Top Banner
Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana
39

Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Dec 16, 2015

Download

Documents

Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Page 1: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Welcome to a time capsule

of your Motherland19th & 20th century

British /Guyana

Page 2: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Agricultural Hall and Post Office as it was circa

Page 3: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

The Fire also consumed the Assembly Rooms ( 1945 )

Page 4: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

The 1945 fire which consumed Bookers Drug Store

Page 5: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Bandstand Seawall 1954

Page 6: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Beckwiths Hotel and Assembly Rooms 1870

Page 7: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Bishops High School

Page 8: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

In centre is the drinking fountain by Booker's Drug Store; now the War Memorial and

Carnegie Building

Page 9: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Cricket Club Bourda

Page 10: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

The Cricket Grounds, later became the Parade Ground

Page 11: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Activity on Main Street near the Daily Chronicle Building; early 1950s

Page 12: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Eve Leary Garrison Barracks

Page 13: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Fire Brigade Station ca. 1922

Page 14: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Fort and Lighthouse engraving

Page 15: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Government House in the late 1800s or early 1900s

Page 16: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

The Hand in Hand,Tower Hotel, Post office and Assembly Rooms

Page 17: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Hand in Hand circa 1905

Page 18: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Lamaha Canal 1870

Page 19: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Lamaha Canal under construction

Page 20: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Legislative Session 1950s

Page 21: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Lighthouse built in 1830

Page 22: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Christ Church lies just behind the Parade Grounds used by the militia, circa 1850

Page 23: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Former Public Buildings completed 1834; now Parliament Building

Page 24: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Promenade Gardens and Cricket Ground 1870

Page 25: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Public Building Ceremony

Page 26: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Queens College Grammar School

Page 27: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Queens College Thomas Lands 1951

Page 28: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Railway Station circa 1885, was scrapped in 1971

Page 29: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Railway Yards Georgetown

Page 30: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

At the Seawall, looking East, circa 1900s

Page 31: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

At the Seawall, looking west; note the round house

Page 32: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Event near the Seawall, circa 1890s

Page 33: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

Stabroek Market 1881

Page 34: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

1930s Tower Hotel on Main Street

Page 35: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

The early Tower Hotel which later became the Post

Office

Page 36: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

The centre of town as it was in the

1950s

Page 37: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

An early photo of the view from the lighthouse

Page 38: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

View from Lighthouse (another)

Page 39: Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th century British /Guyana.

The End !Hope you did enjoy this historical tour of

your Motherland