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Welcome to a time capsule of your Motherland 19 th & 20 th centuries British Guiana/Guyana
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Agricultural Hall and Post Office as it was circa 1870s
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The 1945 fire which consumed Bookers Drug Store
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The Fire also consumed the Assembly Rooms ( 1945 )
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Bandstand Seawall 1954
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Beckwiths Hotel and Assembly Rooms 1870
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Bishops High School
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In centre is the drinking fountain by Booker's Drug Store; now the War Memorial and Carnegie Building
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Cricket Club Bourda
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The Cricket Grounds, later became the Parade Ground
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Activity on Main Street near the Daily Chronicle Building; early 1950s
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Eve Leary Garrison Barracks
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Fire Brigade Station ca. 1922
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Fort and Lighthouse engraving
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Government House in the late 1800s or early 1900s
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Hand in Hand, Tower Hotel, Post office and Assembly Rooms
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Hand in Hand Insurance, circa 1905
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Lamaha Canal 1870
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Lamaha Canal under construction
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Legislative Session 1950s
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Lighthouse built in 1830
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Christ Church lies just behind the Parade Grounds used by the militia, circa 1850
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Promenade Gardens and Cricket Ground 1870
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Former Public Buildings completed 1834; now Parliament Building
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Public Buildings Ceremony
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Queen’s College Grammar School
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Queen’s College Thomas Lands 1951
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Railway Station circa 1885, was scrapped in 1971
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Railway Yards, Georgetown
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At the Seawall, looking East, circa 1900s
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At the Seawall, looking west; note the Round House
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Event near the Seawall, circa 1890s
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Stabroek Market 1881
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Tower Hotel on Main Street, 1930s
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The early Tower Hotel which later became the Post Office
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The centre of town as it was in the 1950s
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An early photo of the view from the lighthouse
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View from Lighthouse (another)
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The End ! Hope you did enjoy this historical tour of your Motherland
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