Rockley Beach a mecca for visitors and residents alike

Landscape; Color; 3 ½” x 5 ½”A crowded scene with children, women and men enjoying the beach. This is a divided back postcard. Back of postcard CD £6-… Distributed by C.L. Pitt & Co. Ltd., Barbados, West Indies. Plastichrome © COLOURPICTURE Boston, Mass. 02130. P77674

The Savannah Club, Barbados,

Landscape, Sephia tone, “3 ½” x 5½ ”This image shows an aerial view of The Savannah Club, The Garrison, Barbados. This building was formerly known as “The Main Guard” and was then afterwards renamed the “The Savannah Club”. The outstanding features of the building are the clock tower and the Coat of Arms for King George III carved from Coade stone, above the entrance. The balconies are made from cast-iron and the most visible features of the building are the roof work and the doors. This is a divided back postcard. Back of the Postcard A05 £8 (Handwritten in Pencil) W.L. Johnson & Co. Ltd., Barbados. No. 5

Sowing Social Synonyms: The Influence of Age, Ethnicity and Social Networks on Lexical Choice for Flora Items in Northern Trinidad

Because Trinidad and Tobago is such a culturally and thus linguistically diverse nation, there are many articles about the sociolinguistic situation of the country, with a focus on Trinidadian English Creole and Trinidadian French Creole (Patois). There are also some studies on how social variables like age and education affect citizens’ use of these languages. However, the studies that focus on Trinidadian Bhojpuri (Hindustani) generally have not considered the intersection between lexical variation and choice (except for those by Regis, for Dougla-Trinidadians), and language attitudes and context. To fill this gap, using French Creole, Bhojpuri, English and English Creole terms, this study focuses on variation in lexical choices for four flora items in Northern Trinidad in relation to age and ethnicity. An online questionnaire was distributed to 60 residents of this region, who were instructed to pass it on to two other residents, resulting in the collection of only 100 responses, rather than 180. The data were used to discover trends in their lexical choices, by analysing their responses from the perspective of their ages and ethnicities, together with the frameworks of audience design and social network theory. Generally, it was discovered that the Indo-Trinidadians who responded to the questionnaire, tend to use Bhojpuri variants, such as baigan and bandhania, while Afro-Trinidadians in the group use French Creole-origin ones, like chadon beni. That being said, some terms like baigan, chadon beni, and zaboca appear to be popular among the population sample regardless of ethnicity, suggesting that they are now fully ingrained in Trinidadian English Creole lexicon. The moribundity of Patois and Bhojpuri was also confirmed, because of English dominance, especially due to the increasing prevalence of social media among the younger generations. Hence, further studies should be conducted to examine the influence of social media on lexical choice in Trinidad, specifically between English and English Creole terms

Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Stacey Thomas-Ayin

Stacey Thomas-Ayin is a surveying technician employed at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus., Trinidad and Tobago. She shares her feelings on first learning that she was expecting her first child. She remembers being scared and excited. She sought private medical care within the first six weeks of learning about her pregnancy. Eventually, she signed up at Mamatoto Birth Centre for childbirth classes. She shares her entire birth experience

Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Shanti Mohan

Thirty-seven year old first time mom. She was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries so when she learned she was pregnant, she and her husband were estatic

Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Shai-Ann Reyes

Shai-Ann Reyes, who is an esthetician from Sangre Grande, who gave birth to her first child at the Sangre Grande Hospital and she opted for a home birth with her second child. She discusses her experiences of each delivery

Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Ernest Nurse

Ernest Nurse, is a 59 year-old father of a 26 year old daughter, he discusses how he felt not to be present at the birth of his daughter due to incarceration

Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Sarah Mohammed

Sarah Mohammed is a first time mom from a small nuclear family and a large extended family. She recalls when she first learned that she was expecting and her decision to visit Mamatoto Resource and Birthing Centre