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POS just a few years ago...

Postby Greypatch » September 15th, 2009, 10:16 am

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Postby Midnight_Demon » September 15th, 2009, 10:21 am

look at cars :shock:

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Postby flatline » September 15th, 2009, 10:21 am

loving these history threads. Pic is before twin towers, so early 80's? What's the white high-rise in front right of photo?

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Postby _moti_ » September 15th, 2009, 10:24 am

salvatori building

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Postby crazybalhead » September 15th, 2009, 10:27 am

No its not, that is the Telco bulding. Now TSTT

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Postby crazybalhead » September 15th, 2009, 10:28 am

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Pre skyline. 2005.

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Postby 200sx » September 15th, 2009, 10:28 am

would be nice 2 compare it side by side with a present one
nice PASt photo

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Postby _moti_ » September 15th, 2009, 10:29 am

yuh lie that so tall.................shiet :oops: any way my age will permit me to make that mistake :lol:

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Postby janfar » September 15th, 2009, 10:30 am

crazybalhead wrote:No its not, that is the Telco bulding. Now TSTT


Correct, Salvatori building behind it...

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Postby Greypatch » September 15th, 2009, 10:31 am

yup Telco & holiday inn were our sky scrapers

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Postby Greypatch » September 15th, 2009, 10:33 am

POS another view..I believe its not much older that the 1st pic.

who could see KFC ??

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Postby crazybalhead » September 15th, 2009, 10:36 am

janfar wrote:
crazybalhead wrote:No its not, that is the Telco bulding. Now TSTT


Correct, Salvatori building behind it...


NOPE!!!!!! That is where Unit Trust is now, doh remember what that was. Salvatori is out of the pic. :lol:

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Postby janfar » September 15th, 2009, 10:37 am

crazybalhead wrote:
janfar wrote:
crazybalhead wrote:No its not, that is the Telco bulding. Now TSTT


Correct, Salvatori building behind it...


NOPE!!!!!! That is where Unit Trust is now, doh remember what that was. Salvatori is out of the pic. :lol:


Like i loose my bearings on them pic... but then again, i from the bushes of Mayaro.

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Postby crazybalhead » September 15th, 2009, 10:37 am

Think that is Central Bank.

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Postby crazybalhead » September 15th, 2009, 10:38 am

Loving this thread!

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Postby Greypatch » September 15th, 2009, 10:39 am

200sx wrote:would be nice 2 compare it side by side with a present one
nice PASt photo


not the same angle but it may help..

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Postby angel_player » September 15th, 2009, 10:39 am

janfar wrote:
crazybalhead wrote:No its not, that is the Telco bulding. Now TSTT


Correct, Salvatori building behind it...


I doh think Salvatori building cud have been behind Telco building ... I may be wrong but where Salvatori building area is not within the range of tht pic

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Postby 200sx » September 15th, 2009, 10:43 am

Greypatch, tanx for the more recent photo

got any of south or anywhere else in your files :?:

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Postby trinigamer » September 15th, 2009, 10:50 am

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Salvatori Building circled. Now demolished.

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Postby SUPAstarr » September 15th, 2009, 10:55 am

Patch where u be today takin in all this history

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Postby trinigamer » September 15th, 2009, 10:59 am

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Marine Square at the corner of Frederick Street. 1963

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Postby JoKeR1980 » September 15th, 2009, 11:09 am

Greypatch, where you getting these pics from??? yuh wukkin in the museum orrr?

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Postby Greypatch » September 15th, 2009, 11:13 am

Patch where u be today takin in all this history



Nice to remind our self of where we came from man.

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Archaic or Ortoirod Settlers - 5000 BC
Discovered (Columbus for Spain) - 1498
1st Attempt to settle. - 1531
2nd Attempt to settle. - 1569
1st Permanent Settlement (St. Joseph Domingo de Vera). - 1592
Sir Walter Raleigh discover pitch Lake & burns capital. - 1595
Settled Economically. - 1718
Cocoa Crop Failure. - 1733
Widespread poverty. - 1740
Pop 800 (300 spanish). - 1772
Pop 16,000 (2,100 White Europeans, 4,500 free Balcks). - 1797
British takes control, war in Europe 17 british ships. - 1797
Emancipation of Slaves. - 1834
Indenture Labour (Indian & Chinese) - 1845
1st telegraph @ Macqueripe Bay. - 1871
Amaalgamation of both islands. 1889
US base set up (& Wallerfield) as Britan needed 40 American Destroyers. - 1941
31st August, Independence. - 1962
1st August Republic. - 1976

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Postby trinigamer » September 15th, 2009, 11:15 am

crazybalhead wrote:Think that is Central Bank.



Nope, that's the old Guardian Life Building, its the Central Statistical Office now.

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Postby crazybalhead » September 15th, 2009, 11:16 am

Thanks TriniGamer. :mrgreen:

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Postby Greypatch » September 15th, 2009, 11:30 am

These are old Postcard photos of T&T I got off a site.

Fredrick Street.
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Postby devrat » September 15th, 2009, 11:32 am

Great thread and info Patchy....memories of history class in Naps 1982 :)

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Postby JWT » September 15th, 2009, 11:35 am

is it just me or did the place look cleaner and neater back then when compared to now

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Postby crazybalhead » September 15th, 2009, 11:37 am

Definitely JWT.

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Postby buzz » September 15th, 2009, 11:37 am

JWT wrote:is it just me or did the place look cleaner and neater back then when compared to now


thats exactly what i'm saying :?

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