#Galleryyuhself/newspapers

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Galleryyuhself - Newspaper design.

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Galleryyuhself - Tobago Newsday Newspaper in the blue.

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Galleryyuhself - Shark Week?!?

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Galleryyuhself - Vintage Tobago.

Have you ever seen some of our vintage 19th century newspapers? This copy of The Tobago News is dated December 3rd, 1892!

These vintage Tobago newspapers were called, “The News” and were published every Saturday morning on Main Street, Scarborough by William C. Murrell. The price of a subscription was 9 shillings a year, once paid in advance. To subscribers in other colonies, the price was 12 shillings.

This newspaper was important to merchants who wished to advertise their goods, and also helped provide information about local events and news from around the world to citizens of Tobago. It operated as a gazette, or, an official journal of abstract current events. Newspapers like these are important to researchers as they help provide insight into key events, and help trace the chronology of the history of Trinidad and Tobago throughout major historical events.

How far back do you think our Newspaper Collection here at the National Archives goes?

Visit us at our Public Search Room at #105 St. Vincent Street, POS to view our Newspaper Collection, and more! To schedule an appointment, please contact us at 623-2874 ext. 3035 or 3036 or forward an enquiry in an email to enquiries@archives.gov.tt for more information.

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Galleryyuhself - We on it!

Long running children’s television show Sesame Street earlier this week highlighted a muppet family with ‘trini’ roots as part of its cast, stirring pride within its local audience.

The Show’s Facebook page on Wednesday shared newcomers Wes and Elijah, a father and son duo who were officially introduced to the Sesame Street cast in 2021 as part of its “Coming Together” outreach initiative regarding racism.

“Meet Wes and Elijah! They live on Sesame Street with Wes’ mom and their beloved dog, Bubba. Wes loves using his imagination, playing with friends, and going to kindergarten. His dad, Elijah, is a meteorologist who loves to be outdoors, preferably on a nature walk with Wes. They both love to cook – especially food from Trinidad, like roti!” the post read.

Elijah, a muppet weatherman has been part of sketches with his son discussing difficult topics including prejudice. In one sketch he is heard discussing his son’s Trinidadian links and the steel drum (steelpan).

“My son Wes is very good, he’s taking lessons from my wife on our homemade steel drum. But the other day wes didn’t want to play his drum. He told us that another kid at school said it sounded funny. It bothered me and I could tell it really bothered wes too. I realized I needed to take a pause. I reminded him because he plays the steel drums because it connects to his ancestors. Wes has African American roots from me and Caribbean roots from his mom. His parents come from Trinidad where the steel drum is played,” Elijah said.

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Galleryyuhself - Researched by Lee Johnson from the archive of Angelo Bissessarsingh.

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This is an ad from the POS Gazette in 1870. Look at the bottom section of the ad and you’ll see a section advertising its restaurant.

It was clearly a small evolution of the Trinidad Ice Company, accustomed to selling meats, wines and other foodstuffs to evolve into a restaurant.

It’s likely that it was one of the first restaurants in the (British) Caribbean. The French were the ones who initiated the idea of the restaurant. After the defeat of Napoleon, several of the gourmet chefs who had worked for the French nobility, found it lucrative to offer their services to the broader public (One Mathurin Roze de Chantoiseau is credited as being the “author’ of the modern restaurant).

Trinidad at the time was essentially French; and the royalist, French gentry who made up the planter class (and whose purchases seemed like a shopping list from a gourmet deli, catering to lifestyles eager to ape Parisian fashion) would have been customers to this new establishment. The restaurant offered substantially different fare from the inns and taverns that were the only other places of public food consumption.

The restaurant was initially a kind of dish, made up of a variety of herbs, usually brandy and a selection of meats, slowly reduced to a bouillon consistency. This concoction was seen as a health restorative. Indeed, the word restaurant is derived from the word restaurer, the French for restore.

Just as the Parisian society would go to cafes to enjoy coffee, so too would they go to specialist places to enjoy the meal, restaurant. These specialist places effortlessly morphed into the modern restaurant where one went to enjoy the delights of specialist cuisine.

Trinidad in 1870 (or the white French creole society) was but a heartbeat behind fashionable Parisian society.

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Galleryyuhself - forty seven years ago Trinidad and Tobago made a bold move. Happy Republic Day.

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from the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago.

#OnThisDay in 1976, Trinidad and Tobago had already become a Republic. This new status was declared on August 1st 1976, when the last Governor-General Sir Ellis Clarke was sworn in as the first President of Trinidad and Tobago. The holiday is commemorated on September 24th because it was on this day in 1976 that the first Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago met under the new Republican Constitution.

So what changed? When Trinidad and Tobago became independent in 1962, it was still part of the British monarchy—meaning that between 1962 and 1976, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II was the Queen of Trinidad and Tobago. The monarch’s constitutional roles were delegated by the Governor-General, who was Sir Solomon Hochoy from 1962 to 1972. In 1972, Sir Ellis Clarke succeeded Sir Solomon Hochoy as Governor-General.

After over a decade as an Independent nation, it was decided that Trinidad and Tobago should become a Republic with a Head of State elected solely by its citizens. In order to bring about these changes, a Constitution Commission was formed in 1971.

The Commission held meetings around Trinidad and Tobago, and consolidated their findings and recommendations for constitutional reform into a report that was submitted to the Governor-General, Sir Ellis Clarke, in 1974. A Constitution was then written to replace the Order in Council of the Queen and in 1976, the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act of 1976 was passed.

This newspaper is part of the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago Newspaper Collection. If you are interested in learning more about our country’s path to becoming a Republic, you can check out our Exhibition, “The Road to Nationhood: Crown Colony Government to Republicanism.” The newspaper clippings in this Exhibition are courtesy the Trinidad Guardian and the Trinidad Express Newspapers. The document is available for viewing here: https://bit.ly/3mKFbYZ.

References: “Report of the Constitution Commission: Presented to His Excellency the Governor-General on January 22, 1974.” The Constitution Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, 1974. The full document is available at the National Archives or online via http://www.ttparliament.org/documents/1101.pdf

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Galleryyuhself - LOCAL HISTORICAL EVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

Did you know that *The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (together with the Sunday Guardian) *is the longest running daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago. Its first edition was published on Sunday 2 September 1917.

From: Angelo Bissessarsingh's Virtual Museum of Trinidad and Tobago

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Galleryyuhself - Stay tuned.

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Galleryyuhself -  Happy YOU Year! Great tag lines.

Newspaper Spread - Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (26.01.23)

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~Galleryyuhself~ Extremely different reportage from The Guardian and the Express regarding Covid-19 that is happening in an election year.

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~Galleryyuhself~ A peek at the papers.

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                A question that so many people are asking these days.

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~Galleryyuhself~ Once upon a time in Trinidad and Tobago advertising.

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~Galleryyuhself~ .....so this happened....

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~Galleryyuhself~~ The Express Newspaper is a reflection of how far we have come. The couple on the newspaper’s cover get to celebrate like all new parents do. A first for 2020 or any year before it.