Newsletter
for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 17 October 2015 No. 728
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Dear Friends,
A little late but I
am having problems with the Internet.
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Glen Mckoy <mckoy43glen@hotmail.com>
Oct 12 at 2:38 AM
My
Brother & Friend Sir Joe Berment, (Chairman: Abbey School
Alumni, Trinidad).
Thank
you for sharing this email with us.
So
glad to see, some movements are happening again on our dear Mount St.
Benedict.
It is
so wonderful, to read this news from the Fr. Abbot.
We are
at his mercy, as he remains the protector & keeper of our
Castle.
We
look forward to hearing more, of this positive and future
development.
It is
also good to see the young people who are taking pride in the area.
Sports,
is where we all developed on the Mount.
A good
place to start.
Cheers.
Please
Thank & let Fr. Abbot know, that he has our entire Alumni behind him,
just waiting to be accessed in whatever way, we can be of assistance, within
our means. Time is limited & precious, united we stand.
God
bless you my brother, keep the fire burning.
Best
Regards Glen.
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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 01:06:36 +0000
From: bermentmcdowald@yahoo.com
Subject: Videos from the Mount
From: bermentmcdowald@yahoo.com
Subject: Videos from the Mount
Gentlemen,
Abbot
John has kindly shared the videos below (which will keep you informed about what
is happening at the Mount) with us.
I say
that we must congratulate the Abbot and community on his incredible
persuasiveness in accomplishing what I know Fr. Cuthbert and Fr. Odo (deceased)
had tried to with the water supply for at least 40 years and also their
insightful generous sense of neighbourliness in formally making the football
field accessible to the people of the village.
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Don Mitchell <idmitch@anguillanet.com>
Oct 12 at 4:15 AM
Thanks,
Joe,
I
enjoyed looking at all of them.
Keep
well.
Don
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Some old stuffr from circular No. 57
From: Wayne Brown
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002
14:43:25 -0400
>>>I would
like to ask you about your photo with the two pretty girls!!, I do not have
their names, please write me about them.<<<
If you
mean my daughters, they’re Saffrey (on left) and Mariel (Brown, of course).
That
photo was taken about 8 yrs ago in Tobago, when they were both teenagers;
they’re now 25 and 26 respectively; both recently left Jamaica, where they had
been living with me, and went to live in England, where Saffrey (the younger
one) has landed quite a big job with the London City Council in the field of
Urban Renewal (which is what she’d been doing here), and Mariel, who’s very
talented in the arts, is planning to do a post-graduate degree in
fiction-writing.
>>>By the
way I noticed in your articles that the letter “z” in organize, etc. is written
with an “s”, also in an article that I have from a newspaper of TT, is this
peculiar, my corrector for British indicates “Z”. Why would be
this???<<<
Newspapers
decide on a convention and stick to it.
Sounds
like you’re referring to the “American English” variant.
>>>We are
having our reunions about once a month here in Caracas but no luck with Manuel
Prada as yet.
At our last dinner
there were two present, Bernard Fontaine and Peter Morvay.
I am preparing a
guest room at my house for when you come thru Caraca.!!,
it should be ready
by June.<<<
I
don’t know those two guys. Nice of you to offer a room.
Maybe
I’ll come to Caracas one day, after all!
Best,
Wayne
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Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 3:23 PM
Subject: email Donald Goddard
Dear
Wayne,
I am
forwarding this email to you from Donald Goddard.
The
wise guy!! He was always trying to be
funny.
Maybe
you can reply to his comments to him.
He
used to be in our age group.
I
thought you might remember him.
I find
your articles very good and I would not have liked to see two sentences where
you use ten to describe beautiful events that can only be written as you do.
Please
help me with an article, Bro.Vincent???
or any
scout stories??
What
is your telephone number??
When
are you coming this way??
We
need a writer on Chavez ways in politics!!
God
Bless
Ladislao
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In another matter,
as to the WVB columns that I send out as soon as I get them, Donald Goddard
wrote the following:
Wayne
Brown's "Waiting For It" (part one) is very confusing and difficult
to follow.
He
said in many, many beautiful words what could have been said in the following
manner: "My dear Patty, what seems to be your problem??
Oh my
god Brian, I fear a hurricane coming this way."
I
suppose that next week he will describe in detail in about five pages how the
hurricane flattened their house.
Since
Wayne's style is very poetic and verbose, I plan to read the next chapter even
if it takes me three days to read and figure out the hell he's trying to say.
Best
wishes to all.
Donald
Goddard
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From: Wayne Brown
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 20:48:01 -0700
Subject: email Donald Goddard
Dear
Ladislao--thanks for the vote of confidence, and not to worry about Goddard.
The
column has been pretty well received, but every now and then it encounters the
duh-duh type of reader--the type who moves his lips when he reads--and provokes
in him irritation or worse.
I'm
not particularly fond of that piece, but Waiting for It was of course a story
about a marriage in a certain state--not about the weather.
Feel
free to send the above to Mr Goddard (whoever he is); and feel free too to post
his letter to yr general readership.
I was
actually in Trinidad at the same time you were last month but in the rush of
leaving forgot to take yr phone number.
Next
time. I'm afraid I'm pretty stretched workwise at present, but will keep in
mind yr request for more material.
I also
saw you carried a message from Prada--can you send me his email address?
Keep
up the good work.
Wayne
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Wayne Vincent Brown (R.I.P.)
Tue, September 22, 2009 6:55:38 AM
From: Chris Knowles <knowlescb@hotmail.com>
One
memory of Wayne on the Hill is that we were No 10 and 11 in Woodpeckers Patrol
(I was No 11).
As
such, we got to chop wood, clean fowl, fetch water and other such vital and
undesirable tasks for the patrol:
I am
not sure of our badge achievements.
Another
is his having spent an entire school holiday (Easter?) in the Savannah checking
Horse form and subsequently coming out on top in the later Race meeting.
He
later told me that he enjoyed the experience, but that it was too much effort
for little reward.
I took
that to mean that his betting float was small.
God
rest you, Wayne,
Chris (aka Pupsy).
Chris (aka Pupsy).
From:
jjhenderson@flowtrinidad.net
Date:
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:11:44 -0400
I have
very fond memories of life at Mount with Wayne as we both very keen on races
and we spent hours on the subject.
I
remember him being forced to play a cricket match against St. Lawrence and he
objected to having to play.
First
ball from Owen Serrette cut his finger in two and that was that.
His
finger healed for him to become one of the best Caribbean writers in recent
history.
God
rest his soul.
----- Original
Message -----
From: David
Bratt
Sent:
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:08 PM
Yes,
real, real sorry to hear this.....
I had
hoped to meet him again.....apart from his incisive writing and dour but
amiable personality,
I will
remember him for the Juniors A (remember that category?) St. Francis vs St
Lawrence football game where he played right wing and Christopher Date, left
wing, Cokie Joe could run fast and Date had the most natural left foot I ever
saw, I played centre forward and both of them kept crossing the ball for me to
score 4.
May
his soul rest in peace
David
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From: Brian Lewis <brian@aclaworks.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 4:27 PM
I sat
next to him at Mount for one term - his work will live on
Brian
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On Sep 16, 2009, at 3:09 PM,
Peter Laughlin wrote:
My God,
he was a young man!
Please
extend my sympathies to his family.
He was
a great contributor to the Caribbean, and a good friend to all who knew him.
All
the best,
Peter
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From: Nigel P. Boos
[mailto:nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:58 AM
Dear Mike,
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:58 AM
Dear Mike,
Thank
you for including me in this message.
I am
very sad to hear about the death of our good friend, Wayne
Vincent-Browne.
May he
rest in peace.
Here
are a few pictures I have of Wayne, at MSB and later in life.
Nigel
P. Boos
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On 15-Sep-09, at 10:47 PM,
Michael Howard wrote:
It is
with sadness that I must advise that Wayne Vincent Brown (Cokie Joe) passed
away of lung cancer this morning in Jamaica, where he had made his home.
Lisa,
please pass on to Jean and Roger Henderson
Regards,
Michael
Howard.
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EDITED by Ladislao Kertesz Kertesz11@yahoo.com
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Photos:
Bandit p47 The Early Times
64JK0012BENETHALL, Staircase at Benet hall
66WK0004GIRLS, Group at a party
59NB0001NBOGRP, Paul de Verteuil, John Ironsides, Richard
Anderson and UNKNOWN
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