An archive of a series of stories by Angel Nunez about the history of San Pedro, Belize. The writings reflect the life of a small fishing village filled with actual events, customs and culture, social life, successes, and problems all of which made up San Pedro twenty-five years ago.
– by Angel Nuñez, Author 25 Years Ago – The following adventure took place 30 years ago, involving Mr. John Greif Sr., San Pedro’s first airline pilot and father to Tropic Air’s Director John Greif III and Sea Gal’s Celi Jean Varela. He is a veteran of the L7S armed
There are so many things that USED TO be different in the village of San Pedro back in the 1950’s and 60’s especially revolving around the dining table and when we remember them we
Long before the coming of television to Belize we had the radio. There was one national radio all the way back into the 1950’s and it was the B H B C, the British
By Angel Nuñez There are so many things that USED TO be different in the village of San Pedro back in the 1950’s and 60’s especially revolving around Christmas and when we remember them
By Angel Nuñez There are so many things that USED TO be different in the village of San Pedro back in the 1950’s and 60’s and when we remember them we even become nostalgic.
By Angel Nuñez It is always fun to reminisce the past about the fun things we USED TO do in San Pedro. Many of the things we used to do were so different from
By Angel Nuñez Was San Pedro R.C. Elementary School a ghost house? NEVA! This what I say today but not when I was a kid in the tiny village of San Pedro with a
By Angel Nuñez Of course ‘almost everything’ we used to do in yesteryears in San Pedro had to be quite different from present day state of affairs. I want to stretch my imagination and
By Angel NuñezCheck out these names of sports celebrities and see if they remind you of something. Jody Davis, Leon Durham, Shawn Dunstun, Ryne Sandberg, Sarge, Lee Smith, and then Harry Cary. Got them?
By Angel Nuñez TEA TIME: Do you know why the morning breakfast was called “Tea”? I’ll tell you right now. And do you know why the evening supper was also called “Tea”? It is
By Angel Nuñez Twenty five years something really exciting happened in San Pedro. It was the Mosquito Coast. Today people talk about Mosquito Coast though knowing very little about it. Well, see if you
By Angel NuñezMy list of things that we USED TO do so differently in San Pedro is quite long and many of them have to do with food, but trust me there is more
By Angel Nuñez There are so many things that USED TO be different in the village of San Pedro back in the 1950’s and 60’s and when we remember them we even become nostalgic.
By Angel NuñezAlmost thirty years ago, (Were you born already?) the very young town of San Pedro was honored and graced with the visit of Miss World 1986. She was a lovely Caribbean woman,
By Angel NuñezOh yes we used to do that and we used to think and we used to play and even eat back then much different in San Pedro from today. It was not
By Angel Nuñez SEA GRAPESA long time ago going to pick sea grapes was a source of great enthusiasm and fun. We used to plan for the day and the village folks used to
By Angel NuñezThis aerial shot of the village of San Pedro came about one hundred years after the Mestizo Indians first settled in village in 1948. This is about 1955 when the village men
