Hear and read the stories of life in Grand Bahama as told by historical figures in their own words and voices.
Touch My Picture, Hear My Story


Reverend Dr. Wellington Pinder
Born November 3, 1920


Dr. Izabella Elzbieta Horsfall
Born 1934


Douglas Silvera
Born 1928


Alicia Thompson
Born October 2, 1926


Jeffrey Richard Capron
Born May 16, 1914


Nurse Lorraine Gibson Richards
Born October 2, 1926


Genius Cooper
Born May 24, 1922


Cecil Hepburn
Born May 3, 1926


Florence Eden
Born June 29, 1914


Reverend Dr. Ralph Russell
Born November 17, 1918


Vincent Russell
Born February 23, 1930


Merle Diane Smith
Born December 9, 1928


Hadley Forbes
Born 1935


Harold ‘Sonny’ Waugh
Born January 31, 1938


Hayvard Cooper
Born January 31, 1938


Dr. Robert Antoni
Born 1927


Maurice Woon
Born 1934


Frank Williams
Rake and Scrape


Colin Rose
Lives Lived

Sir Stafford Lofthouse Sands
Minister of Finance
1913-1972

Daniel K. Ludwig
American Shipping and Industrial Tycoon
1919-1987

Father Brendan Forsythe
O.S.B., B.A., M.A., J.C.L.
1914-1988

Wallace Groves
Financier
1901-1988

Leo Savola
1915-1996

Alber Leschevin

Alfred Browning Parker
Architect
1916-2011

Charles Allen
Financier
1903-1994

Sir Charles Hayward
Investor
1892-1983

Douglas Silvera
Civil Engineer

Edward St. George
Chief Magistrate in Nassau, Bahamas
1928-2004

Garnet J. Levarity
OBE
1909-1983

Grey Russell

Sir Jack A. Hayward
OBE
1923-2015

James Rand
1886-1968

R. Keith S. Gonsalves
Chairman of the GBPA

Louis A. Chesler

Peter Barratt
MCP, RIBA, MCIP

Walter Rose
Botanist

Washington Gaitor
Locomotive Engineer

Georgette Cusson Groves
1910-1986

Sir William 'Billy' Butlin
Holiday Camp Pioneer
1899-1980

Ben Rose
Marine Expert
1941-2019