Browsing by Author "Rouse-Jones, Margaret"

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    OP1 - Remy, Vivian
    (1988-03-22) Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Remy, Vivian
    Vivian Remy grew up in Belmont and knew many of the prominent families and had a good recollection about this area
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    OP117 - Dr. Ralph Allan Hoyte
    (2010-07-15T12:19:13Z) Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Appiah, Estelle; Dr. Ralph Allen Hoyte
    Dr. Ralph Allan Hoyte and George James Christian
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    OP125 - Grace Christian, A.B. Chinbugh, Edward Francois
    (2010-07-15T12:41:57Z) Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Christian, Grace; Chinbugh, A.B.; Francois, Edward
    George James Christian
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    OP15 - Alleyne, Doddridge
    (2010-06-09T15:29:08Z) Brereton, Bridget; Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Alleyne, Doddridge
    Doddridge Alleyne worked as a senior civil servant under several PNM Governments and knew Dr Williams very well. He was leader of various government teams which handled negotiations in the petroleum industry and was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trinidad and Tobago Oil Company (TRINTOC). He also served as Trinidad and Tobago’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
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    OP21 - McShine, Halsey
    (2010-06-09T15:31:29Z) Brereton, Bridget; Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Mc Shine, Hasley
    Dr Halsey McShine, surgeon specialist, knew Dr Eric Williams is very well. They had been schoolmates together in primary school at Tranquility Boys' iii' School and later at Queen's Royal College. Dr McShine did his training in London at the time when Eric Williams was at Oxford. Dr McShine remained a close friend and the personal physician of Dr Eric Williams for very many years, until three months prior to Dr Williams' death.
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    OP24 - Lewis, J. O`Neil
    (2010-06-09T15:32:32Z) Brereton, Bridget; Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Lewis, J. O'Neil
    Dr J.O'Neil Lewis had a distinguished career in the Civil Service. He served as Secretary to the Economic Advisory Board to the government and worked very closely with Dr Eric Williams.
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    OP25 - Ifill, Max
    (2010-06-09T15:32:55Z) Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Ifill, Max
    Max Beverly Ifill, an economist by profession, has had an interesting career in the teaching and civil service. He has also been a spokesman on social and political affairs in Trinidad and Tobago.
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    OP37 - West Indian Lawyer in the Gold Coast: George James
    (2010-06-10T15:20:18Z) Appiah, Estelle; Rouse-Jones, Margaret; George James, C.
    George James Christian was a Dominican lawyer who migrated to the Gold Coast via London in the early twentieth century. He is representative of a group of West Indians who made the return to the motherland in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. He had a successful legal practice in the Gold Coast and was a member of the Legislative Council from 1930 until his death in 1940. The persons interviewed are Ghanaians, all of whom were either relatives or friends of Christian. Their names are given with the tapes.
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    OP50 - Rouse, Ivan B. J.
    (2010-06-15T18:48:51Z) Brereton, Bridget; Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Rouse, Ivan B.J.
    Ivan B. J. Rouse was born in November 1906 and has made a sterling contribution to education in Trinidad and Tobago. As a primary school student, he went through the bursary system, and was the first such student to pass the Cambridge examination syllabus. He went on to become a fully certificated teacher in 1928 after studying at the Teacher's Training College. He then took up a post as Head Teacher at Adelphi E.C. School, Mason Hall, Tobago and has the distinction of being the youngest person to serve as a head teacher. During his long and distinguished career in the educational profession he served as Manager of the St. Mary's Children's Home, President General of the Teachers' Economic and Cultural Association and as an Inspector of Schools. He was also a foundation member of the People's National Movement (PNM) and Education Officer of the Party's Constituency Group in Tacarigua. He is also an active member of the Anglican Community serving as lay reader for several years.
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    OP71 - Luces, Bemard
    (2010-07-14T15:09:54Z) Elcock, Hazel; Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Rouse, Patrick; Luces, Bernard
    Bernard Luces, an octogenarian (88 years old at time of interview), has been a member of La Petite Musicale since its inception in 1939. He plays the guitar and is presently (1994) the Treasurer of the group.
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    OP72 - Jarrette, Murchison; Scott, John
    (2010-07-14T15:16:51Z) Elcock, Hazel; Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Rouse, Patrick; Jarette, Murchison; Scott, John
    Murchison Jarrette and John Scott are long-standing members of La Petite Musicale. At the time of the interview, Jarrette was Secretary of the group and Scott was an Executive Member. Hazel Elcock and Patrick Rouse, who sewed as interviewers, are also members who joined the group in more recent times.
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    OP81 - Sutherland, Christina
    (2010-07-14T18:38:27Z) Rouse-Jones, Margaret; Cameron-Padmore, Jacqueline; Smith, Marjorie; Sutherland, Christina
    Miss Christina Sutherland, originally from Durham, England, was Principal of Bishop Anstey High School from 1950 to 1964. She was the last of the four non-Trinidadian principals of Bishop Anstey and took the school through a very important era in the history of education in Trinidad and Tobago. She also taught in Carriacou before retiring to her homeland. At the time of the interview, Miss Sutherland, aged 88, was living in Malborough, Devon, England. The interview was done to mark the 75th Anniversary of Bishop Anstey High School, which was celebrated during 1996.