Sunday Nostalgia - Guyana Chronicle

Sunday Nostalgia

Some of the 125 Guyanese who touched down at the airport, then Atkinson, on May 16, 1966, for the country’s independence celebrations, to loud cheers by relatives and friends

On May 14, 1966 Prime Minister Forbes Burnham received a watch with a difference…it carried his portrait. The watch was specially imported by Mr George Khan, Manager of Swiss House. In photo Mrs Khan presents the watch to Burnham while Mr Khan looks on

Some of the 210 new cars which were loaned to the government by local merchants for use by VIPs attending the country’s independence celebrations in May, 1966. The cars, then valued at $1.5 million were driven by persons who were specially selected after hundreds of interviews which were conducted. The chauffeurs wore special uniforms for the occasion

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