STORIES OF OUR FAMILIES
To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.
Family Videos
~ Snippets of Memories ~
Robert Sheppard and his sister Jessie,
Trinidad 1993
Jessie Brash at her Piano
Musical evening at O'Connor Street, Port-of-Spain
Memories of Andrew Sheppard
Filmed around 1966
My mother, Betty Sheppard in Barbados
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These are not professional recordings. They are unedited, so you can hear the scratchiness of the vinyl LP record. Jessie sang to an instrumental versions of the songs, and was recorded by her brother Malcolm at his home at Shine Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad - circa 1958. She was well known in her day for her beautiful voice, and often performed as soloist at weddings and other functions.
(Images used are my own photos of Holland and Canada in Autumn;
photos of Jessie and the Mendes family are copies of her own family collection.)
, February 26 1993
Home of Patrick & Sybil Gibbon
Auntie Sybil's (DELICIOUS) Prune Ice Cream
Crane Hotel, Barbados - July 25, 2013
Peter Sheppard playing the bones
Barbados - July 2011
Valerie Sheppard - live recording from a television showin Barbados - December 1967
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Wedding day
Valerie Sheppard and Tony Archer
July 16, 1966 - Barbados
My youngest son Phil Archer singing "Angels"
Little Bentley, Barbados.
Wedding day Meindert & Valerie
27 July, 2013
Shown on September 13th, 2015
at my mother Betty's 90th birthday party.
Made with love.
Wedding of my daughter Ingrid Archer and Eduardo Martinez at St. James Parish Church Barbados, 1995
Loving and unforgettable father and husband -
my Tony Archer - "I Will Tell Your Story"
23 March 1939 - 14 July 1984