As a young kid my late uncles,franco and francis wickham would set me down by the breadfruit tree area. There i would enhance the wonderful music of the shell invaders,by any means necessary. INVADERS 4EVER.
Well Paddy, I have some sad news for you my boi! The Breadfruit Tree in Invaders Yard is no longer there. It was cut down a couple years ago, and even the Breadfruit Tree in Silverstars Panyard was cut down last year. So much for the Panyards with Breadfruit Trees!
THANK YOU SOMEBODY. THIS IS THE IMAGE I HAVE IN MY HEAD SINCE 1948 AS A LITTLE BOY ON A VISIT TO T&T. My aunt holding my hand walking up to POS on the far side of the street and I heard the pounding (hammer on metal) and am looking and looking. She (Tantie Rosa) finally explained ITS A STEELBAND YARD. Thats the FIRST time I heard the word steelband. Didnt even know what it meant. Since then I have referred to the birthplace of pan as the yard with the BREADFRUIT TREE (INVADERS YARD) and still make visits to Invaders and I even solicited my friends, Panmen, even 1 West Indian head of state and his sister) Ambassadors, (the former US Ambassador) and a POS Mayor, and lots of others in a campaign to stop/cancel the sale of INVADERS panyard several years ago.The Minister of Culture then was Ms Williams. The campaign was apparently successful.. paddy corea
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As a young kid my late uncles,franco and francis wickham would set me down by the breadfruit tree area. There i would enhance the wonderful music of the shell invaders,by any means necessary. INVADERS 4EVER.
Well Paddy, I have some sad news for you my boi! The Breadfruit Tree in Invaders Yard is no longer there. It was cut down a couple years ago, and even the Breadfruit Tree in Silverstars Panyard was cut down last year. So much for the Panyards with Breadfruit Trees!
THANK YOU SOMEBODY. THIS IS THE IMAGE I HAVE IN MY HEAD SINCE 1948 AS A LITTLE BOY ON A VISIT TO T&T. My aunt holding my hand walking up to POS on the far side of the street and I heard the pounding (hammer on metal) and am looking and looking. She (Tantie Rosa) finally explained ITS A STEELBAND YARD. Thats the FIRST time I heard the word steelband. Didnt even know what it meant. Since then I have referred to the birthplace of pan as the yard with the BREADFRUIT TREE (INVADERS YARD) and still make visits to Invaders and I even solicited my friends, Panmen, even 1 West Indian head of state and his sister) Ambassadors, (the former US Ambassador) and a POS Mayor, and lots of others in a campaign to stop/cancel the sale of INVADERS panyard several years ago.The Minister of Culture then was Ms Williams. The campaign was apparently successful.. paddy corea
Always the sweetest breadfruit because the tree was next to the latrine.