Photos by Joanna Dhanraj
Approximately 48 kilometres from Georgetown and bordered by Fairfield and Carlton Hall with its expanse stretching to the Atlantic on one side and the rice fields on the other is the community of Broomhall. Its small population of 40 or so is made up of East Indians.
Broomhall is situated six miles from Mahaica and another six from Mahaicony, according to one of the residents there. Though no one is certain how long the village has been in existence they do say that the village was once a cotton plantation and cotton trees have always been popping up here and there.
With a name like Broomhall, one would wonder that with its numerous coconut trees, there probably are people who make and sell brooms, but that is not the case, although they do make for themselves. The main economic activities have always been rice and cattle farming. There are coconut walks as well that add to their income.
