![]() ![]() The R H Carr started life on paper as the SS Potaro and the name was changed at the untimely death of Ralph Hamilton Carr in 1926. A gentleman whose wife was a teenage daughter Pauline of an engineer on the installations at MacKenzie made a trip to the Demerara River to complete my research on the steamship converted to twin diesel engines at Sprostons in 1951. ![]() Responding to Mr R H Carr’s granddaughter, I have enjoyed being drawn into the history of Guyana/BG and the R H Carr, built on the River Dee at Saltney near Chester. I well remember Fogartys one of the few stores in BG that carried exotic goods, at least they were exotic to us.)Ĭomment by Elizabeth Garrett - Ap 10:32 pm He did move to England and his wife was killed in a car crash so we must be on the same wavelength. One of my Uncles in Georgetown was a dentist, we always referred to him as uncle Lesly, so I never knew if his last name was Wong, but you never know. I’m blaming my ISP, we’re on a radio link that is not too reliable. I’ve been very tardy with my email lately. It’s great to meet more BG folk like you. Thank you for the photos and bringing back childhood memories. My parent’s knew them well if this was your uncle and aunt. I seem to remember that our dentist’s name was Wong and that he later emigrated to England and his wife,was killed in a car accident. My father, John Brenan, was an accountant at Fogartys Dept store, until we left for Canada in 1953. ![]()
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