By Vibert Cambridge – September 26, 2021
Beverage mixing has been a tradition in Guyana. In 1924, Gaston Smith, the U.S. consul in Georgetown, described bub, a popular mixed drink. This nonalcoholic beverage was “made of milk in which is placed a small quantity of crushed ice and some flavoring.” It was sold in glasses rather than bottles at about 2₵ per pint in bub shops or at street corners. A 1959 newspaper advertisement promoted another nonalcoholic milk-based beverage. Milkmaid Sweetened Condensed Milk was mixed with soda to create a “healthy refreshing drink.” Other milk-based mixed drinks from around the mid-20th century include the various “floats” that were available at the few early soda fountains.
An even earlier mix must have been the mauby–small-lemonade mix. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Mount Eagle cakeshop–parlor at the North Road–Wellington Street intersection was known for this mix. The lemonade, which was produced by the Virtue Soda Factory, was bottled with a floating ball stopper, hence the term “marble lemonade.” The factory, located opposite the Mount Eagle cakeshop, was owned by the De Ryck family. The mauby–small-lemonade mix was an exquisite thirst quencher. It remains in the memory of a generation of Guyanese, primarily male, for whom the cinema was the dominant location for leisure and recreation during the 1950s and 1960s. During that era, society frowned upon women drinking mauby or any other brew in cakeshops. Continue reading
BUXTON/ FRIENDSHIP MUSEUM -“Second Biennial Special Awards Recognition” Virtual function – November 14th. 2021
(Supported by Friends of Villages Museum & Archives Inc., a non-profit organization in the USA)
LOT 35 BUXTON MIDDLE STREET (Lower Level)
BUXTON VILLAGE, EAST COAST, DEMERARA, GUYANA,
EMAIL: BUXFSHIPMACC@GMAIL.COM
Tel: 502-1970, Cell 592-659-9675
Our fundraising arm, Friends of Villages Museum and Archives Inc.in the USA will be holding its “Second Biennial Special Awards Recognition” Virtual function on November 14th, 2021 and, a raffle will also be drawn virtually at the Taste of the Caribbean on December 17th, 2021, in the evening. We look forward for your support at these occasions.
On August 7th 2021, we celebrated our third Anniversary at the Museum Compound at the address above with a simple program held virtually and attended by members of the Board of directors, the Young Visionaries, with drumming and folk songs. Continue reading →
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