Abbey School, Mt St Benedict, 2015 Circulars: Circular No 706

Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Caracas, 16 of May 2015 No. 706

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Dear Friends,

Have a look:

http://youtu.be/lUbErzsMihw

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Brian Goddard

May 21

Epale & buenas tardes, Ladislao,

So here goes again, but this time to the address that you just indicated.

Please advise if rec´d well.

Don & I are eager to know if our tropical Anguilla island reunion photo was rec´d, ok !

Saludos, Brian

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bruce peter

15 May

Ladislao;

I never did know who Stanley was.

I presume he was one of the senior boys.

As the older boys in the den left, younger boys became involved in the den.

I was in several dens.

The first one we built was close to the ravine on the lower road to the reservoir.

We cleared the land and built a small den with the trees in the forest.

It was a poor site as boys stoned us and sent boulders rolling down the hill.

The next den we had was at a higher in elevation up the hill from the swimming pool (not built at that time, only a large excavation.)

At that den I can remember raising homing pigeons.

Stanley’s den was the best den.

They had acquired the most construction materials from various construction projects at the Mount.

Lumber, galvanized roofing and siding. The land was level.

Here one of the things we did was to buy chickens from Br. Bruno at the poultry.

We sometimes bought chicks and raised them ourselves.

All chickens were curried in a kerosene tin.

Rice, probably cooked in a liberated scout pot.

The food was very bad at the Mount so we raided avocados, mangoes, grapefruit, tomatoes, and liberated bread from the bakery of Br Soir, a large black Monk.

We brewed coffee and smoked cigarettes.

Another person I remember was Mr Peters, the plumber.

He had a very low station in life at the Mount as the British would say.

When the food at dinner was especially bad we would in the night, on our walk up the lower road from the refectory to the school, decide that Mr Peter should pay.

We would stone his tin house with everything from stones to some rather large boulders.

We revelled in the sound of the rocks hitting the galvanized sheets in the quiet tropical nights as we enjoyed smoking our Anchor cigerettes.

The next day the usual warning came from the headmaster’s office, “Please do not stone Mr Peter’s house."

Another incident I remember at the Apiery was when Delima bet he could sit in the pipe rails next to the bee hives and have a bee walk on his nose.

We bet him a shilling he could not do it.

A large crowd of boys gathered around and Delima proceeded to slowly sit on the pipe rails. his movement were slow and the bees were nor being agitated.

He slowly put his hand out and some bees began to climb on up his arm. One of the boys who made the bet , fearing he was about to lose his bet , picked up a rock and hit the bee hive.

All hell broke loose, and Delima was seen running through the wood in hot pursuit by a large swarm of bees.

I will send you a few more photos of the Mount in 1954.

Best regards. Keep up the good work you are doing heeping us in touch with the past.

Bruce

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Ladislao Kertesz

9 May

Dear Bruce,

Thank you for the photo, these old gems are well appreciated.

If you have other ones please send as the Circular needs them to keep alive.

Can you write about Stanley´s Den, who was Stanley, a settler, part of the community, or teacher??

What was the use of the Den??

God Bless

Ladislao

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2009/5/8

bruce peter <brucepeter@telus.net>

This photo was taken about 1954 at Stanley’s Den up the hill from the school.

The chickens were bought from Br. Bruno at the poultry farm.

Sometimes they were bought as chicks at the start of term, raised, then we would have a party and curry them.

It sure beat the food at the Mount. The best curry cook was Lee Kit.

He had great knowledge about keeping and catching song birds, raising and training homing pigeons,cooking curries, which curry powder to buy (Turban Brand ).

In the photo are Jean Claude Pecquet, Alain Deveaux and Bruce Peter.

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Robert deVerteuil <bobdev@tstt.net.tt>

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:06:43 PM

Hi Ladislao,

Saw Rolph and got his address: rhive@otsl.biz.

Also sent him the last 6 circulars you sent me.

Best regards

Robert

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Caraballeda, Venezuela—

At 10:28 a.m. La Guaira time on day three of the La Guaira Billfish Shootout, the all-time tournament record for blue marlin was broken and a place in history for the 40 boats and 118 anglers was secured.

Angler Rolph Hive of Trinidad, fishing aboard the Freedom, released the 191st blue marlin of the tournament, breaking the previous record of 190 blue marlin caught during the 1988 Club Nautico de San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Captain of team On ‘D Job, David Duncan, along with his teammates Adam Hive, Rolph Hive and Nigel Garcia emerged in the number one spot after they accumulated 256.6 points.

They caught three wahoo on the first day and two on the second.

In January 1993 Rolf Hive became president of the organisation that now had total responsibility for all power boat racing in Trinidad and Tobago

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Gary Lambkin‎ Wayne Hackett

17 September 2014 ·

Hi Wayne,

Long time, bro.

I thought about you and your brother over the years,

I see you still gigging on the old steel drum.

I am not into computers too much, jest know what I need to get by and more as I go on.

I like Skype, no typing.

Use it all the time to talk to my girls in Halifax, I live in the west.

My mum lives in Texas. My last kid lives there too.

I got to go so I’ll stay in touch....

Gary

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Wayne Hackett

Wuz up Gary,

Nice to hear from you man ..yeah still playing the pan, never stopped ...ah always remember 'IS WE' the li’l boat you had ..lol, good times bro ..

Stirling still lives in Trini, he had a slight stroke last year,

Luckily he fully recovered and is doing well now ...

Nice to hear from you bro, stay in touch

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Thanks my friends

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Kazim Abasali

20 April 10:26

On behalf of Glen G. McKoy and the MSB Boys we wish you a very Happy Birthday Ladislao Kertesz, Abundant Blessings to You.

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Glen G. McKoy

20 April 21:43

Our Great Grand Master & Chief Editor of The Circular, The Knight from the Sky- Wishing you a wonderful day oh Big Brother, you are the reason I am right here right now, oh wise & humble one we owe you so much, we Love You Hermano - Happy Birthday - Cheers from The Club oh Great Leader. All the best forever The Abbey School Old Boys Club. Sir Ladislao Kertesz –

Regards, Glen.

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Salvador Coscarart

21 April 00:03

Feliz cumpleaños.

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Nathaniel Sampath

21 April 01:54

Wishing you the best. Happy birthday.

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Raphael Benedict How Chung

20 April at 23:37

We are all going in the same direction , some faster, some slower but we must all enjoy each and every day with which God has blessed us. It is struggle for all, but worth every bit of our blessings from Him. Very Happy birthday Laci, and may He continue to bless you always as you continue your journey here on earth.

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Jorge Iwaszkiewicz

20 April at 22:25

Feliz cumpleanos! Espero que la pasaras muy bien en compañía de la familia por donde estes! Saludos!

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Glen G. McKoy

20 April at 21:43

Happy Birthday, Mi Hermano & Mi Amigo - All the best, Cheers Glen

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Andres Freites

20 April at 15:14

Felicidades, Mount Boy