Growing old in Guyana

Demography, Control – and image

Two tiny introductory points:  It was once advanced that a stranger could judge a new society after a little while, by how that society treats its books, treats its animals and treats its old people.  Secondly, I wanted to title this piece “Old boys and old girls of Guyana”.  Forget that though.

I suppose I qualify now to be categorized as a “young” senior citizen, nearing that “Christian mile-post of seventy,