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

2. Agricultural Hall and Post Office as it was circa 1870s

3. The Fire also consumed the Assembly Rooms ( 1945 )

4. The 1945 fire which consumed Bookers Drug Store

5. Bandstand Seawall 1954
Bandstand Seawall 1954

6. Beckwiths Hotel and Assembly Rooms 1870

7. Bishops High School
Bishops High School

8. In center is the drinking fountain by Booker's Drug Store; now the War Memorial and Carnegie Building
In centre is the drinking fountain by Booker's Drug Store; now the War Memorial and Carnegie Building

9. Cricket Club Bourda
Cricket Club Bourda

10. The Cricket Grounds, later became the Parade Ground

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

12. Eve Leary Garrison Barracks Eve Leary Garrison Barracks

13. Fire Brigade Station ca. 1922 Fire Brigade Station ca. 1922

14. Fort and Lighthouse engraving Fort and Lighthouse engraving

15. Government House in the late 1800s or early 1900s

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

17. Hand in Hand circa 1905
Hand in Hand circa 1905

18. Lamaha Canal 1870
Lamaha Canal 1870

19. Lamaha Canal under construction Lamaha Canal under construction

20. Legislative Session 1950s
Legislative Session 1950s

21. Lighthouse built in 1830
Lighthouse built in 1830

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

23. Former Public Buildings completed 1834; now Parliament Building

24. Promenade Gardens and Cricket Ground 1870

25. Public Building Ceremony Public Building Ceremony

26. Queens College Grammar School Queens College Grammar School

27. Queens College Thomas Lands 1951 Queens College Thomas Lands 1951

28. Railway Station circa 1885, was scrapped in 1971

29. Railway Yards Georgetown Railway Yards Georgetown

30. At the Seawall, looking East, circa 1900s

31. At the Seawall, looking west; note the round house

32. Event near the Seawall, circa 1890s

33. Stabroek Market 1881
Stabroek Market 1881

34. 1930s Tower Hotel on Main Street

35. The early Tower Hotel which later became the Post Office

36. The centre of town as it was in the 1950s

37. An early photo of the view from the lighthouse

38. View from Lighthouse (another) View from Lighthouse (another)

39. Hope you did enjoy this historical tour of your Motherland
The End !
Hope you did enjoy this historical tour of your Motherland