Churchill , Guinness , Helene and Geckos …….degrees of separation
This article is not about ‘Mike’ Mitchell-Hedges but he always seems to makes it to the beginning of any story about contemporary Anglo-Bay Islands history. Probably because this enigmatic adventurer brought excitement to any venture he was a part of. Nobody knew the real Mitchell-Hedges nor could anyone vouch for the veracity of his […]
The Honduranization of the Bay Islands
As Bay Islanders this past 22nd of April , we recently ‘observed’ ( since it would be inaccurate to say ‘celebrated’)the 162nd anniversary of Queen Victorias official ceding of the Colony of the Bay Islands to the Republic of Honduras. The word in Spanish that the Government uses for this anniversary is […]
Black Jesus
I had written down all the numbers for my meager budget for the trip in a spiral bound notebook ( the Escudo Nacional on the front cover,times table on the back )which I had bought for 50centavos at Leonela Bowman’s store . I only had 100lempiras to my name . I needed at least 200 […]
Every picture a story ……
I stumbled across this poor quality photograph a few days ago which I took with my Blackberry ( remember them ?) phone on New Years eve 2012. It was the control room , the nerve centre of power generation for the whole Island. There are three men sitting around the table. One ( white shirt […]
Bay Islands History ‘thumbnail’……..
I was recently asked by my chum and fellow scribbler to write him a brief history of the Bay Islands as a foreward to his new book ‘Life On Roatan’ ( LifeOnRoatan.com ) and he thought it came out quite well . I enjoyed writing it anyway ! Reading about History can be tiresome and […]
Coxen’s Hole or Port MacDonald ?
I am currently having a crack at writing a book about the History of Roatan , Helene and Barbarat . After all , ever since living here for some 35 years the history ( especially the British part of it )has intrigued me. There is so little known about it or documented anywhere locally for […]
Horatio Nelson in Rattan
It is a little known fact in these parts that the illustrious naval career of that hero of Albion , First Viscount Admiral Horatio Nelson , whose statue sits above a 170ft high column in central London is inextricably linked to the Bay of Honduras ( Belize Cays and Rattan ) and the Mosquito Shore. […]
Welcome
Social media is no longer the place for me to express a thoughtful opinion , recount an anecdote , share some history or some photographs ; it has become as casting pearls before swine in many respects ! My interests and life experiences are many and creative writing being my preferred means of artistic expression […]