Circular No 960

Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Caracas, 28 of March 2020 No. 960

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Dear Friends,

We are getting low in articles, specially the good news.

John, sorry that I take so long to include your stories in the Circular.  When I retire, I shall keep track of the emails I receive and send, promise.

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From: "John Gioannetti"

Subject: Photography

Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 12:09:03 -0400

Dear Ladislao,

After an absence of almost 20 years I recently got re-involved in two of my passions (Motorsport and Photography)

It happened quite by accident, 2 years ago I was in Curacao on my Honeymoon and I decided to buy a camera. New wife was upset that I was buying a complicated thing-a-mig and wanted me to buy a point and shoot. So I snuck out of Honeymoon bed early one morning and went out to purchase a Minolta Dimage 7i.

Shortly after that, I met some people currently in Motorsport and I was telling them that after I had stopped racing, I used to do photography. The suggested that I come back, which I was reluctant to do because I knew that Autosport to me is like Rum to a chronic alcoholic or marijuana to a space cadet.

But I went, and things have snowballed from there in the two years. 4 cameras and a lot of lenses and equipment.

I am getting a lot of work published in magazines and on the web. I also manage to sell some for advertising.

Unfortunately, I am also getting a lot of work stolen. I recently picked up a Go-Kart Magazine from Jamaica to see 10 of my photographs in it. But that’s the nature of the beast.

Last time I was at Wallerfield (Motor racing Circuit), I was up in the bush at the top corner where I spend a lot of time alone. Well not alone, I usually have a stray dog, a few cobeaux and the odd vagrant for company. And I recalled when I was at Mount, the many Sundays I was stuck up there and I knew there was motor racing at Wallerfield, and while Mount was great for those of you that liked football, cricket and athletics, it was torture for me who only wanted to be in the 1^st Boca Diving or at a race track.

While covering the power boat event a few months ago, I was told by officials that I was being put on Mr. Taylor’s boat.

I felt a bit odd going on a stranger’s boat and unlike motorsport I really don’t know the Powerboat people. Also, as an avid sailor, we tend to have some not to nice thing to say about the powerboat people.

I was shocked and surprised when I was introduced to Mr. Taylor. It was Roger Taylor. I had not seen him in 30 years. He was one of the few people I used to lime with at Mount. We used to get up to some pretty neat pranks together. Usually finding ways to pay back the bully types. I recalled that we once bought some Carib beer, carefully opened the bottles. Drank ½, then filled them up with piss and resold them to other guys.

Roger now drinks bloody marys. Wonder what he substitutes in them……………..haha.

There is a pic of him and wife in the powerboat page

The only 2 people from Mount that I know are involved with motorsport are David Pampellone, who you are familiar with and a V Ramsing who was a day boy in our time.

The photos can be seen at: http://www.trinituner.com/

(Please send in information on V Ramsing, ed.)

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Interesting Facebook comments that have to do with Arthur Knaggs:

Berment-McDowald Joseph

Decent person Arthur Knaggs.

One of the finest people that I ever meet.

His wife (I believe that she was a May - - former police commissioner Tony May's daughter) was helpful, considerate down to earth like you couldn't believe.

We spent a weekend in their backyard 50 years ago camping.

I haven't forgotten it.

Dem Knaggs and Mays were real people.

Rory Davies

Name doesn't ring a bell unless he visited like many others in the summer time..

It belongs to the Knaggs family..

I lived in it for a stint late '60s..

Rory Davies

I think this was Peter..name escapes me now..

Robert Lyder

Yes, Peter Knaggs he died sometime around 2013 there about wife Louisa is still around though

Rory Davies

Ok..

They were there when I took the pic..talked a bid..

Robin Davies

Your dad used to work for Peter Knaggs when you lived there.

I'm not sure if it was his father or grandfather who had the house built after WW 1.  I think it was completed either 1919 or 1921

Rory Davies

I didn't ask so not sure but what I heard from those who lived in the area before we got there is that it was Mrs Knaggs side of the family a General Pacheco who built it..

Robert Lyder

Yes he was a general that left Venezuela to start a life in Trinidad named the property Santa Estella Estate during the days when cocoa was king .

Not sure if he built the house though what I understood from my mom it was a hospital for indentured worker and he bought and converted it to a dwelling.

Maybe the reason for all the ghost stories

Rory Davies

And why I had so many sleepless nights.. jeez..

de Ole Man punch de bedroom wall one night because I swore it had ah man in de room wearing ah cloak an hat..

Turns out it was de Ole Man's cloak & hat hanging on de wall but no man..

Luckily so otherwise he wudda be still in de hospital..

De Ole Man hand swell up big big big oui..steups

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Adolfo´s whatsapp group, used by those who get the donations from TnT.

7/3/19 Aumaitre Adolfo created the group "Abbey Schoolmates Group"

7/27/19 Aumaitre Adolfo: Tucupita without electric service

7/31/19 Ladislao Kertesz: Santiago, have you talked to Pedro yet?

7/31/19 Robleda Santiago: How is my panala ladislao already talking to Pablo? I thanked him for remembering me and thank you for introducing him

8/2/19 Ladislao Kertesz: Good evening Friends.

Circular no. 923 is out of the press and in the internet.

If you would like to read it, send your email address.

Need José Baptista email address. God bless Ladislao EDITOR

8/2/19 Aumaitre Adolfo: doctoraumaitrebrito@gmail.com

8/2/19 Moffie Edgar: emoffie@hotmail.com

8/3/19 Seaforth: alfredoseaforth.25@gmail.com

9/26/19 Kecskemeti Pal: No matter what I'm fixing ... my bike also has a fault

10/2/19 Robleda Santiago: it is disposable or an inflatable doll. I'm like the carajito

11/16/19 Ladislao Kertesz: Haha it looks alike but it's a clone

11/16/19 Robleda Santiago: my pana ladislao a fraternal greeting I saw pana Pedro very happy and he must be a clone every time I look less.

11/16/19 Ladislao Kertesz: Haha. I was joking greetings. Thank you Adolfo. I will use it,

12/2/19 Robleda Santiago: if you've heard any of these songs take care and bon appetit

12/2/19 Robleda Santiago: hello brother Adolfo remembering the good music and sharing it with you

12/03/19 Luongo Miguel Angel: HAPPY EASTER AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 for all my dear family and friends, along with my blessings and best wishes for Venezuela. Hug. Miguel Angel Luongo B.

12/19/19 Aumaitre Adolfo: Good morning my dear brothers, my new WhatsApp number is 04168979364 it was necessary to change the phone number due to problems with the movistar platform. Greetings, Dr Aumaitre

12/23/19 Seaforth: Amen amen amen, same to you bro

12/24/19 Robleda Santiago: Felix Navidad Amigo all the Best For You🐧🐦🐣🐥

12/24/19 Moffie Edgar: My warmest wishes to the Abbey Schoolmates brotherhood group for a great and merry Christmas with their family and friends ... God bless you and guide you always in this brotherhood .... Edgar Moffie MSB 1967/72 .. # 90

12/24/19 Lopez Jesus: I wish to all my dears brothers from Mount and his family a Merry Christmas and spent a Happy New year ... My God bless you all 

24/12/19 Moffie Edgar: Amén....same to you Jesús, habe a woundefurll xmas together in family...God bless you.. saludos EAM..

24/12/19 Robleda Santiago: wishing all my brothes hapiness joy and health thanks for been there Marry Chistmas

25/12/19 Lopez Jesus: Dear brothers, derived a circumstance that, I can't finish my school at Mount maybe I don't have capacity of good writing in English language but I am proud happy, had been at the Abby school, you know why, because I found out that you all  are live and in my innorancy

25/12/19 Aumaitre Adolfo: Don't worry Jesus, don't get nostalgic, we know your circumstances and why you didn't complete your studies at Mount, feel happy that you can share this brotherhood with us and you are of great value for us

25/12/19 Lopez Jesus: I found you all and that it's a given from God ... I am very happy  to had found , youa And in my prayers I include you all to my God concern you with health ...Go bless you all brothers,

25/12/19 Seaforth: Amén amén amén

25/12/19 Aumaitre Adolfo: Let us give thanks to God our Father that we have a solid brotherhood and pray that things will get better this new year coming, pray for the health and blessings of those Mount old boys around the world that with great pleasure and sacrifice had been helping us to have a better economic status, God bless them, their families and us always. We are eternally grateful to them

25/12/19 Seaforth: That's correct, God bless them all

25/12/19 Lopez Jesus: Yes brother at this moment I was thinking that, but for me found you all in Venezuela, the guys how had been studied at Mount, it's wonderful, that it for me the most important did that's those old father's show us, and now after 50 years we can be together

25/12/19 Luongo miguel angel: I don't think there are any complains about your English, from anyone of our group of Mount Old Boys. On the contrary Jesús, I really believe that we are all agree with Adolfo Aumaitre. You are one of us, just because we met at Mount when we were about twelve in 1966; make numbers and you'll

see for how long we've been friends, and surely you don't have more friends since so long.

With and without English, I'll be always your friend and I think I can talk for all the others too, so don't worry, be happy. Afer all, we all know that because of very special family reasons you couldn't continue with your studies at Mount.

Hope to see you soon.

25/12/19 Lopez Jesus: For me they show us that the best think in our lives it's the family and we are a family. What important it is And for Santi Robleda I don't know it's you are the guy how jumped the high jump by the head, at that time I meet a guy how did it, brother if you was, in that time you were plenty  friend of Patiño... piringo... Were he  is? Brother's if anyone knows were Piringo is, tell him, that I conserve a baseball glove, that he give me at that time, for me and my family it's not touched at this time it's very degenerenerety but  I conserve it

26/12/19 Luongo miguel angel: Last time I knew something about José Antonio Patiño was in 1971, when Gocho (Miguel Angel García) told me that he was going to the University at Río de Janeiro- Brasil and Patiño was also going with the same purpose. I never heard about them again.

26/12/19 Robleda Santiago: my name is Santiqo Robleda I reach form 4th at Mount Sant BENEDIT i didn"{ finish high school there I ove you all because you make me to remember things I have forgotten I don't know how to thank you all I can't write more I think Humbertico waa almost finishing when Robertico And I started and forgive me I am almost drunk

28/12/19 Lopez Jesus: Hoy día de los inocentes... Las tradicionales festividades del 🐒 de Caicara de Maturín

31/12/19 Luongo Humberto: Feliz Año !!  Que sea infinita tu felicidad el 2020...

31/12/19 Robleda Santiago: A todos los hermanos por informar por sus chistes porque siempre tienen una palabra de aliento hasta por las chicas por lo menos nos levantan el animo y especialmente por mi que me llevaron a recordar aquellos años el el Abbey School gracias hermanos por estar alli les deseo un feliz Año Nuevo en union de sus familias si no me rasco les mando una foto loa años no pasan en balde

31/12/19 Lopez Jesus: Thanks Santi, at this moment I had reading you message, and I'm feeling by that emotions, you are expressed in that words you wrote... Them I thought what important were for us had been studied at the Abbey school, know all of us, how are in life have a great brotherhood after more than 50 years, that is not easy for understand but this year occurred with us and that it's wonderful...

31/12/19 Lopez Jesus: For all my brothers of mount HAPPY NEW YEAR, and my God brings you a long life for continuing chat

31/12/19 Kecskemeti Pal: I wish you all together with your family 🥰😘 and friends 🤗 a happy new year 🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂

31/12/19 Robleda Santiago: I rather wait till 12 to wish you a happy new year

31/12/19 Aumaitre Adolfo: I'm doing it early before lines collapse or fall Les comentaré que Tucupita parece una ciudad fantasma sin música, sin ambiente y nadie en las calles, una soledad total

31/12/19 Robleda Santiago: Happy New year may this coming year be better than almost last year wishing the best for you and your family God bless you all

31/12/19 Moffie Edgar: Dame tiempo you Santiago as well as everyone in your family and our brothers from MSB....happy new year to everyone and may God bless you all.. *sorry...same to you Santiago..

31/12/19 Robleda Santiago: it's a terrible mistake sorry bless

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EDITED by Ladislao Kertesz, kertesz11@yahoo.com, if you would like to be in the circular’s mailing list or any old boy that you would like to include.

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Photos:

20UN0051FAU, Fr. Augustine 2020

14LK2926FBNCH, Niel Charles

20LK7650FBGSC, Glen Schaefer

89LK8468FBJGI, John Gioannetti