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School is a major part of most
peoples’ life and it was certainly
a big part of mine. I remember
my mother trying without
success to get me into
pre-school in Gasparillo,
Bonaventure in central
Trinidad. My first school
experience was at Mrs.
Francois Private school after my
family relocated to the
district of Morvant.
Three years later I was enrolled
at St Dominic’s RC Primary
School in Morvant before I
transferred to Sacred Heart
(Western) Boys RC school at
the age of ten where I sat and
passed the Common Entrance
Examination to attend South
East Port of Spain Secondary
(SEPOS) school.
My parents worked in Port of
Spain and my older siblings
were either attending High
School or working in the city.
Victor, (my older brother)
attended Belmont Intermediate
So I had no choice but to grow
up and hence friendship
became important. SEPOS
school was yet to be built and
first and second year SEPOS
students were housed at the
Victoria Institute and Museum
on upper Frederick Street
(opposite the Memorial Park in
Port of Spain).
One of my first friends In the
two years at the Institute was
Lennox Martin and he was from
Morvant. By the time SEPOS
officially opened on Nelson
Street, downtown Port of Spain
Jacob Windsor and Joel
Chinapoo were added to that
important list of friends.
Victor “Bigger” McGill & Aldwyn “Midget” McGill heading to School
SEPOS first Students
Left -Right: Aldwyn McGill, Vernon Clarke, Jacob Windsor, Joel Chinapoo
hanging out at Windsor’s Love City Café in Morvant
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School is a major part of most
peoples’ life and it was certainly a
big part of mine. I remembered
my mother trying, without
success, to get me into
pre-school in Gasparillo,
Bonaventure in central Trinidad.
My first school experience was at
Mrs. Francois Private school after
my family moved back to the
district of Morvant.
Three years later I was enrolled at
St Dominic’s RC Primary School
in Morvant until I transferred to
Sacred Heart (Western) Boys RC
school at the age of ten where I
sat and passed the Common
Entrance Examination to attend
South East Port of Spain
Secondary (SEPOS) school.
My parents worked in Port of
Spain at the time while my older
siblings were either attending
High School or working in the city.
Victor, (my older brother)
left Western Boys for Belmont
Intermediate school and for the
first time I had no sibling at school
Making school friends became
important and especially when
SEPOS school was yet to be built.
All first and second year
SEPOS students were housed at
the Victoria Institute and
Museum (opposite the emorial
Park in Port of Spain) on upper
Frederick Street where my first
friend In the two years at the
Institute was Lennox Martin.
After SEPOS was officially
opened on Nelson Street, in
downtown Port of Spain, Jacob
Windsor and Joel Chinapoo were
added to my list of unique school
friends who helped formed my
school life.
Jacob was good at table tennis
and Joel at cricket. Soccer was
my sport and SEPOS was where I
won my first soccer championship
in the Progressive School Football
league in 1966
first t ents
Left -Right: Aldwyn McGill, Vernon Clarke, Jacob Windsor, Joel Chinapoo
hanging out at Windsor’s Love City Café in Morvant