Without Prejudice Mervelee Myers Is The Victim Of Richard Harty And URL Covering For LEYF Discrimination

The turn of the ACKBERSINGH to be highlighted for their contributions to the Economical Capital of Townhead and surrounds. Mass George was responsible for establishing an enterprise at that place we called Grung Road where he resided with his family. There was a saw mill where trees, lumbers & timbers would be made into house building materials for the local populace. The family also owned formal carts that were used to transport the finished products to the destinations all over the parish of Westmoreland and beyond. I am almost certain they operated a shop if my memory serves me right as well as having a hand in many other initiatives to build the local economy & their family a force to be reckoned with on the business front.

However my most vivid memory of the contributions that Mass George made to my family are as follows: Mass George allowed my papa to plant rice in his Maross land for many years. This was one of the many ventures which dad embarked on to supplement his income as a poor man with a big family. Don’t know if dad had to pay rent for his rice paddy & I will never know now, because there is no one to share that information? So thanks to the Ackbersingh dad became a small farmer in his own rights cultivating what was called back then – Coolie Rice. Dad sold some of his produce and the rest we consumed.

Then when I was in grade 5 at Townhead Primary School another Ackbersingh entered my small world as my class teacher. She became the next teacher after Ms Una Perry to have a profound impact on my life. I guess at the time Ms BOVEL was fresh out of collage and she would go on to play an important role in the lives of all the children who were in her class at the time.

I have had the privilege to grow up and being out and about with the Ackbersingh children from Grung Road and is proud of my association with the family. This is only one of the Family who put great in our community spirit of togetherness and supporting and helping each other regardless of status. I had the opportunity to help lay the foundations for some of the children in my role as Basic School Teacher later in an evolving career of care and education.