Two villages, two interesting names

A trip to Wine Bush and Shantytown Villages

Heeralall Persaud retired from the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate after 46 years of unbroken service, but these days, he gets the time to do many things and enjoy his old age at home.

He is a resident of Wine Bush Village, Leonora, West Coast Demerara, and his house is located at a corner spot overlooking the squatting area and the drainage canal with fruit trees and wooden benches along it.

The 61-year-old told the Pepperpot Magazine that the village got its name from the early days when people moved into the area and there was a berry that used to grow all through the village.

That berry was used to make wine by the locals and grew so much that it almost overrun the place; thus, the name was derived. The bush no longer grows in the village is peaceful and quiet.

The locals have done their part to beautify the environment by planting flowers and fruit trees and and placed them along the avenue.

He explained that when he first moved to Wine Bush today but the name remained.

The father of two stated that the village is a safe place to reside and it has all the basic amenities and infrastructure for a comfortable life.

They have electricity, water, landline phone, internet, good roads, bridges and drainage and the village itself placing wooden benches as a recreation area by the canal running through the village.

Persaud is one of those persons who saw the need to contribute to society and he along with his cousin, a neighbour, planted fruit trees, made wooden benches,

Village, it was overrun with bushes and the jamoon-like berry and he cleared a plot and built a small house and it was 22 years ago.

Persaud is originally from a different section of Leonora

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