Reminiscences of a Sentimental Old Fool
I shed a tear last Friday night. I shed a tear as I watched the end of an era in Trinidad and Tobago. It was on the cards for a very long time and was, I suppose, a natural consequence … Continue...
View ArticleThe Early Years
The year was 1964 and the month was July, roughly two years after TTT began its operation in Trinidad & Tobago. I distinctly remember walking through the corridor leading from the Sales Department...
View ArticleLloyd Rohlehr was a ttt Pioneer
Sitting on a pile of concrete blocks typing news even before the Trinidad and Tobago Television building under construction was declared officially open by Dr. Patrick Solomon, the minister of home...
View ArticleMy TTT Experience
One sunny day in June 1962 I responded to an advertisement in the Trinidad Guardian for television technicians and operators. Some time later, I received a letter inviting me to attend an interview at...
View ArticleThe Demise of NBN – A Double Whammy For Me Personally
Neil Giuseppi, writing in another paper recently, opened his article with the words: “I shed a tear last Friday night. I shed a tear as I watched the end of an era in Trinidad and Tobago.” He was, of...
View ArticleA Momentus Period In Television History by Angela Pidduck and Ann Winston
As one of the ttt-pioneers with the longest service at Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT), I have been asked, to write an article encapsulating my experiences from 1961 to 2001. During my career with...
View ArticleGeorge Tang – TTT Pioneer The Eyes and Ears of the Nation
TTT Crew George Tang on camera with R.Knowles and M. Clarke at Queen’s Park Oval On August 31, 1962 – Independence Day was a milestone in the history of Trinidad & Tobago with the first live...
View ArticleHolly Betaudier ttt Pioneer Remembers
Unlike so many other people, I was lucky enough to be, by God’s Grace, the “alpha and omega” of ttt (Trinidad and Tobago Television), the first television station that was launched in the West Indies...
View ArticleHere is my ttt story leading to the Inaugural Launch by Barry Gordon
As Bernard Bonsor was Rediffusion’s man on site in Trinidad I was to be Thomson’s person on site. Rediffusion was responsible for Engineering and Thomson was responsible for Production. But I was...
View ArticleRonald Shannon began his professional career at the Trinidad & Tobago...
Ronald Shannon began his professional career at the Trinidad & Tobago Television Company (TTT) in August, 1962 as an Office Assistant, or what used to be called an ‘office boy’ in those days. At a...
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