Eileen Sealy was born in Knight’s Village, St. John, and educated at Mount Tabor Primary School to seventh standard. After leaving school at age 14, she was employed as a maid at the then amalgamated police and fire station in Four Roads, where she spent 45 years in...
Hestina Belle was born in South District, St. George. Educated at St. Luke’s and St. David’s Schools, she married Leon “Bong” Belle and that union produced 10 children, one deceased. They also had 20 grandchildren, 20 greatgrandchildren and 12 great-great...
Editha Babb was born in Rock Dundo, St. James, and educated at the nearby St. Boniface School. On leaving school, Editha worked as a seamstress who specialised in uniforms and dresses. She was also a laundress for Realtors Limited in the 1970’s. She met and...
Beryl Mabel Whitney was the “lady of the hour” when relatives and friends gathered at the home of her daughter, Lola Bynoe, where Beryl currently resides, to celebrate the special milestone on October 9. Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, who joined via...
Laurine Gilkes was born in Farm Tenantry Road, St. Peter. The last of six children, she attended a private elementary school run by Cordy Rollock in the same parish; school fees were a penny a week. For many Barbadians in that era, there was limited education and...
