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Article by January 21, 2021
The body of the Barbados Landship Association’s Lord High Admiral Vernon Watson on Wednesday made its final journey to the fabled association’s headquarters, The Dock at Licorish Village, My Lord’s Hill, St Michael.
In a sombre atmosphere, a Landship detachment and drummers accompanied the hearse that carried the casket of Lord High Admiral on a procession from Carrington Village to The Dock where his body lay in state as the community paid their respects to the unofficial “Mayor of Licorish Village” ahead of his funeral on Friday.
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All eyes were on the highlight of Pork, Pan and Parang; the Ham Bake-Off Competition between noted local artistes. - (Picture by Reco Moore.) Social Share Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC) hosted its inaugural Pork, Pan and Parang Festival.
Head of sales and marketing, Alison Roach-Plummer, said the event was hosted as a way to allow people to still celebrate
Christmas in the traditional way, but with all COVID-19 protocols in place.
“Normally, people would have their pork, their pan playing, parang and their pork. So it was done to encompass all those elements in a safe environment. I wanted to also embrace and encourage people, the small businesses especially who have been reeling and have been hurt by COVID, that they still had an opportunity to come out and be able to sell and feel the merriment of the season,” she said.