THEY MISSED THE last two years, but the tradition by the Wilson family and friends resumed on Saturday evening.
It was close to sunset on Old Year’s Day when Lorraine and St Elmo Wilson gathered at Trevor’s Way, Princess Alice Highway, The City, with their children, grandchildren and friends to carry on the tradition started by their dad Irving, after whom the School for the Deaf and Blind is now named, and a few friends from the Rawle Training School way back in 1948. Sir Clyde Gollop was also in that early group.
Legend has it that they were broke and the only thing they could afford to do on Old Year’s was watch the setting sun on Vaucluse pasture in St Thomas.
That location reportedly did not allow them a good enough view of the sun, so they moved to a warehouse on the outskirts of Bridgetown and later to Trevor’s Way. (YB)
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