Flashbacks

Pictures of the past compared to what the island, life, and people look like today.  A time capsule in images.

flashback to sandpiper street 1993

Flashback to Sandpiper Street When It Didn’t Have a Name

It actually took me a moment to recognize this street in the photo, taken in 1993, because at first glance, I thought it might have been from the 1980s. I have this habit of looking at old island images and imagining they were from my dad’s youth, only to get

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A Different San Pedro

There are several things that are quite different from this Flashback of San Pedro to our San Pedro of today.  For one thing, you do not see small residential homes in the downtown; you

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The Building of the San Pedro Lion’s Clinic

This past week on October 25, the San Pedro Lions Club celebrated its 40th anniversary. Among the many celebrated achievements was its first large project- the Lions Clinic. The idea was the brainchild of

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The Historic Belize City Swing Bridge

San Pedranos vividly and with nostalgia remember the Belize City swing bridge. They used to cross underneath it with small skiffs and used to patiently wait for six in the morning to pass and

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Sanpedranos At Their Best Dressed

Now that you see this flashback do you wonder why in the world this large group of San Pedranos is so well dressed?  The men were all wearing shoes which is not normal under

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San Pedro Holiday Hotel’s 25th Anniversary

This month Hotel, the pioneer hotel in tourism in San Pedro celebrated its Golden Anniversary. Fifty years ago this wonderful person, this amazing San Pedrana, passionate woman, and awesome entrepreneur, Celi Nuñez McCorkle, opened

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Sanpedranas Wore Short Shorts!

Very short shorts and tiny miniskirts are very visible today and you would think they are fashions of today.  But I guess you have heard the old cliché, “what goes around comes around.” Well

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The Evolution of Boca del Rio Cut

In this Flashback of San Pedro you see two tourists enjoying a refreshing swim at the Boca del Rio which is the opening of the canal leading to the back of the island. They

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