It’s beautiful beautiful the changes are good 👍👍the old timers are gone but the children and grandkids are keeping up the place it do not have any more old homes 🏡 that’s what change love my Tunapuna..
It will be a good idea to mandate homeowners to maintain their property but from what I see, nothing works in tt. I use to go to Back street, Tunapuna as a child to spend holidays. Good times, we went to the river, had fun. We use to go to a bakery on the main road for fresh hops bread. I understand that bakery is still there. Thank you.
Looks like it's trying to survive the Covid pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, throughout the days, and especially weekends, Tunapuna was always jammed packed with pedestrians and vehicles. I'm hopeful for Tunapuna and all of T&T...
Actually there were three cinemas in Tunapuna. MONARCH, obliquely opposite the Tunapuna market, the building is hidden by vendors to the front. PALLADIUM at the back of SEETARAM shoping centre and EROS which is now Discomart supermarket previously, Foodmasters. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. and yes, I was a cinema "peeong" 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Thank you for sharing an amazing video of Trinidad and Tobago and Tunapuna wonderful amazing place have a blessed day great video keep your video coming it's all great
First generation American who spent most of my childhood in trini from living here a few years to visiting 3 or more times a year since my parents own their home here. I truly enjoyed the times, however I never knew Trinidad to look so downtrodden and dirty. I remember bright homes clean with fruit trees growing from Port Of Spain, to Bartaria where wonderful times were spent. I would love to see people just paint. It's like citizens have forgotten that outside appearance is important!
@ 20:57 that NP Gas station I used to wait for the PTSC Bus back in the late 70's to go back home after attending Tunapuna Boy's R.C school which was next to the cemetery, I'm glad to see that the Tunapuna Library is now a modern type of building in the 70's it was an old wooden building built in 1948 same with the Court house too. I remembered as a child my cousins dragging me to the Catholic Church on the main rd one Sunday and getting Communion from an Irish Priest, even though I'm Anglican it was all good to me.
Goodafternoon, I went to school in Tunapua, as well as Hillview College. But they move the primary school. But I remember the bakery, and Charrans book store. Thank you for the walk thru.
This is a great video. I went to the Anglican school and the church. Last school I attended before leaving Trinidad. Walking from Auzonville Road to school in the morning then walk back home for lunchtime, and back to school again till 3 o clock. I have many memories, going to the market early Sunday morning. Bata shoe store, Charran's for school books.
@@JBsManCave No I live in Brooklyn .I have property in Tunapuna I was home in May I nearly got lost the whole place change up and I thought for a while I was in St. James but I love ❤️ my Tunapuna half of my family live in Tunapuna.
Very informative video. You took your time and explained all the streets and land marks. I haven't been back to Trinidad in 32 years and I reminisced along the way. I remember going to Pallidium & Monarch . I remembered Charrans clothing store. Thank you for the your.
Judy, thanks for sharing your experiences of Tunapuna. Monarch mostly showed Bollywood movies, not so? I wanted to put that in my comments but could not remember.
@@JBsManCave yes, monarch predominantly showed Indian movies (as it was called then) lol. Suggestion if possible: curepe junction, I would like to see how it has elvolved.
Judy, thanks for answering. For your suggestion, I already have many videos where I pass through there, have you looked in the search section of my channel? Here is one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mfbjt7ApeLs.html and the end of this one I believe: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bwdeeR5sWGc.html
Thank you for what you do. I remember my first home on backstreet Tunapuna in the 40s until 10 to 3 13. Then, I moved to POS, then back to Tunapuna . Tunapuna reflects its growing pains and the movements of families and their social values. I will leave it there for now , as I love Tunapuna, but my age living abroad for a very long time . Namaste. .
This Auzonville park opposite was my first rental during UWI so my old hunting ground too eons ago. That newspaper article couple weeks ago on gangs in Tunapuna spells it all, which was quite specific and disturbing too! That cinema near Sapadilla Rd was our favourite hangout but never sat in the Pits! There was another cinema on Tumpuna Rd? Good memories of days gone! Blessup breda!
Clinton, thanks for sharing your experiences in Tunapuna. Yes, I did say that Tunapuna is to be designated a 'hot spot' for crime. The thing is practically everywhere you go now is crime, you would never see Trinidad through my lens if I move around in fear. Now, do not get me wrong, I am alert and take precautions as I have had first had experience about how crime affects you but at the same time I got to do what I got to do as this channel is not for me but for others I love.
Why would say that Yu brave Breda! It have crime all over I don’t care 🤷♂️ where you live it have crime all over JB’s you are safe put trust in the Lord and not negative.
PALLADIUM advertised the closure of its its doors to be on August 3rd, 2014, but actually did so on August 10th. One of the last movies shown was Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. I saved all the newspaper clippings, together with the ticket stub, they gave us the whole ticket, and my popcorn bag.😁😁😁
Great video, haven't seen it since in the 70's,only the church looks familiar. I would have liked to hear more street names instead of (this street or that street),not necessarily all but enough to get a better understanding of where we are. All in all great video excellent photography. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
The places that are knoewn as hotspots are areas like maingot rd 1st and 2nd trace bamboo trace and its surroundings,recently there were some criminial activities on st vincent street and tunapuna rd
Thank you boss. Living in the States now but this brings back memories. Did you pass by Ali's Roti shop? Is it still there? I could not even tell you what street it is on but it is closer to St Augustine, ( my childhood area) than where you traveling in this video.
Dear Boss Thanks to see via video place tightly connected with souls of each of us We are hungry look it again and again so pitty after covid street empty but it gone.... Hope it Will not Come back to our heads and dedtiny Missing hi lo shop Tuna puna upstait mail room shope itis loghy but it was to copy paper We were using in 2003.... Now many changes..... Even w ay of Your taking and trinis speaking making warming our memories us h to see preciouse TT and People always happy and succedest of World One Day Let Almighty One bringing bak us those place were We use yo Stay and volunteering as UN medical doktor to lovely people
Hellboy, I already did Chaguanas many times: Chaguanas proper full Walkthrough: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vnZ6fafL4RQ.html Chaguanas proper from the perspective of the Chaguanas Main Road ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FCfqD_9ftR8.html Is THIS what THE LION HOUSE in Chaguanas, Trinidad has come to? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qh0NMsTkfuI.html Just standing right outside Chaguanas Market in 5.3K: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--ralfV8csyY.html Driving around Chaguanas and environs at night: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Isx5681VxCQ.html Walking through Montrose, Chaguanas, let's have a look and talk a bit about the area: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--menJMos5xc.html
@@JBsManCave my apologies, after I saw the tunapuna video I decided to have a look at your other videos and found it. I left T &T for Canada a very long time ago, the last time I was there was 16 years ago. I really do love your videos I almost cried when I saw St Charles high school. I went there as a pre teen. I'm going to keep watching your videos, so please keep making them.
Hellboy, I release videos everyday, although not all are about Trinidad and Tobago. I have almost 800 videos and counting so there is lots for you to see. Please do let others you know who may be interested to Subscribe for Free. As the Community grows so too is the amount of footage I create.
Thank You very very much I try to see in this video there Is still small Indra Shop unit It was in 2003 We were renting a house with 4 badrooms and owner she running small drinking stuffs Shop name Is Indra lovely indian women missing a lot Her and them attitude at the same time missing a walking on street and do my shopping and were a several times church ceremony on sunday it was a beginning to face real publik place with People there I met Lady she was teaching in univercity and Her daugter Sesil partly suffer by glaucoma does she alive or not? Any were Sweetest memories about sweet TT wish to visit again and again
The 2 roti shops that were at the bottom of st vincent st were my favvpurites back in the day. Sidewalks look so dangerous now for the diabled and elderly
Banza, thanks for sharing your experience on Tunapuna. Besides the sidewalks, what do you think about Tunapuna overall as compared to when you were there?
@@JBsManCave I strongly believe so because the homeless also started using there to sleep and i figured that was the easier way to prevent them from using there, i could be wrong
Charms, if true it is the irony of how things are done locally. Rather than fix the issue of homelessness they build stuff to prevent people from sleeping around certain buildings. Have a look at this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MY49r1VYB_I.html
JB you know I love your channel, very much, but allow me to humbly but strongly disagree with you with likening Trinidad and Tobago to that old cinema, we are about the coconut water, the food the fun 😊💕 it's unfortunate that the cinema was left in that state, but they are lot's of beautiful 😍 places. If anyone is reading this go check out JB's video on Westmorings.. it's really beautiful and shows you another side of Trinidad oh and his drive to Princes Town or Point Fortin to Cedris shows the countryside. 😊 Really nice.😍
JB it was around 45:29 you were saying that the image you get of Caribbean life is different from what it really is and you pointed out the cinema you said "this is real life" ... "Real life" would be dependent on social status for lack of a better word, because you have shown me and am sure others beautiful places, places I did not know existed and because of your channel I will now explore.😎 But to say where the cinema 📽️ s depicts "real life" in Trinidad is not painting the full picture. 🙂😊🌅
Halceon, I can understand why you interpreted what I said as being in relation to the cinema. However, I believe you are missing the context and mixing two things. Start again, before the cinema event, from 45:05 wherein I previously refereed to "...this is life in Trinidad" referring to the kind of videos I create. I then went on to 'speak' to those who are not familiar with the Caribbean because tourists are often shown pictures of beach resorts and told that is the Caribbean. Then I said for Trinidad, that is not how it is because... what I show... the raw... is actually what is Trinidad. Now, having said that I reached the footage of Palladium and went on about the cinema... an entirely different topic saying, "and this is the cinema... who remembers...." Therefore, to say I was "likening Trinidad and Tobago to that old cinema" is not correct. Ironically, if you watch the whole of my videos you will note that I am unafraid to point out the amount of trash and weeds all over as a show of what Trinidad has become. Now if you were pointing towards that then I would say the evidence is in the videos. 😉 The cinema... nah, not related. Hope that clears that up.
what a mess looking at it on video. run down and dirty. Sidewalks need fixing. Not elderly friendly, too many holes you can fall into. Pasea Rd is by old cimema not by court house.. Thanks for tour
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Hello, thanks for sharing this beautiful video. I am wondering if you heard of a place call Paajay,Tunapuna? I am not sure if the spelling is right. Thanks
Tnks bro. I to was born and grew up in Tunapuna. I havnt been home and in Puna for about 28 yrs now. The place has changed so much . Wish u had walked up Eldorado rd. I grew up on that st
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Ok, cool for some reason I always thought the scarlet ibis was in puna but what do I know I was just a kid back then in the later 70s , I grew up in tnt in la sieva maracas then went back to my homeland which is SVG but I am coming back to my second home I went to school in St .joseph Good job man love your contents be careful tho hope to meet you someday
This comment would be edited as I rewrite it during the course of the vid. Auzonville park has seen highs and lows. It is maintained fairly well through schedules and improvement projects. You probably just recorded at a time in between maintenance. The park saw many live shows like the one did by Aunty Kay, a popular radio show from the 1970s, to carnival promotions. In the earlier years of the park it was outfitted children slides, swings, a seesaw and later a merry-go-round. It even had a TV and benches to sit and watch from. The lows probably started when the youth from the area started playing football in the park which killed the grass due to constant trampelling and causing lots of dust. Also vagrants started making it their home under the band stand. This prompted the gating of the park. @3:18 Is the original building Supertech started renting. That would be around 2005. @4:32 Is the Salvation Army. Tunapuna businesses on the main road saw many fires. I firmly believe the insurance companies can tell us more about these fires. I am saying this in comparison to the number of fires at private dwellings. @6:31 used to be Circle S probably still is...fire! At the corner by the market...fire! Opposite the original Supertech building...fire! The "hangup store" @ 8:15 opposite the police station now a car park...fire! @ 10:05 The Tunapuna library is an old wooden structure. Removing the sheet metal facade covering it would reveal this. The Administration centre where the Court house is now used to be a building similar to the library and yes that's was where you would pay your land and building taxes, $15 in some cases. @13:27 The St. Charles R.C. Church used to be on the right of this compound whilst the Tunapuna Boys R.C. School used to be on the left. Both buildings were wooden stuctures on concrete pillars. The girls school further to the rear left has not changed substantially. There was an unused building to the rear right. What is now a walkway in the centre used to be the drive way and separated the buildings and went straight through the compound to Lashley street. Every thing was demolished but the Virgin Mary's grotto seen on the right of the compound and the 5th standard building of the boy's school which now has been annexed by the girl school. The boys school was rebuilt next to the cemetery seen later in your vid. Qualifying races were held on that driveway in preparation for sports day which took place at Constantine park Macoya. @14:50 That supermarket has not been there forever. Tunapuna once boasted of having 3 cinemas. Monarch, Palladium and Eros. Eros being the last to be built and the first to cease operations. It was converted to Foodmasters supermarket and now Discomart. Our agricultural minister Clarence can give you the details. The movies shown back then were mostly "Kickups", e.g. "Enter the Dragon", "Silver Fox", "Drunken master". Movie times were 12:30, 4:15, and 8:15 p.m. Becoming a man you had to be allowed to go to the 8:15 p.m. movies. @17:06 right after the Lawyers office used to be a record shop i.e. vinyl records in the 80's. @18:29 Never existed. There used to be an old wooden building there and bush. You had to drive all the way down to that delapidated gas station then turn right to get here coming from the highway. @ 38.28 That chrome plated fence has been there for years. Expensive, but a wise investment. @40:00 The world famous "Perseverance Hall" held many dances, fetes and blockos and has been rattled by the boom boxes of DJs like Fatman George, Dr. Hyde and the then famous Radio personality Renne Bishop who has since migrated and doing his thing abroad. @40:47 One of these properties used to be a lodge, could be this one and has been abandoned for a while now. @19:23 and @ 43:43 Pennywise. This building was one of the original locations for food stores with their signature gold bond coupons. They were made like a postage stamp and you would collect them at the cashier after making purchases and stick them in a booklet which you can redeem for gifts. @ 44:14 I remember the structure but it was taller. It was just a shell of a building. You think that after setting it ablaze so many times it might have become unsafe, lol! At the Palladium cinema I can remember watching the first "Star Wars" film in 1977 and also "Fatal Attraction" featuring Michael Douglas in 1987. At the Monarch cinema I can remember watching "The Poseiden Adventure" in 1972 and the movie "Earthquake" in 1974, and how can we forget "JAWS" in 1975.
Eulin, your experience in Tunapuna goes further back than mine for sure. Thanks so much for detailing it all. Please feel free to watch my other road trips / walk through videos and see if you can add any more historical information to it: ru-vid.com
@ 36.20 Yes this temple has been there forever and it offers one reason why certain people extend their dewelling homes to the perimeter walls of their property against the building code guidelines and much to the chagrin of the neighbours. They see absolute nothing wrong with it because that is what they observe and know from childhood coming to such a temple. @ 37:29 Freeling street used to be two way but as you correctly stated folks use these side streets for parking. We have done so on both sides of the street to the point where it was causing obstructions to the two way traffic. It was eventually partly made one way up to Wells street. This was also done to other side streets and back roads like Green st. by the traffic management branch of the corporation.
@@yvette3049 thanks for watching. Be sure to look for other videos surrounding Tunapuna and other areas in Trinidad on my Channel www.youtube.com/@JBsManCave
Yes! there was another cinema called Eros I think? Tunapuna Boy's RC school used to take us there sometimes to see old Hollywood movies like "Catballoo" etc, I remembered watching TV in that park at night!! I thought I was incorrectly remembering such a thing.
