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Joseph U. Albury, Boat-builder
Joseph Uriah Albury was born in Man-O-War Cay, Abaco on 6 October, 1944. He is a boat-builder as were his father Lewis Uriah Albury, grandfather Captain "Eddie" Albury and great-grandfather Thomas Albury, before him. He is also a descendant of Uriah Saunders of Green Turtle Cay. He was at the Island Roots Heritage Festival in Green Turtle Cay in May of this year (2006) demonstrating his tools, showing his models and giving dinghy demonstrations. I interviewed Joe Albury in 1993 when I was doing research for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival held in Washington D.C. in 1994. I was impressed by his dedication and skill as a boat builder. He told me how he had learned the craft and how boats were built. But first it is necessary to describe the importance of boats in the Bahamas' early years.
Caribbean Tourism Facing Major Losses
The Caribbean region stands to lose about $2.6 billion in tourism exports and 188,000 tourism related jobs because of a law that will require US travelers to present passports at their country's border crossings, according to a leading tourism authority. .A brief look at 'recent' history
When the Progressive Liberal Party members were elected to parliament in 1956 in the persons of Sir Milo B. Butler, Sir Lynden O. Pindling, Sir Randol F. Fawkes, Mr. Samuel L. Isaacs, Clarence A. Bain and Cyril St. John Stevenson they were referred to as the "Magnificent Six."At that time, if Sir Gerald Cash was a member of the Progressive Liberal Party they would have been referred to as the "Magni-ficent Seven."
Sir Gerald Cash was elected as an independent and junior member to Sir Milo Butler for the Western district. Destiny would have it that Sir Milo would become our first Governor General and Sir Gerald would be second.
In the early days, Members of Parliament received no salary for their service. This seemed to be a noble task, but eventually it became apparent that members were accepting pay off under the table from business operators in the form of consultant fees.