TIME OUT IN TRINIDAD - 1950s - Pt. 14 - Mount Saint Benedict
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Uploaded by oldtimecalypso on Apr 3, 2010
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Set to some of Lionel Belasco's music this pleasant sequence brings us memories of the Benedictine Monastery at St. Augustine. Almost a self contained city in itself, the Benedictine monks administered a Seminary, a boarding school (The Abbey School), their monastery, a senior's residence, a guest house, a farm, beehives, bakeries and the like. Today it is but a shadow of its former glory, with the boarding school closed and recently, the Seminary closing, sending its few remaining seminarians to Jamaica.
Mt. St. Benedict was a popular destination for day visitors as well and many locals came here to picnic. Note the Indian family relaxing with their lunch just behind their two tone Ford Consul with the wide whitewall tires.
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@oldtimecalypso maybe you would like to get the alumni newsletter of The Abbey School??
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Do you have any videos of the village life in that period ? I lived off St John's Road, the main road to the Mount from 1965-1987. Great videos, keep them coming
PeterLawrence193 1 year ago
@PeterLawrence193 Sorry Peter, I don't have any film of that...just various shots of Penal Market, a few of Debe and some other places down south...those clips are still to come. I'm working my way through 3 hours of 8mm film here.
oldtimecalypso 1 year ago
@PeterLawrence193 Sorry Peter, I don't have any film of that...just various shots of Penal Market, a few of Debe and some other places down south...those clips are still to come. I'm working my way through 3 hours of 8mm film here.
oldtimecalypso 1 year ago
That not even an hour's drive from where I live now and I haven't been up there since I was a child. I was fascinated by the grounds and the religious pendants they sold there.
fuzzybearphoto 1 year ago
@fuzzybearphoto Isn't that strange. I boarded at the Abbey School and I too was fascinated by all the religious pendants they sold in the shops there. I think I still have one.
oldtimecalypso 1 year ago