Author: Tyrone Roach

However, this year, the absence of the Barbados catering team left many disappointed, as many would have come and lime expecting their local Saturday delicacies of Pudding N Souse, Cou Cou and sweetbreads followed by a mauby or a Banks beer.

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A former Scottish hotel worker who came to the city in the 1950s from Barbados under a government scheme to offer jobs to Barbadians returned to Stirling to reconnect with old colleagues.Muriel Best arrived in Stirling in 1955 and worked in Allan Park Hotel. Her return visit is part of a short documentary. Like hundreds of other Barbadians, Muriel took up the position and made many friends in the city during her time there.In 1955, Iain Macleod, the Minister of Labour in Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden’s Conservative government, managed a scheme sponsored by the British Hotels and Restaurants Association…

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Barbadian Seamen, who died during World War Two, were recently remembered in a short Commemorative Service to commemorate the sinking of the SS Traveller. The ceremony occurred at the Merchant Navy Memorial in the Military Cemetery in Gravesend St. Michael, Barbados, on Thursday, January 27. UK-based Barbadian Sandra Smith, whose grandfather’s ship, SS Traveller, was lost 82 years ago, was Guest of honour and laid a wreath on behalf of the Ipswich Branch of the Merchant Navy Association. Lt. Col. Carlos Lovell, Military Advisor to the Chief of Staff & Lt Col. Vere Springer of Barbados Defence Force, laid other wreaths.Among…

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