It was so clean. I remember as a child taking the round the town yellow bus. The drains and streets was cleaned every nights. Starbruck marker was a joy to visit. God I miss my beautiful guyana. What the hell happened??
I grew up in the garden city in the 70's and 80's and l do have some fond memories. All of these places were familiar places l would walk 🚶♂️ to or ride my bike 🚲.
Guyana was beautiful under the British. After they left in the mid 60s everything went down the drain. Born 1941, lived in Stanleytown, W.B. Demerara. Worked at Wales Sugar Estate and quite Guyana 1971. Went back 1975 & 1980. Never going back. Everybody complaining about Security, putting steel bars on windows, 10 bolts on your doors etc.
The 1970 video is amazing. Mr. Sobryan did a wonderful job . Remember all those places. Start working in GT in 1968 . Lived many places in Guyana. Worked many places in Guyana. Visited most of Guyana except the South. With the political upheaval, the decline was inevitable. Left but return on a regular basis until 2018. Always longing to revisit. Security is a concern but so is in North America. Hope there is better days for Guyana.
Well you know..,Mr.Niazamodeen.., Everybody who Left Guyana since Independence.., And came to Masa land/Us/England etc..,Did the.., Right thing..,I myself left in 1985 at 14yrs with my parents..,A mean people were moving from place to place for millions of years for a variety reasons.., some was wrong fully kidnapped/displaced and made into slaves or as indentured servants/a nice word for slave..,But some believe in that system/castism etc..,Thy believe that one type of people were made rule all others/regard less of race or what color we are because some of us don't know who we are .., Saying goes.., Know thyself..,N.., Remember..,Bro.., One drop a blood thing.., You could never be he..,You can do skin/nose/wear blue contacts/color your hair.., Inside you you you're de same..,l wonder why God made all de major race/not mix/Douglas..,A mean we know how mix races/and castism came about..,A mean I could go on and on but I'm a....,Make mi Heights now.., Peace..,
How bueatiful! I love hearing the stories of how Guyana used to be from my family but this outs it into a whole new light. Would anyone know about a Vauxhall car? There was only three of them in the country and one was owned by my grandfather. My dad does not rember the model of the car but he said it looked so cool when they would drive through Gorgetown.
@@gunthergaminx2947 Its just my mother is from guyana and she always talked about a friend in a band in the 60s who had a VX Vauxhall and always described it with great enthusiasm so i assumed was a rare thing. I spent my primary school years there but left in early 80s. I have fond memories living in essequibo.
Very beautiful then, clean streets, well maintained gardens , ponds, beaches and guiet life. Guyana could be beautiful again only if people would take of their land. In some foreign countries people are not allowed to spit on the streets. Beaches are grated to keep clean , there are garbage bins to put garbage. Streets are swept clean to keep a clean environment. Also polluters are persecuted . Seat belts for cars should be a priority and for boats as well.
I agree, the country should be cleaned up, if this is done, surprisingly many will come to visit, as it's a beautiful country, but not interested now, while I love the videos, I don't like the loud blaring music and the filth in the markets
Yes, the flowers along Main Street were beautiful, the Portuguese are sadly missed with their beautiful smiling faces, they all left after the riots and looting.
Wow, my mom used to work at Fogarty back in the late 60's. I myself was born in 1970......left in 76. This is how i remember Guyana. Amazing memories from dem times.
@@magicomm I will always remember my time as a kid in CAMPBELLVILLE. Going with my granny when she used to work at Stabroek Market and so. Vivid like it was yesterday.
Gosh in my day, forgarty used to have Father Christmas, you could purchase tickets at different prices for various gifts, great memories, but if I am gonna be honest, I could not go back to live there, the memories I have are a gift, I cherish, I left at 15 and has lived in Calgary since, this place is more home to me, but I love to watch the now videos, I very much appreciate them.
@@marymarg2963 same, i left in 76 at 5 years old. Toronto is my home and i just love to watch the Guyana videos. We too used to the modern amenities we have here in Canada i guess. I more afraid of the crime and Healthcare in Guyana than anything. We have it great in Canada.
I am looking for footage or photographs of Georgetown, Guyana in the late 1970's. Especially anything sowing the old cinemas and also anything of the US Embassy building?
Yes..,Alot of talk of us talked of de British /Masa.., When we were their subjects.., while they are there its maintain but once we got our so called..,Independence.., The place turned into a.,Third worlld
Why is that.., Is it because we are stupid or don't know to run our country..,I don't think so.., De picture is bigger than that..,Roots..,1492.., Right down to present.., But the world is changing..,Former/subjects of those colonial powers..,We are catching up..,De.., Say.., Every dog has his day.., I'm just saying the world i becoming balance.., Equality.., Everybody must get a chance to shine/I meant..,Every country/literally.., Maybe I live in my own.., Utopia..,
@@turanalli4310 Should I see your analysis as "funny" or "factual". I see it as combination of many factors. From political to personal moral decomposition. With independence the decline started with the help of the then political machinery. GT remained clean and beautiful as seen in the video in the early 70's but then the decline started to show.because the country was slowly going bankrupt. Decline in maintenance, food shortages etc.was becoming obvious. Did you remember the difficulty of finding a government job, food lines, no flour and some other items. The Railway system, the yellow town buses,the Tata buses, the decline in the ferry services, the many airlines that just left....BOAC,BWIA, Panam, KLM, Air France....Well it seems that we are now coming back. We may see better days. Mr.Sobyran may be able to show the next generation some 2020's videos of Guyana's resurgence.
Tommy Gibbs Not true, don't try put blame on one party against the other. Some people give credit to the British, but don't forget when they gave then British Guiana independence in 1966, they took most of the wealth, brain drain the country and so much more. My grand father, my father and many of my uncles worked under the British and I worked in GT 1970s. Yes, there were a lot of beautiful memories of my beautiful Guyana then. Most of the what took the country down was dirty politics, racism among people. I noticed some people would say things like they would never go back and live there. The country is full of crime and more. for whatever reason a person might condemn the country for, there are also big countries like Canada, USA etc where crime is also high and sometimes worse crimes are committed. I didn't see anyone saying about the good things and path Guyana is on with the new Government doing a lot of positive things with the new found wealth OIL. May Guyana and it's people continue to progress and hope everyone will be treated equal, progress in any country do not happen overnight, people's mentality also have to change, where they have to also help themselves and not only wait for handouts
It was so clean. I remember as a child taking the round the town yellow bus. The drains and streets was cleaned every nights. Starbruck marker was a joy to visit. God I miss my beautiful guyana. What the hell happened??
Thank you for sharing your fond memories of Guyana.
We told ourselves that we could run a country.
Currently we are in the process of destroying a few cities in the US.
@@jagriv5659 What, the heck you talking about bro?
@@joshuajagmohan4553 Jag Riv is right. The British kept a neat system which we have slowly destroyed.
When u find out, please tell me, sad to see all the places I loved as a young girl, so shabby💔💔
This is how I remember Guyana To be beautiful I remember go in the train as a little girl right here in Guyana
Oh beautiful Guyana so sweet
Beautiful,everyone should take pride in our beautiful Country and keep it clean and safe.
Well said
I grew up in the garden city in the 70's and 80's and l do have some fond memories. All of these places were familiar places l would walk 🚶♂️ to or ride my bike 🚲.
Guyana was beautiful under the British. After they left in the mid 60s everything went down the drain. Born 1941, lived in Stanleytown, W.B. Demerara. Worked at Wales Sugar Estate and quite Guyana 1971. Went back 1975 & 1980. Never going back. Everybody complaining about Security, putting steel bars on windows, 10 bolts on your doors etc.
Thank you for sharing your personal memories with us Dino.
The 1970 video is amazing. Mr. Sobryan did a wonderful job . Remember all those places. Start working in GT in 1968 . Lived many places in Guyana. Worked many places in Guyana. Visited most of Guyana except the South. With the political upheaval, the decline was inevitable. Left but return on a regular basis until 2018. Always longing to revisit. Security is a concern but so is in North America. Hope there is better days for Guyana.
@@essarroyrupchand4007 Very thoughtful and heartfelt comments. Thank you.
Well you know..,Mr.Niazamodeen.., Everybody who Left Guyana since Independence.., And came to Masa land/Us/England etc..,Did the.., Right thing..,I myself left in 1985 at 14yrs with my parents..,A mean people were moving from place to place for millions of years for a variety reasons.., some was wrong fully kidnapped/displaced and made into slaves or as indentured servants/a nice word for slave..,But some believe in that system/castism etc..,Thy believe that one type of people were made rule all others/regard less of race or what color we are because some of us don't know who we are .., Saying goes.., Know thyself..,N.., Remember..,Bro.., One drop a blood thing.., You could never be he..,You can do skin/nose/wear blue contacts/color your hair.., Inside you you you're de same..,l wonder why God made all de major race/not mix/Douglas..,A mean we know how mix races/and castism came about..,A mean I could go on and on but I'm a....,Make mi Heights now.., Peace..,
@@turanalli4310 Very good analysis.
Wow! So nice to see my homeland! That's the Guyana I remember!! Beautiful memories.
Mine too!
A personal Thank You, there are times that I remember those places very fondly
I am happy Jag that my slideshow photos brought back precious memories for you. Thank you for your comment.
How bueatiful! I love hearing the stories of how Guyana used to be from my family but this outs it into a whole new light. Would anyone know about a Vauxhall car? There was only three of them in the country and one was owned by my grandfather. My dad does not rember the model of the car but he said it looked so cool when they would drive through Gorgetown.
Thank you Gunther for recalling and sharing those precious Guyanese memories.
Was the car a Vauxhall VX4/90?
@@trickydicky90 It turned out to be a Vauxhaul Viscount
@@gunthergaminx2947 Its just my mother is from guyana and she always talked about a friend in a band in the 60s who had a VX Vauxhall and always described it with great enthusiasm so i assumed was a rare thing. I spent my primary school years there but left in early 80s. I have fond memories living in essequibo.
Beautifully done.
Very beautiful then, clean streets, well maintained gardens , ponds, beaches and guiet life. Guyana could be beautiful again only if people would take of their land.
In some foreign countries people are not allowed to spit on the streets. Beaches are grated to keep clean , there are garbage bins to put garbage. Streets are swept clean to keep a clean environment. Also polluters are persecuted . Seat belts for cars should be a priority and for boats as well.
Yes I meant prosecuted ,
Sorry for the typing error. Sometimes it is done in the early morning hours.
Thanks.
I agree, the country should be cleaned up, if this is done, surprisingly many will come to visit, as it's a beautiful country, but not interested now, while I love the videos, I don't like the loud blaring music and the filth in the markets
Sadly, Guyana is now a third world country with third world people who live third world lives, not thinking about their environment and cleanliness.
So beautiful!
Yes, the flowers along Main Street were beautiful, the Portuguese are sadly missed with their beautiful smiling faces, they all left after the riots and looting.
I remember Guyana the same way, the same time, 1970s the best years in my life when the world was still a beautiful place.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful sentiments with us.
What memories grew up in that era and left in 82
Was getting ready to leave, I so remember The old stores😻
It was nice,.,If that was literally..,1970.., well.., that was the year I born.., November 13th 1970.., Thanks.., For the.., Pictures..,
Wow, my mom used to work at Fogarty back in the late 60's. I myself was born in 1970......left in 76. This is how i remember Guyana. Amazing memories from dem times.
Hold on to those precious memories. Its what sustains and shapes us through life. Thank you for sharing your precious moments with us.
@@magicomm I will always remember my time as a kid in CAMPBELLVILLE. Going with my granny when she used to work at Stabroek Market and so. Vivid like it was yesterday.
@@70ksingh Amen to that. My earlier life growing up in Queenstown was simple, genuine and filled with happy moments around family and friends.
Gosh in my day, forgarty used to have Father Christmas, you could purchase tickets at different prices for various gifts, great memories, but if I am gonna be honest, I could not go back to live there, the memories I have are a gift, I cherish, I left at 15 and has lived in Calgary since, this place is more home to me, but I love to watch the now videos, I very much appreciate them.
@@marymarg2963 same, i left in 76 at 5 years old. Toronto is my home and i just love to watch the Guyana videos. We too used to the modern amenities we have here in Canada i guess. I more afraid of the crime and Healthcare in Guyana than anything. We have it great in Canada.
WOW
Nice memories....
Thank you for these memories💞💞
Our pleasure!
memories
Thank you.
guyana was so beautiful back then i would rather then than now
Khemraj guptar? Wam g
Thank u
Going to school in the city 1979 to 1984.
I am looking for footage or photographs of Georgetown, Guyana in the late 1970's. Especially anything sowing the old cinemas and also anything of the US Embassy building?
Sorry, I don't have any photographs of the old cinemas and US embassy in my collection.
Thank you for watching.
From a geographical perspective, Roraima (green peak) borders the state of Amazonas and Para, Brazil, as well as, the nations of Guyana and Venezuela.
So clan...what went wrong, Guyana? From Garden city to Garbage city?
You are right! It is a garbage city, now. It was beautiful at one time, but not now.
Yep, sad
The British went away!
Wow
Yes..,Alot of talk of us talked of de British /Masa.., When we were their subjects.., while they are there its maintain but once we got our so called..,Independence.., The place turned into a.,Third worlld
Why is that.., Is it because we are stupid or don't know to run our country..,I don't think so.., De picture is bigger than that..,Roots..,1492.., Right down to present.., But the world is changing..,Former/subjects of those colonial powers..,We are catching up..,De.., Say.., Every dog has his day.., I'm just saying the world i becoming balance.., Equality.., Everybody must get a chance to shine/I meant..,Every country/literally.., Maybe I live in my own.., Utopia..,
@@turanalli4310 Should I see your analysis as "funny" or "factual". I see it as combination of many factors. From political to personal moral decomposition. With independence the decline started with the help of the then political machinery. GT remained clean and beautiful as seen in the video in the early 70's but then the decline started to show.because the country was slowly going bankrupt. Decline in maintenance, food shortages etc.was becoming obvious. Did you remember the difficulty of finding a government job, food lines, no flour and some other items. The Railway system, the yellow town buses,the Tata buses, the decline in the ferry services, the many airlines that just left....BOAC,BWIA, Panam, KLM, Air France....Well it seems that we are now coming back. We may see better days. Mr.Sobyran may be able to show the next generation some 2020's videos of Guyana's resurgence.
Hi,
Anyone knows who the artist is performing Mrs Robinson.
Thanks in advance 🙏🙏🙏
Simon and Garfunkel did it
Yea.,Alot of us talk of de.., British
Up load d present state of d city n let d world b d judge.between then n now.
PPP MADE GEORGETOWN THE GARBAGE CITY. THANKS MR. BURNHAM FOR MAKING GUYANA 🇬🇾 BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAN IN THOSE DAYS.
Disagree with you.
Tommy Gibbs Not true, don't try put blame on one party against the other. Some people give credit to the British, but don't forget when they gave then British Guiana independence in 1966, they took most of the wealth, brain drain the country and so much more. My grand father, my father and many of my uncles worked under the British and I worked in GT 1970s. Yes, there were a lot of beautiful memories of my beautiful Guyana then. Most of the what took the country down was dirty politics, racism among people. I noticed some people would say things like they would never go back and live there. The country is full of crime and more. for whatever reason a person might condemn the country for, there are also big countries like Canada, USA etc where crime is also high and sometimes worse crimes are committed. I didn't see anyone saying about the good things and path Guyana is on with the new Government doing a lot of positive things with the new found wealth OIL. May Guyana and it's people continue to progress and hope everyone will be treated equal, progress in any country do not happen overnight, people's mentality also have to change, where they have to also help themselves and not only wait for handouts
@@rosedookie2760 Good analysis. Thanks.
Don't forget the tyrant and dictator who ran this so called beautiful country for 28 years.
Yes a lot of them forgot that, thanks for reminding some
U SHOULD SHOW THEN AND NOW HOW IT BECAME A GARBAGE AN TENT CITY IS THERE A MAYOR OR ?
Roraima belongs to Venezuela so as Esequibo
you must be crazy
then come for it nah
"Not one blue sakie, not one rice grain not ah blade ah grass"
🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
In guyana, there are at least ten thousand bumper stickers who would disagree with you, Essequibo is we own!
@@rr42192 use your stickers while we use history books... thieves