Bajan Tuh De Bone

Ckeck them out...

The second picture from the top (Bay Street Esplanade)...I think I can remember when all those palm trees lined the side of the road. Check out de old bus in dah picture too.

Gearbox wrote:The second picture from the top (Bay Street Esplanade)...I think I can remember when all those palm trees lined the side of the road. Check out de old bus in dah picture too.

de palm tree aint dey nuh more?

I remember seeing those buses the first time I was there in about 1972.
They were in town lined up at the old bus depot, by the careenage.
I don't know if they were still in use?
Painted green I do believe, with canvas that rolled down on the side...

Walter wrote:

Gearbox wrote:The second picture from the top (Bay Street Esplanade)...I think I can remember when all those palm trees lined the side of the road. Check out de old bus in dah picture too.

de palm tree aint dey nuh more?

You might find 1 or 2 in the area, but they sure don't line the sidewalk like that anymore.

sandclan wrote:I remember seeing those buses the first time I was there in about 1972.
They were in town lined up at the old bus depot, by the careenage.
I don't know if they were still in use?
Painted green I do believe, with canvas that rolled down on the side...

Sandy, those old buses went out of style long ago. The only one of them that I see on the road now belongs to Banks Breweries and painted in their colours...it's being used as a tour bus for tourists.

Hey Waltz, here's a shot from the Bay Street Esplanade as it is today. You'll notice that are now potted plants where the long line of palm trees use to be...

TOP: Old Trafalgar Square and fountain. Remember when that wall and railing encompassed the Square??
BOTTOM: Today's Heroes Square (formerly Trafalgar Square).

You got a very set o' rumshops pon Flickr.

BeachBum wrote:You got a very set o' rumshops pon Flickr.

You want me to post some pics of local rumshops from around the island?

Check out this site with pictures...thanks to Walter who emailed it to me.

Gearbox wrote:

BeachBum wrote:You got a very set o' rumshops pon Flickr.

You want me to post some pics of local rumshops from around the island?

schuuupppsssseeeee. Man wunnuh en see needuh ole time pics uh Bim, yet. I got some hey in muh collection dat wuh blow wunnuh minds. T'anks fuh de posiz, doah.
I got one wid dat tek pun de east coas' back in de "slave" days an' yuh cuh see how de land badly deforested an' look real bad. It gottin "slave" huts, tuh.
Nahff nahff mo'e, too.
Wunnuh feel I is cool out when it come tuh Bim. I got 6 CDs full uh pics. All uh de east coas' cauh I doan like tuh see all uh dem tourst dis an' dat.

"Pappa love you princess so that she will find loving princes, familiar".
Tell muh who de uhbove is uh quote from.
Mekkace fo'e Sandy come in hey an' beat wunnuh to it.

LMH, if yuh got good ol' time pics uh Bim pun CD why de france yuh doan post a few fuh we tuh see? Why you does get on suh selfish doah? schuuupppsssseeeee.

I REMEMBER THOSE BUSES ELITE;S BUSES WERE PAINTED GREEN AND ROCKLEY;S WERE PAINTED YELLOW. GOING TO TOWN WAS FUN IN THOSE BUSES. I SEE THAT THE UNIFORM OF THE POLICE HAS NOT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. DOE ANYONE HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THE POLICE IN THE UNIFORM OF THE OLD BRIDGE AND HARBOUR POLICE FROM THE SEVENTIES.

patchypants wrote:I REMEMBER THOSE BUSES ELITE;S BUSES WERE PAINTED GREEN AND ROCKLEY;S WERE PAINTED YELLOW. GOING TO TOWN WAS FUN IN THOSE BUSES. I SEE THAT THE UNIFORM OF THE POLICE HAS NOT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. DOE ANYONE HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THE POLICE IN THE UNIFORM OF THE OLD BRIDGE AND HARBOUR POLICE FROM THE SEVENTIES.

This is a pic of the Bridgetown harbour police from 1955...

Gearbox wrote:

patchypants wrote:I REMEMBER THOSE BUSES ELITE;S BUSES WERE PAINTED GREEN AND ROCKLEY;S WERE PAINTED YELLOW. GOING TO TOWN WAS FUN IN THOSE BUSES. I SEE THAT THE UNIFORM OF THE POLICE HAS NOT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. DOE ANYONE HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THE POLICE IN THE UNIFORM OF THE OLD BRIDGE AND HARBOUR POLICE FROM THE SEVENTIES.

This is a pic of the Bridgetown harbour police from 1955...

GB wey you find dat pic, cause i know ah fellow dat lookin fuh a pic of a Harbour Police & i promise he i would scan muh fadders and send it to he but i aint get around tuh it as yet since i wud hav tuh tek it out de frame...

actually i think de one on de lef is my father.........

Walter wrote:GB wey you find dat pic, cause i know ah fellow dat lookin fuh a pic of a Harbour Police & i promise he i would scan muh fadders and send it to he but i aint get around tuh it as yet since i wud hav tuh tek it out de frame...

actually i think de one on de lef is my father.........

I think I googled "pictures of bridgetown harbour police" and found it. The guy on the left does bare some resemblance of you.

patchypants wrote:I REMEMBER THOSE BUSES ELITE;S BUSES WERE PAINTED GREEN AND ROCKLEY;S WERE PAINTED YELLOW. GOING TO TOWN WAS FUN IN THOSE BUSES. I SEE THAT THE UNIFORM OF THE POLICE HAS NOT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. DOE ANYONE HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THE POLICE IN THE UNIFORM OF THE OLD BRIDGE AND HARBOUR POLICE FROM THE SEVENTIES.

I got a Bridgetown postcard photo wid a green bus dat I believe is Elite. I gine post it later in the bus thread (re: "Wunna Ever Ride")

Walter wrote:

Gearbox wrote:

patchypants wrote:I REMEMBER THOSE BUSES ELITE;S BUSES WERE PAINTED GREEN AND ROCKLEY;S WERE PAINTED YELLOW. GOING TO TOWN WAS FUN IN THOSE BUSES. I SEE THAT THE UNIFORM OF THE POLICE HAS NOT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. DOE ANYONE HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THE POLICE IN THE UNIFORM OF THE OLD BRIDGE AND HARBOUR POLICE FROM THE SEVENTIES.

This is a pic of the Bridgetown harbour police from 1955...

GB wey you find dat pic, cause i know ah fellow dat lookin fuh a pic of a Harbour Police & i promise he i would scan muh fadders and send it to he but i aint get around tuh it as yet since i wud hav tuh tek it out de frame...

actually i think de one on de lef is my father.........

thanks GB as a small boy I always wanted to be a police and wear dat uniform

patchypants wrote:thanks GB as a small boy I always wanted to be a police and wear dat uniform

So did ever become a police? Yuh shud tell us a little bit bout yuhself...nuttin too personal.