Ezekell

ramgoley  i hope i spell it right 

When de rass abee gun get Berbice question, so abee can win too...

Like when dem fus get lite pan Albion road ?

Wha year de suga truck fall pan de trench and kill de hassa?

Dis gillbaka man prappa eye pass abie peeple from Berbice. Me bin ah watch am all de time.You tink de only place Gillbaka man know in Berbice is de Canje mad house?  

And look, we nah fuh hear trivia about latrine logies, bottle kerosene lamp or wah de best leaf fuh you use when you go in de bush.

Hea Gil, you get live experience ah Canje mad house ?

Cain say, its the only time you go ah Berbice.  

Thanks, warrior. That's the guy. Never mind the spelling.

Mars, you stump me wid dis one. Can't find the twin's names.

In 1979 fire destroyed a large department store on Water and Commerce Streets, Georgetown. Name that store.

Bettencourt's?

Bettencourt

The brothers were George and Rene Lee. I only know this because we were family friends. I played hide and seek in some of those coffins as a lil boy. The new parlor was in a building to the immediate right of the building in the photo. George was an electronics man and I think he also worked as an engineer at one of the radio stations. Radio Dem or GBS. I can't really remember. He was one of the few people who had TV's in those days and once invited all the kids from the neighborhood to watch the Soccer World Cup. We piled into the unused old funeral parlor which is downstairs in the photo and saw the game live.

I note the Bookers Sports Dept Store to the left and opposite it…….Bettencourt’s. Stabroek Market’s clock tower in the background

Thanks for the info, Mars. Today while searching I discovered there was a dispute over the property, involving a lady who says she is the great-great grandaughter of Bastiani.

You gave the correct answer first so you win.

Congratulations!!

I know George he was an electronics technician,in days

of VCR and TV repair,he was our competitor,when i was

also a tech at little MO at Robb ST,he was a good tech.

Sorry, Django, you were 8 minutes behind Mars.

Correct answer, late entry.

The entire property is worth a pretty penny because it's huge and on a prime corner in Queenstown. There is a big building next to the one in the picture which was the new office and parlor. Then it extends all the way back since they had stables for the horses which drew the hearses in the old days. Also woodworking shop for building the coffins and fridges for storing bodies. The Lee's got it I think through marriage so I wouldn't doubt if one of Bastiani's blood relatives would be entitled to something. I have to ask my mom how they managed to become the owners.

I man cool no biggie

In his older years he let the children run the funeral parlor and he repaired VCR and TV's exclusively. His son also helped him with the TV repair. 

Well, I telling y'all, dem two Berbician bannas Skelly and Tola really baddarashan. Dem want Berbice quiz?

Tek am ya:

#78 Village Corentyne has another name. What's that name?

Dont' tell me is Springlands becaz me gon spring a duck egg pon you two.

Did the Queenstown bldg. above become Lee Funeral Home?

No. Lee's Funeral Home was at Lamaha and Camp Streets.

Thanks, I'm Berbician like Skelly & Tola.  Don't know much about town.  

Well, O, you certainly don't behave like dem Berbicians down hey in GNI.

I will dig up some Berbice trivia but all members are free to set questions too.

??  Demerarians allowed to asnswer.

Yes. But give dem two big-mouth bai lil time. Lemme see how much dem know dem ancient county.

Skelly, de man callin abie out pan dis thing.

Banna, you pan tap-side, betta come out good, or abie kak duck wid ganda egg.

Me been a Canadian Presbyterian Massian  school  and dem na teach abie nothing pas Stockholm.

Warria, like de AFC/APNU merga, feget you difference wid Skelly and come help abie na.  

Okay, me get one for everyone.

Which village near Parika has the same name as another at Black Bush Polder ?

Gee Skelly some more time na, he eating he dhall and rice.

De man from tap-side, dem Line Path people  smart baad.

Kakatiri or Johanna Cornelia

Sorry Django, that is not the full name of a place at BBP/near Parika.

You might be confusing it with CI.

Where is Kakatiri, I don't believe its a BBP name.    

Tola asked a misleading question.

Black Bush Polder has 4 parts: Lesbeholden, Mibicuri, Joanna, Yakusari.

None of those names is near Parika. If Tola is confusing Joanna with Johanna, he should give you a pass.

There is Adventure near BBP road junction.

And Adventure  across the Essequibo River from Parika.

List of village names from Parika to Morasi creek

i omit a few name but you can get an idea.

Parika
Parika Creek
Hyde Park
Grove
Look Out
Naamryck
Salem
Mora
Sparta
Bortenstein
Roden Rust
Blake
Twee Gebroeders
Kakatiri or Johanna Cornelia
Kakatiri Creek
Unity
Hubu
Hubu Creek
Saint Lawrence or Big Sands
Present Hope or Sands
Lookabu
Naamless or Tosan

Gil.. those are the names i am aware of

my aunt lived a Yakusari (south) i stayed

there on vacation when i was 14 yrs,enjoyed

that trip from WCD,still have memories of that

trip enjoyed the train ride from GT to Rosignal.

Sorry guys, my mistake, I read the sign incorrectly, both of  you are right and thanks for the list of names.

Skeldon?

or Skeldon Place

(dem two Berbicians disappointed me )

Eliza and Mary

You disappoint me too.

Correct!

#78 Village's official name is Eliza and Mary.

In case it looks odd, that was the first sign of Berbicians gone loco.

Y'all want more Berbice quiz?

There's a bird with a Berbician name. What is it?

Django, only Berbicians allowed to answer this one.

Lemme see who first qualify for admission to the asylum there.

Canje Pheasant?

lol them said them from Corentyne, or tap side as they call it ,  so I was banking on them to have the correct answer

Miss Canje 2015, you've saved your fellow Berbicians long-term care at that renowned institution.

Congratulations!!