Dear Editor,
I refer to your cartoon ‘The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. is proud of all of our historic pieces’ (September 25, 2008).
The now famous 1924 Rolls Royce Goshawks car was presented to the Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC) by Mr RE Napper, who was an electrical engineer of New Amsterdam as a memorial to Mr Wilfred Thomas Swingler, the late engineer of Port Mourant Estate. When the car was presented to PMTC it was in a dilapidated condition.
It was completely overhauled and repaired by the apprentices of the training centre, working under the supervision of Mr J Moulton and Mr T Punwasi. Albeit old, it still works and was driven in recent times by HRH Prince Charles as well as European Commissioner Peter Mandelson!
Please find attached a photograph of the famous car.
Yours faithfully,
Nick Jackson
Chief Executive
Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc
WOW! A Rolls Royce Goshawk, 1924 model, can fetch us some money here guys,
Lets get this baby up on Ebay.
Joe.
SELL? I only hope no one is contemplating that.
Me say sell. Fix the place up.
Give Floyd some cash to get some high tech stuff an tools. Ask Obama fih buy it, it is fit foh wan President.
Coogan
A thoroughly amazing ‘feel-good’ story.
Who would have thought that the Guyanese are busying themselves with such leisurely matters as renovation of this 1924 Rolls Royce at PMTC!
Congratulations to all the hard work which the engineers and mechanics have put into this successful project.
By further amazing coincidence, I am in fact currently sourcing parts here in the UK for the renovation of of a 1956 Morris Isis motor car which is being renovated also IN PORT MORANT!
No jokes please about ‘only old relics live in Port Morant’!
This Rolls Royce is indeed a showpiece of the PMTC. It is well maintained by the Apprentices and staff of that Institution . Every apprentices would normally boast about that car Big up to Guysuco
Re: “It was completely overhauled and repaired by the apprentices of the training centre, working under the supervision of Mr J Moulton and Mr T Punwasi.” Left out was Fitter Machinist Instructor – “Joe Persaud” (though small in stature – but a giant of a man).
Kaieteur Gold, like yuh ah wan training school boy too. Me was wan agri mech and trained with Bumps Punwasi. Joe died recently…great guy.
Hey, how come all you guys who claim to have worked on this old betsy are now abroad. Listen get your butts, back to Guyana and keep that baby running. I will even throw in an old cheese cloth if you guys promise to make me part of your team. LOL
Good work guys, and glad to see that this good old car brought you folks together on SN. Imagine what a new car might do.
Joe.
good job guys
I remember that car,as an apprentice I had the opportunity to also work on it.I saw it last in 2004 at the Graduation ceremony.It is in fantasic shape. Keep the good work up apprentices.Mr. Punwasi(aka Bumps), was a superb instructor and mechanical engineer.I still fondly recall my days PMTC.
Got to tell all you folks (with pride; and, “With Skill And Confidence”) that yours truly was one of those “Hot Hands” that got that baby running again. I guess the recently acquired “New Tires” (shipped from the USA) came in handy. Now, on to the repair and maintenance of the aeroplanes. (and if possible their manufacture, assembly….). :-D :-D :-D
Hold your horses Guys. I am also an ex of te PMTC. Good to know that Joe Persaud did some work on that Rolls. He was agood Machinist I nstructor. Apart from Machining he also taught usa few tricks at the bar. Remember Eagles.
You GUYS at ‘PTMC’ make us Guyanese out here real proud to see such great achievement. WELL DONE. Do you have pictures for sale. I would sure love to have one.
I am proud to read about this, and all the comments from the Apprentices. My 2 brothers were PMTC, as well. I remember them talking about Joe Persaud .
it seems that everyone who went to PM had a good time and still have pleasant memories. Even though I wasn’t a PM apprentice, I feel like one. PM has turned out a lot of good people.
Hi Betsy (should we ex-apprentice call you Auntie Besty – like in the good ole’ Guyanese folk song go – Hear Auntie Bes, Hear Auntie Bes…… goes) You see, we had we little singing in de workshop(s) ya know to keep we happy being far from home. ;-) :-D Anyway, regarding your comment… “I am proud to read about this, and all the comments from the Apprentices…” Yep; Apprentices with “Indian and African roots” through Guyana but now – lots and lots of ex-apprentices have become American, Canadian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, European…… FOOD! ;-)
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/luckhoo.html
Now, it is all up to dem dat lef in de country (including de President that did want to levy taxes on de “gift” Tires for de PMTC Rolls Royce 8-) ) to hold dem heads up and keep dat Guyana’s Flag flying high
Thanks for the compliments.
This is a really small world in this internet age eh “Evan 76.11.72.64″; and, Joe was we “coach” to get that missing “rocker arm spindle, shaft” (what ever you want to call it) off the “lathe” and then the “grinding machine” and into the “engine of the RR” then the “agri mech” boys got it running. I wasn’t there but I heard that “Moulton and team” when they were done re-assembling the engine placed a penny on its “edge” on a certain part of the engine and the penny remained in that position while the PMTC’s RR engine was running – that was just fantastic – eh! :-D ;-) :-D
Hi “Joe Coxall”! Thank you for those kinds words to all ex-apprentices and current apprentices of PMTC; but, as to why we lef like everybody else is because we developed wings like everybody else dat lef de country; additionally, we wanted to see what different parts of de world look like; and, along de way some found their “Uncle Sam” and aunt “Canux” and decided not to return to the stop-over destination that was GT; but, as you know how de story goes – you can take a man/woman of the country he/she is in but you can’t take the country out of the man/woman. ;-)
BTW, how about some car polish for the outside of de Rolls and some “Febreze Fabric Refresher” for the leather upholstery inside if some is needed to go along wid de “cheese cloth”. :-D
Hey Roy,
Re: “Me say sell. Fix the place up.
Give Floyd some cash to get some high tech stuff an tools….”
Do some research and find out fu you self how much cash cash can be available to de PMTC fram de Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (see attached link below) to help bring dem much faster into de IT world.
http://www.iadb.org
And, we hope dat you are not de one wid de knowledge about weh de family jewels (like the PMTC Rolls Royce) are hidden. :-\ :-\ :-\
Eh eh you reeley meen it! wel hope dem nuh use it all up cause is yall tief an squanda Fanny an Fred (F$F) money, now he/she belly up an back down. Wel you muss show Floyd dis hidea.
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Hey guys, I ain’t no ex PMT apprentice, but I feel just as proud and excited for you guys.
Suggestion: That Rolls Royce can be painted white and rented out for weddings. Strictly for the bride and groom. You know how much money that enterprise would generate?
Think abt it then act fast on it to make it happen