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Tales from the morgue… (A look at some of the stories that made the news ‘back-in-the-day’ with Clifford Stanley) Wedding of the year ANOTHER strange ‘wedding’ ….an all men affair… sent the down-town Charlestown area into a furore on Friday night as thousands blocked the traffic to get a glimpse of the ‘yellow tie’ men. The cutting of the three-tier cake was carried out without police intervention, unlike the last time when they were arrested and charged. The ‘bride’ and ‘groom’ kissed afterwards. Most of the notable characters, including ‘Anna’, ‘Miss Tiger Bay’, ‘Miss Ann’s Grove’, ‘Miss Bougala’, ‘Lady Cross Street’, ‘Countess of Berbice’, ‘Princess Desiree’, ‘Lady Ivlor’, ‘The Princess Royal of Essequibo’ and ‘Miss Hadfield Street’ were in attendance as bridesmaids. They displayed the latest fashions in headwear, shoes and dresses, causing spectators to gasp as they wended their way up to the reception hall on Russell Street. The ‘bride’ wore white chantilly lace over slipper satin. ‘Her’ headdress was a coronet of seed pearls. ‘She’ was bedecked with diamante necklace and earrings to match. The wedding portrait was taken at Lees Photo Studio of High Street, where mounted Police were called out to control the huge crowd which was gathered there. Later, two platoons of riot squad men were rushed to the wedding reception area to ease a traffic jam. (Guiana Graphic: Page One, July 12, 1959) Editor’s Note: Does anyone know whether any of these ‘girls’ are still alive? If so, do drop us a line.

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Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : Le conflit social aux Antilles en 2009 a été très médiatisé en métropole où il est apparu exceptionnel, première épreuve dans le champ social susceptible de faire vaciller l’autorité d’un gouvernement jusqu’alors inflexible dans ce domaine. Au regard de l’historien, le conflit social antillais n’a rien de bien neuf. Il se glisse dans une histoire du mouvement social antillais qui reste encore un champ bien peu traité par l’histoire la plus contemporaine. Un rapide retour en arrière sur deux conflits sociaux majeurs, en 1959 et 1961, permet de resituer l’impact des pulsions sociales sur les politiques françaises pour l’outre-mer. Le regard de l’historien ici porté vient nuancer le caractère « exceptionnel » du moment 2009 et rappelle que les sorties de crise trouvées en 2009 rappellent étrangement celles retenues un demi-siècle plus tôt !
Social conflict in the West Indies in 2009 was highly publicized in France where it seemed exceptional, as a first event in the social field likely to shake the authority of a government previously inflexible in this area. In view of the historian, social conflict Caribbean has nothing new. He slips into a West Indian social history of the movement which is still a field little studied by the more contemporary history. A quick look back at two major social conflicts in 1959 and 1961 can relocate the impact of the social instincts of the French policy for overseas. The eye of the historian here has brought nuance to the "exceptional" at the time and recalls that out of the crisis in 2009 found strangely reminiscent of those used half a century ago!
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