Mr. Alvin Burt was born on January 20th , 1904. His early education was laid by Miss Wyatt's Private School and later the Anglican Church School in St. Mary's Cayon. Upon leaving school in 1925, he began a career as a butcher and continued therein in this occupation for the rest of his life. He developed a genuine likeness for this trade and over the three years practised cutting meat meticulously and with precision. Customers traveled from neigbouring villages to purchase these choice cuts of meat which this expert was famous for producing.  Read More

The late Alfred Crook was born in the heart of the Green Valley in the Hermitage Vil¬lage area on May 25t", 1913 on the eve of the Great World War of 1914 and grew up to be a very independent thinking individual, determined to succeed in life. As a business man the late Alfred Crook was everything to the little community of Keys and surrounding areas. His shop became the hub of social life, as it was the only place where people met particularly on weekends to have a drink, play dominoes or draughts or to simply engage in discussion on the local happenings and major events of the week.  Read More

"Cobbler, cobbler mend my shoe, get it done by half-past two, if half-past two is not so late, get it done by half-past eight". This quaint, little nursery rhyme sums up the busy life and work of Mr. Arlington Salters, a humble village shoemaker. Mr. Arlington Salters was born in Ottleys Village in 1913 on the eve of the First World War. With just an elementary education and a burning ambition to succeed in life he intuitively learnt the skill of repairing shoes, earning himself an occupation which fitted him for life.  Read More

Cecil "Moonlight" Roberts was born in St. Kitts on September 27th, 1927. His educational foundation was laid at the Irish Town Primary School and consolidated at the Basseterre Boys' School under the tutelage of Mr. S.G. Beach. At age 13, Cecil left school and went to learn a trade in carpentry at Mr. Weekes' Carpenters Shop for an allowance of two pence (2 p) per week. However, he credits Mr. Sam Byron, a more experienced carpenter then, as the man who actually taught him some of the finer skills of the trade, in addition to many principles of life. The years which followed saw him moving away from carpentry to work as Gardener and Butler for Mr. & Mrs. Branch.  Read More

Clement Ellsworth Gilbert Senior was born in Mansion and worked all his working life in the Sugar Industry. He started at an early age as a cane cutter and cane packer on the field side of the industry. He later took up employment at the Railway Department of the Sugar Factory as a switchman and Locomotive Driver for over 20 years. During crop time he worked as a siding clerk and out of crop as Supervisor of the Railway Bridge painting gang. Mr. Gilbert worked at the Railway Department of the S.S.M.C. for 44¬1/2 years.  Read More

Cyril "Puntan" Webster who hails from West Bourne Ghaut, Basseterre is a very humble, modest and knowledgeable sports pundit. He has been passionately associated with the game of cricket all his life both as an umpire since 1952 at the age of 17 and as a player. "Puntan" as he is affectionately known played cricket for the "Renown Cricket Club" in the 1950's. He served the Club with dis¬tinction as a leg-spin bowler and opening Batsman, opening with Hesketh Benjamin and the late Alphonso Hobson at different times. As a matter of fact he went on to serve as Cap¬tain of the club for some time.  Read More

Foster Edwards, more affectionately known as "Copperhead", was born in Antigua on June 9th, 1924. His father, Manford, or teacher Edwards worked with the Leeward Islands District. Consequently, the family had to be moving from one island to another. As a result "Copperhead" spent much of his youthful years shared between Nevis, Antigua, Anguilla, Montserrat and St. Kitts.  Read More

Herman Willett was born in the Parish of St. Mary, Cayon on June 17th, 1911. His early interest in music was spurred at the Bethel Moravian Church School where music was featured highly in the schools curriculum. At an early age his father gave him the head of a violin which he utilized to reconstruct a good sounding violin. This was to begin what was to become an exemplary musical ability. Herman befriended the violin to the point where it became almost like an appendage, taking it everywhere he went. Very often he would take it to school and hide it under his bench only to take it out when the teacher was absent and entertain his other classmates. Everyone who witnessed Herman's exceptional intuitive ability on the violin agreed that he was definitely a child prodigy. As he grew, his virtuosity on his instrument made him known throughout the island as a great fiddler.  Read More

It was W.R. Rutherford who said, "Pleasant dealing in the ordinary business of life is the oil, the grease, if you will, for the wheels; it facilitates the performance of that business and lengthens the life of the human machines that do the work of the world." This quotation has really summed up the life and work of one of the Green Valley's most prominent business woman, Mrs. Marion Grant, because like the human machine she just keeps going and going even though she is well over eighty. What has sustained this woman over the years has been her charitable nature, a virtue of the heart and hands which continue to serve and feed this community from the time she got started in business some 63 years ago. In those days credit was the lifeblood of the society, because it was the only way that the poor struggling people of the community could purchase goods with their meager income and shop book to "trust" until pay day.  Read More

Spencer Luther Duggins was born on Central Street in Basseterre and started work at the St. Kitts (Basseterre) Sugar Factory in 1956 as an Apprentice Machinist. After completing his apprenticeship he was made a machinist and was assigned to the Sugar Factory Machine Shop. His work entailed shop repairs, scrapping and balancing of rollers, plumbing and fitting. Mr. Duggins worked in the sugar factory as a machinist until its closure in July 2005. He also worked for 5 years as Time Clerk in the Machine Shop Office before returning to the shop floor as a machinist.  Read More

Born on 12th April, 1936 in Basseterre St.Kitts, the son of Ms. Brontie Clarke and Mr. Arthur Simmonds.  Read More

Yesterday (2nd November) Mr. Marcus Garvey, International Negro leader, landed here from the S/s “Lady Nelson” and keeping with arrangements which preceded him, he delivered an address at the hall of the Mutual Improvement Society. He was accompanied by his secretary, Miss White both of whom were returning from around trip as far as British Guiana.   Read More

Lee Llewellyn Moore was born on the 15th February, 1939 in Half Way Tree St. Kitts.  Read More