25 Years Ago
Nicknames Of The Past
By Angel Nuñez
The Tenth Day Of September
By Angel Nuñez On September 10, we celebrate the Battle of St. George's Caye. This is the time of the year when Belize dresses itself with its patriotic colors: blue, white and red. Let me give you a little background based on archives of Belize, how this thing came to happen. But first the lyrics of our patriotic song. It was the tenth day of September In ninety-eight Anno Dominiwhen our fore-fathers won the glorious fight at Old St. George's Caye
The Scout Room
By Angel Nuñez Chances are you have heard your parents, who lived in the 1950’s, refer to the San Pedro Scout Room. What Scout Room, you might ask? We do not have any Scouts now nor have we ever had. Well let me tell you and show you pictures of the famous Scout Room in the 1950’s
The Very First Catholic Church
By Angel Nuñez As a child in the 1950’s I used to see this concrete foundation right beside the bell at Central Park. Upon inquiring and thorough some research, I discovered some interesting facts about this site and what was erected on it. My dad told me a lot about it and then I confirmed these facts in my readings.
Fires Are No Joke… But This One Was!
By Angel Nuñez We all know that fires are no joke, but the very first fire that I can remember in the 1950’s is remembered by a lot of folks as a big joke. In those days there were no movies in San Pedro but occasionally the Government Information Service of Belize used to travel around the country presenting documentaries about farming, fishing, diseases such as malaria and what have you.
The Very First School In San Pedro
By Angel Nuñez I always heard my father talking about going to school with Teacher Palomo and then with Miss Signa Yorke in the 1930’s. Then I read in “The Little World of Danny Vasquez” that he attended classes at the R.C. School in the 1920’s, so I know that the very first school in San Pedro was built around those dates.
Nicknames Of The Past
By Angel Nuñez
Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #7
By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IFYou ate hot flour tortillas or Johnny cakes with re-friend beans and fried fish for breakfast and probably the same thing for evening tea. (supper) YOU KNOW YOU ARE A MODERN SANPEDRANO IF for breakfast there is a choice of scrambled eggs, ham, bacon, re-fried beans, pancakes with syrup, or some cereal with milk.
Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #6
By Angel Nuñez
Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #5
By Angel Nuñez
Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #4
By Angel Nuñez
Beginning Of Lobster Season
By Angel Nuñez
Crayfish To Stone Dogs
By Angel Nuñez There used to be this popular saying, “Crayfish to stone dogs.” It is a saying meaning that there is an abundance of something. And there was a time when the spiny lobster or the crayfish existed in abundance around the waters of Ambergris Caye.
WOW! Those Salaries
By Angel Nuñez
Sanpedranos Really Know Fish
By Angel Nuñez
Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #3
You know you are an old timer Sanpedrano if You only ate buns when Mr. Joe Alamilla used to bring them occasionally on board of the Elsa P that brought cargo to San Pedro.
Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #2
By Angel Nuñez You know you are an old timer Sanpedrano if you remember chewing up the chicken bone, lobster feet, and even sucked up and savored a fried fish head.And you know you are a modern Sanpedrano if your menu calls for Chicken Cordon Bleu, Fillet Mignon and pupusas
Old Timer Or Today's Sanpedrano
By Angel Nuñez You know that you are an old timer Sanpedrano ifyou remember Papa Blake’s House and think it was the most awesome building in San Pedro at the time.…..And you are a modern day Sanpedrano ifyou take a stroll down the beach and admire buildings like The Phoenix, Grand Carib and Coco Beach
Interesting Names On Ambergris Caye
By Angel Nuñez
Fabricating Things In San Pedro #2
By Angel Nuñez In response to last week’s column on things made in San Pedro, I got several phone calls reminding me of things we used to make and improvise right here in San Pedro.