Chelsea Park is a tiny village in Mahaica, so pictures-que that it has a park-like atmosphere and its villagers are health conscious, mannerly and friendly people.
The village, believed to be centuries old, has a charm about it that makes it stand out in Mahaica. Outsiders from the other villages around look on and say it is “different” and “nicer”, the two common terms used to describe it.
At one house where bougainvillea plants escaped the fence to decorate the front of a barber shop, I found Seon Budhan, a barber, who was born at Chelsea Park. He attended Helena Primary and Bygeval Secondary schools, the latter of which is situated in the village and was established in 1974, becoming an A-list school in 2013. Former president Bharrat Jagdeo attended Bygeval Secondary. Between the period 1974-2014 the school’s headmasters were Girdharie Lallah, Arthur Brown, Ifill Rogers, Surujpaul Rampersaud, Punit Nunku and Cheryl Dos Santos. The current principal is Sharon Solomon.
