Storage space is becoming a problem. 13GB of 15 GB used as of Nov. 2024. Delete stuff!!!
Scribblings.
Several of the persons employed by the Central Bank over the period 1964 to 1984 were outstanding persons, for varying reasons.
Defining a methodology for recording the personnel.
Confirmed employees of the bank from 1964 to 1984 should not go quietly without a recorded acknowledgement of their part in building the CBTT. However, given the constraints of data availability quite a number of persons will be unlisted. Still. I will try. The method of years and circa will be used. That way, names, as they come to hand, can be easily inserted. The objective is the permanent fixation of these persons in the virtual firmament. From pixels to Yottabytes, all woven into the work-life tapestry of our memory banks.
Ah ha! An AirTable spreadsheet can be used. Its capacity to store various types of data - text, images, links, short videos - given that this website is a private website - will be useful.
The way of the carpenter may be modified, I know the people that can be consulted. Ignore those who have shown themselves to be unreliable.
Ideally, listing the names of the employees (and management? nope! Not him! Administrative ability yes but that was subsumed by his inclination to use his position to make available to himself some of the - of the bank.) over the period then stating underneath that they were the founders and the builders of the Central bank of T&T is a good starting point. Where to get such a list? Some from memory. Sports Club docs. Staff association documents.
Knowing that there will be omissions, this article should be structured to accommodate easy insertions of new information about the omitted person(s).
Mrs. Isaac. Another person who I referred to only and always by their title and surname.
Lucille Cuffy of the distinctive scent.
Edith Edwards. Ms. Edith to me. A 'proper' salt of the earth. She made your life easy by telling you exactly what she thought. Whether you asked her or not.
Lenora Smith. An original builder of the CB reputation for prompt, courteous, and efficient telephone service. A call to the CB in 2025 is cringe-worthy.
Ms. Vickie Loney whose uniforms made a fashion statement. check to determine if debonair is one of those sexist words. Debonair is a 'male' word. Steups! Sick world!
Norma Koo and Maureen Okpala (?) nee Toby. They both, on occasion, fascinated the teenaged Garvin. They were the first persons that I saw wearing dark shades indoors, to be precise, inside the bank.
Same hairstylist. Same outfit designer. Same make-up artist. Still, a female Central banker was discernible with a class that escaped definition. How do I treat with the standouts. Perhaps I will use the phrase 'In my view' or 'it is my view'. That should lend itself to being dismissed by the dissatisfied. When you cannot please everyone etc. Probably just duck. Say nothing.
Pamela Isaac, Althea Bastien, Ethel Windsor, Zubaida Ackbarali, Angela Harper, Annmarie Allsop, Annmarie Padmore, Margo Malcolm, Dale Dolly, Roxanne Martin, Rita Rampersad, Debbie Joseph, Elizabeth Joseph, Elizabeth James, Elizabeth Morrison, Arlene Holloway, Lygia Moore, Cynthia Stephenson, Lisa Fraser, Diane Pierre, Cheryl-Ann George, Jennifer Matthew, Christine Holloway, Nicola Lumsden, Carmelia Harrison, Marva Patrick, Cheryl Bellamy, Shelly Bocage, Patricia Renee, Donna Friday, Diane Boxhill, Althea Clement, Celia Renn, Belinda Lee, Arlene Williams, Lyndis Hoyte, Margaret Munroe, Yolande Shepard, Yolande De Silva, Karen Davidson, Paula Williams, Verona Daisley, Annmarie Clarke-Thomas, Grace Armorer, Sandra Gooding, Sandra Maynard, Caramae (what a 'sweet' name) Farmer, Pat Mc Nish, Jennifer Mondesir, Lynette Leid, Debra Gamaldo, Vinette Huggins, Annmarie Paul, Denise Paul, Letisha Cole, Hesper Peters, Caroline Beckles, Janice Williams, Jennifer Germain, Corrine Burkett, Corinne Soo Ping Chow, Cicelyn Burrowes, Bonnie Scott, Mohani Popo, Frances Howard, Cynthia Hepburn, Marilyn Lewis, Marilyn Mora, Agatha Campbell, Marcia Lewis, Suzanne Roach, Susan Gurley, Maria Fernandez, Amber Dopwell, Salome Henry, Persis Charles, Margaret Parks, Brenda Lewis, Brenda Reid, Rhoma Jacobs, Sandra Gangaram, Evena Boatswain, Daphne Harper, Brenda Duncan, Monica O'Brien, Pearl Harris, Jennifer Aqui, Eleanor Fields, Fareeda Ali, Bernice Rouse, Audrey Oxley, Adonna Gordon, Nathalie Marcelle, Eastlyn Aimey,
Michael Alleyne and Jerry Hospedales - proponents to the theory that speed walking indicates busy and urgent work is ongoing. Restate that.
Sedley O'Brien of Gentleman Givenchy Cologne. Rommel Charles - Old Spice.
Dave Thompson. Now, to me, here we have the personification of what a Central Banker was during the period. What an inspired hiring!
Kent Adams, Hamlin Alexis, Adrian Saunders, Gregory Mc Guire, Lutalo Masimba formerly Roy 'Bro. Resistance' Lewis, Glen Lewis, Richard Lewis, Christopher Lewis, Dave Phillips, Keith Denoon, Keith Duncan, Dexter Henry, Gregory Williams, Ephraim Nesbitt - this man is special to me - because of him, I obtained Maths, my 7th O'level. Clifford Springer, Hakeem Ahmad, Oswald Bernard, Oswald Rivars, (there was another 'big' man in the research dept.) James Trim, Luther Browne, Seretse Browne, Martin Roberts, Martin Bourne, Carl Cardinez, Irvid Maughn, Kenneth Rudder, Denis Wells, Stephen James, Michael Busby, Norbert Fraser, Ronald Aqui, Andrew Jattan, Wayne Jones, Victor Maloney, Krishna Ramrattan, ? Melville ?, Hugh Williams, Mr. Henry Sealy, Rennie Guevara, Steve Clarke, Mr. William Stewart, Wilfred Davis, Raphael Jordan-Brown, Patrick Johnson, Eric Barrington, Lionel Linton, Jerry Hospedales, Charles Stewart, Franklyn Harracksingh - 'you relaxing?' 'No! I am Harracksingh' and other such one liners. Ervin Beckles, Jonathan Jones, Joseph Cassee, Patrick Clemendor, John Cordner, Hollis Day, Keith Denoon, Daniel Ali, Jean Pierre-Collier, Alfred Palmer, Roland Yorke, Anthony Taite, Leathan Baptiste, John Cordner, Hollis De Four, Kenneth Lamsee, Peter Williams, Hah! losing track of the names already listed - move this portion to the airtable spreadsheet on my other account, space constraints there worse -19GB of the free 15GB used - where duplicates will pop-up
Names in blue fonts - long service awardees 1974.
A wall or loop of recognition may be the way to go. Nah! Airtable spreadsheet.
If as recorded, there were in excess of 200 employees for the first time in 1977 then a figure of around 500 in 1984 is plausible. This is to be checked. If 500 is correct then the first draft may be about 10,000 words. Initial deadline October 2025? Words target - significantly less than 10,000. The use of a wall, spreadsheet or loop guarantees less than 5,000 words.
It must be mentioned in the article that micro-management was neither done or required. Pride in one's work permeated the workplace. Everyone, everyday, placed their best foot forward ( restate that)
Looking the part was important. The ragamuffin style was not for us. Yesterday, was it yesterday? anyway around the 5th May 2023, I went to the CB to change some money. There, I was appalled to see an employee behind the teller’s counter in the banking hall in ah jersey, yes, ah jersey! Worse yet, the jersey was not tucked in. "Naturally”, I had something to say and said it. What would either of our two Victors, him of the ‘stern’ countenance or the classic ‘Mr. Brooks’ think about such a thing. Deputy Governor Lennard Williams sent Glen (home ?) out of the bank to get a tie. Perhaps it is the new era of management in the CB. Ah well, it is now 'two time'
'Tapestry' (Wefts and Warps) is the initial name - Initial drafting
In gearing an organisation for long term success and survival an essential component must be the human resources employed. The persons employed by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago during the period 1964 to 1984 were all remarkable individuals, worthy of being employed in the development of the Central Bank.
One of the things they had in common was the Central Bank. They built it. In the course of building the bank they also wove the work-life tapestry of the bank during the stated period.
A thread of that tapestry was the pride. During that era, every member of staff, justly, took great pride in the quality of their work while continuing to seek ways to improve either its timeliness or the quantity.
Consistent with that pride came the deportment thread.