business lasted.
Good morning
Alexander Saywack, a general provision merchant from 1865 - 1965.
Correct!!
Later, a Saywack descendant built a store on Regent & Alexander Streets, Georgetown. In the 1980s when there were commodity shortages I used to buy my Brylcream from Saywack's.
Congrats!!
I alos remember a Saywack's at Lamaha and Pike Street area
i went to school with the son
Yeah which one of them?
i am trying to remember his first name but cannot place it we use to call him saywack
The one I went to school with is Hemraj Saywack
OH rassss, how uncanny! I went to school with a banna almost the same name,The banna name, Gary Singh.
Nobody got a brain tickler eh? Aright I got one.
What does my tshirt read? (In the pic) hint..its backward.
OH rassss, how uncanny! I went to school with a banna almost the same name,The banna name, Gary Singh.
lol!
Nobody got a brain tickler eh? Aright I got one.
What does my tshirt read? (In the pic) hint..its backward.
it too small
The pic that is
Nobody got a brain tickler eh? Aright I got one.
What does my tshirt read? (In the pic) hint..its backward.
out a focus can't read,Tola a tek out better pictcha.
Good morning.
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A Guyanese politician was the wife of two Caribbean prime ministers. Name all three persons .
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A Guyanese politician was the wife of two Caribbean prime ministers. Name all three persons .
Shirley Field-Ridley. She was the wife of Hamilton Green and Jamaica's former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
Good morning.
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A Guyanese politician was the wife of two Caribbean prime ministers. Name all three persons .
Shirley Field-Ridley. She was the wife of Hamilton Green and Jamaica's former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
Yes, you're correct. Hamilton Green served as Guyana's Prime Minister.
After the 1968 general election, Shirley Patterson was named Minister of Education. Later, she became Minister of Information. She resorted to Field-Ridley, her maiden name, when she married Hamilton Green according to Muslim rites. Green assumed the name Bilal.
Congrats!!
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An active GNI member is related by marriage to an Oscar-winning movie star. Name both of them.
Good morning, sir.
I have no clue and I don't think I will find that info on Google
Good morning, sir.
I have no clue and I don't think I will find that info on Google
Yes, you can get the info via Google. GNI is googleable as are the relatives of the mystery GNI member.
HINT: Both are old men now, much older than 64-year-old me.
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An active GNI member is related by marriage to an Oscar-winning movie star. Name both of them.
Michael Caine (movie star)
O.Ismael (GNI member)
Good morning, sir.
I have no clue and I don't think I will find that info on Google
Yes, you can get the info via Google. GNI is googleable as are the relatives of the mystery GNI member.
HINT: Both are old men now, much older than 64-year-old me.
Okay
Demerara Guy
Shakira Baksh
Good morning, sir.
I have no clue and I don't think I will find that info on Google
Yes, you can get the info via Google. GNI is googleable as are the relatives of the mystery GNI member.
HINT: Both are old men now, much older than 64-year-old me.
Okay
Demerara Guy
Shakira Baksh
Go and re-read the quiz carefully.