Partido Time
When I first came to live on Roatan in the mid-1980s, national politics was considered by Bay Islanders in much the same way a football game was. It was Blue (National Party — Partido Nacional)
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Captain Kern
Mr. Kern Hyde’s first memory is that of playing with small wooden sailboats that the French Harbour boys would launch in the shallow water. The boats were large – two feet long – and 1:50 scale replicas of boats their parents would sail. Sometimes boys
A Piece of Island History
A culture dies without someone recording its origins, synthesizing and extracting its essence. That is certainly the risk Roatan is facing. As the majority of Roatanians rely on oral history about their ancestors, events, and the context of the place they call home, that reliance
Origins of McNabs in French Harbour
[vc_empty_space][vc_column_text][eltdf_dropcaps type="normal" color="" background_color=""]T[/eltdf_dropcaps]he McNab family of French Harbour has deep roots. I ought to know — I am a fifth-generation descendant of Robert McNab. Robert McNab, along with his wife, Margret Crawford, immigrated to Cape Gracias a Dios on the northeast coast of Honduras. They
Aiming for the Skies
Mr. Armstrong Samuel Grant Bodden came to life on February 23, 1933 in his grandfather’s home in Coxen Hole. His father was Dyke Eggerton Grant, a tailor. For most of his life – over 30 years – he worked on a Unite Fruit ship out
Happy, Happy, Happy
Walter James and Dwin Osly Bodden are like a father and a son artistic duo. Walter, 68, plays the guitar and Dwin, 33, sings and plays the keyboards.
Captain Lymon M. Scott: A tribute
My grandfather, Captain Lymon M. Scott, was born into a Scottish family with a deep-rooted tradition of building schooners. Hailing from Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands, his childhood days were spent crafting these seafaring vessels alongside his father, uncles, and brothers. When he took
Helping Mrs. Catherine
Mrs. Catherine caught her first fish in 1961 — a 12-pound Black Snapper she hooked in the Barabareta channel. Now, at 97 years old, she remains the oldest fisherman of the Bay Islands and continues to fish with her grandson, Aaron.
Seven Lives of Mr. Austin
Austin Lee Bodden Gabourel was born on January 17, 1933, in Utila. He was the fourth of eight children of Annie Elizabeth Bodden Gabourel from Belize and John Alonso Bodden from Cayman Islands.
Cayman Islands Marketing Machine
My great grandfather on my mother’s side was a native of the Cayman Islands. My Father’s people have a British last name and were among the first settlers of Guanaja hailing from Grand Cayman.
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