British Guyana History in Pictures

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

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A very nice collection of pictures that captures British Guyana's history.

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Welcome to a time capsule

of your Motherland19th & 20th century

British /Guyana

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Agricultural Hall and Post Office as it was circa

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The Fire also consumed the Assembly Rooms ( 1945 )

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The 1945 fire which consumed Bookers Drug Store

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

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Hand in Hand 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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Former Public Buildings completed 1834; now Parliament Building

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Promenade Gardens and Cricket Ground 1870

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Public Building Ceremony

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Queens College Grammar School

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Queens 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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1930s Tower Hotel on Main Street

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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