Golden Rock Estates’ vacate Pinneys Beach property
By Pauline Waruguru
Nevis Reporter-SKNVibes.com
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Bev Parry Wilson at Golden Rock Hotel
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis - Golden Rock Estate’s Restaurant, located next to the site that Sunshine’s Beach Bar and Restaurant recently vacated, ceased operation last week.
Interviewed on Saturday at Golden Rock Hotel, Gingerland, one of the Estates’ shareholders, Bev Parry, said other shareholders Peter and Brian (Cleary brothers), and her sister Pam Barry were affected by a High Court Order that required them to vacate the property on which the restaurant stood.
Parry said the Estates shareholders have donated the restaurant’s pavilion to Llewellyn ‘Sunshine’ Caines.
She said her uncle, Frank Galey who died in 1985, had bought the beach property where the restaurant was located in 1950 under a 99-year lease agreement, noting “at the time there was nothing at all. ~~Adz:Right~~
There were no physical buildings”.
Galey also bought beach property at Indian Castle and, according to Parry, he started operating the Golden Rock Hotel in 1952. “He would take guests to his Pinneys Beach property for picnics.”
Parry said a section of the media last week carried incorrect reports that Golden Rock Hotel owned the Golden Rock Pavilion. She said Golden Rock Hotel has a new owner.
“A combination of ecological and natural factors eroded the Pinneys Beach property. By the time the Court Order was served on us, requiring us to move by March 8, 2008, only 18 inches of land had been left. Most of our property has been submerged,” Parry said.
“The owners who bought the land on which the restaurant stood asked Sunshine and us to move. We are waiting for a decision to be made so we can move the pavilion to another location. We have decided Sunshine could make good use of the pavilion,” Ms Parry added.
“Governments in Nevis have been generous and always wanted to protect Golden Rock Estates and Sunshine’s,” she noted but she was quick to say, “It is the end of an era.
They know we have been here very long. We will start from the scratch. We are waiting to be advised of a possible new location so we can all get back to business.”
A spot next to Golden Rock pavilion was the picnic site for these regular visitors to Nevis and residents in Nevis. They congregated at this spot every Friday for their picnic dubbed “Lunch Brunch.”
