NO LESS THAN ANOTHER life-sized statue, and the transformation of his birth home into a museum, are what some St Lucy folk believe is a worthy tribute for National Hero Errol Walton Barrow.
In recognition of what would have been Barrow’s centennial tomorrow, as part of the We Gatherin’ celebrations, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is expected to unveil a plaque a stone’s throw away at his birthplace at The Garden, St Lucy.
However, as workers prepared the area yesterday ahead of the unveiling, some in the northern parish said while they appreciated the gesture of recognition, a “rock” next to a “bus stop” was not befitting of the colossus of the man widely revered as the “Father of Independence”.
During the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) Errol Barrow Memorial Church Service at St Lucy’s Parish Church yesterday morning, rector Reverend Canon Curtis Goodridge said he strongly believed that a full-sized statue of Barrow should be pitched in St Lucy.
Barrow was born in St Lucy on January 21, 1920, and baptised at St Lucy’s Parish Church on March 21 the same year. This was why Goodridge, during his sermon, contended that though there was already one of a similar size in Independence Square, The City, St Lucy’s Parish Church was the best place to have another monument.
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