The world beyond Georgetown…Albion

Youth reaping celery

The quiet community of Albion, Corentyne has grown from a few residents to a population of about 10,000 with most of the residents depending on the sugar estate for employment.

When this newspaper visited a week last Friday it was the second day that the field workers had returned to start the new crop following a two-week out-of-crop period.

Some of the other residents are engaged