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Anyone here from the Isle of Leguan

Moderated by: Ravindra   New Topic Reply Print Author Post Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 03:55 pm Quote Reply gotya!! my mistake.. i knew that house has connection to CD! chk yr PM VJ Member   Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:    Posts:  98 Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 25th, 2005 03:01 am Quote Reply Crab usually march at dauntless in August month.  You does take wan chimpta to pick up the big big bhundaree crabs and put it in your bags. Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 25th, 2005 03:37 am Quote Reply hey VJ me rememba that too well... i used to go with my parents and brothers.. i used to get the smller ones...using the chimtah.... we took them home and loose the crabs in the steel drums and put eddo leaves for them.. and whilst we were there..my dad got lovely papoose for me!!! then wehave to kill and clean allthe crabs..suing the polythene brushes..scrubbed the legs and backs etc... hard work..then we boil them in a big pot ...with coconut milk....hmmmm!!!! that wasnite time.. then earlynorn ..same work..to cook a whole big cahari of curry crabs... adnmy dad used to crack the 'tenteh' with hammer forme..becuase they were so huge..and hard!! that was ages ago though..i dont think i went to dauntless after i started high sch... all the west dem folks used to come over with their fishing boats to catch crabs too.... VJ.. dont u have pics of st peter's church???? i know one of my bros have a pic standing infornt of church..ielenny or dexter... they were both married in that church and i knowi've seen a pic with my parents and the bride and groom...but i dont know whose weddingit was...will have to make some enquries...   Ravindra CFR Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts:  673 Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 25th, 2005 03:56 am Quote Reply Westcoast crab area was somewhere near Ruimzeight.  A friend told me then went to catch crab. Here is what they did: Bring two cars when it was very dark. Turn on the head lights on one. Open di trunk and put one basket in the di adah car. Put a board from the ground to the trunk. The went drinking and allowed the crabs to march up the board into the basket, in the trunk. they closed the basket, lock the trunk and drove home. My friend swears by the  story. Lang time CI and Uitvlugt has monkey apple and crab bush. All gaan! Too sad. Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 25th, 2005 04:24 am Quote Reply this sounds so much easier that what we did.... sometimes the crab didnt march very well..and the guys would put their hands int he holes to get the crabs.. they had some good 'bites' too... VJ Member   Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:    Posts:  98 Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 25th, 2005 05:51 am Quote Reply Ravindra wrote: My friend swears by the  story. That's a good nancy story.  lol Na(m)an Member Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Thailand Posts:  225 Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 25th, 2005 10:12 am Quote Reply VJ: if anyone believes Ravi's story, they stupit, West Dem crab stupit, or both!!! Jane: After you put the crab in the drums, u have to  watch how they behave. Like most Guyanese... all wanting to climb up and out at the same time but instead climb on each other and pull each other to the bottom of the barrel again. B4 long, they are all at the bottom walking over each other. Actually, this king of behaviour has been called Crab Antics  by one anthropologist  who did a study of Caribbean societies and used this as his title. B4 mi offend anybody, mi know na all abi a the same kin a crab!! Some are bundaree, some are shariga, some lost dem tenteh, some a bird crab, and some even claim to be Alaskan! Mek u choice. Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 25th, 2005 09:36 pm Quote Reply Na(m)an.. yes..i should have mentioned that.. it was fascinating watching how the crabs behaved.. i remember my sister and i even chose 'our' crabs..to see which one will 'win'....and we would just stand there watching them......until we grew tired..since everytime wethoguth our crab was getting to the top..it just went back tothe bottom.. but what was also amazing..they never stopped trying..it was an on going process.. maybe us humans can learn fromthat too..never to give up..but persevere... huh, Na(m)an>?????? yes..u r so correct...us humans r like that..we will climb on each others back to get to the top..and even if we cant get to the top..we will try to pull down those who r ahead of us!!! but we are HUMAN beings....!!!! ...thing is we r supposed to be diff from animals( not only crabs...)..but itmakes me wonder sometimes..!!! sugacane Member   Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:    Posts:  80 Mana:   Posted: Sat Mar 26th, 2005 12:41 am Quote Reply I agre with VJ, dem West Coast crab prapaa stupit!! Last edited on Sat Mar 26th, 2005 01:45 am by Ravindra Ravindra CFR Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts:  673 Mana:   Posted: Sat Mar 26th, 2005 03:27 am Quote Reply Jane and other Leguanies I remember Shanta Budhu a little bit. She was couple years my junior, i think. For the Leggies, did you know her family? Shanta had a brother who was an ordained Christian Priest. Yu all know him.   Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Sat Mar 26th, 2005 03:45 am Quote Reply yep...chk yr PM!!!! esar budhu..in b/dos. her other bro..paul was at zbgss b4 i started.. think he grad in 70 or 71..he was in the batch of students who were transferred from zeelugt sec sch to zbgss when zeelugt became a primary sch in 68 ( not sure of the yr) Ravi!!!! shanta and i were best friends in forms 3 and 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 abulazhar Member Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  MACKENZIE, LINDEN, Guyana Posts:  26 Mana:   Posted: Sat Mar 26th, 2005 03:58 am Quote Reply Travelling daily on the Lukanani  (Now bought by a privateer of Rosignol),  thence on train ..eventually coming off at the De Willem paltform bring back good memories. Remember we used to eat the baby jamoon (eh Jane??) from the brushes on the sideline dam on the way to De Willem railway station . Pineapples were a cent a peice or sometimes penny. we used to return to leguan inthe company of a host of other students attending Mahaba Sabha Sec, Stewartville sec and other schools...so it was a merry thing to travel daily from legaun to Zeeburg. The legaun stelling has now lost its glory and Prika isnot any better. I learnt that Zeeburg is not as it used to be too....Have to visit soon someday. Jane add Sukhul to the list of our classfellows and Fazeela Baksh (my cousin) until VJ Member   Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:    Posts:  98 Mana:   Posted: Sat Mar 26th, 2005 04:24 am Quote Reply abulazhar wrote: Jane add Sukhul to the list of our classfellows and Fazeela Baksh (my cousin) Baksh:  Anyone know what ever happened to Moulana Baksh (Mouli) from Endeavor cross roads? Ravindra CFR Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts:  673 Mana:   Posted: Tue Mar 29th, 2005 07:43 am Quote Reply Anyone from Leguan ever heard of Irene Jagdar - she taught at Leonora Primary a long time ago. Nice lady.   Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Tue Mar 29th, 2005 05:25 pm Quote Reply VJ wrote: Baksh:  Anyone know what ever happened to Moulana Baksh (Mouli) from Endeavor cross roads? VJ.. how u know mowlie??? he was me neighba inleguan and we swrote CEEE together in 71... heis in UK now... will sendhisbro em add to u later..chk yr pm Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Tue Mar 29th, 2005 05:26 pm Quote Reply Anyone from Leguan ever heard of Irene Jagdar - she taught at Leonora Primary a long time ago. Nice lady.   sorry, ravi.. never heard abouther... i know many other teachers froml eguan..who taught at maha sabha and other schools on west dem...   McVAN Member   Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:    Posts:  59 Mana:   Posted: Wed Mar 30th, 2005 05:33 am Quote Reply JaneR: There was a guy named Rajaram from Leguan who taught me in primary school. Do you know him? Na(m)an Member Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Thailand Posts:  225 Mana:   Posted: Wed Mar 30th, 2005 07:59 am Quote Reply I dont remember Rajaram ...but I remember Irene Jagdar. When she stayed in leonora she lived a few ddors from Heera and Imam Hussein. I think she and janay-man used to teach Std. 4b and Imam used to teach 4A. That's where i first met Squee. James Member   Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:    Posts:  24 Mana:   Posted: Wed Mar 30th, 2005 01:33 pm Quote Reply Jane R Do u know a Richard Mahase, Shameer Ali, Barbara, all  from Leguan. Barb used to live in the Church yard opposite the cricket ground Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Wed Mar 30th, 2005 01:37 pm Quote Reply McVAN wrote: JaneR: There was a guy named Rajaram from Leguan who taught me in primary school. Do you know him? McVan the name is familiar...buti dont remember any person...is that his first name ??? i know there were many Rajkumars who taught on wcd ..buti dont know their first names... maybe he taught after i hadleft zbgss... the majority of legaun folks i knew...was during the period o travled (71-76) and of course who lived in my village(Endeavour) and neighboring villages like enterprise, blenheim, amsterdam and canefield  Current time is 05:09 am Page:    1  2  3  4  5  6  7