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FOULIS… A village with little to no strife
Kaieteur News – For this week’s village focus, The Waterfalls journeyed past the famous Hopetown Village, Number 30 Guinness Bar, Weldaad Police Station and Belladrum to come to a small and quiet village called Foulis.
FOULIS…….A village with little to no strife
A section of the rice fields.
A residence in Foulis
Welcome to Foulis
A section of the village
The village is located in Region Six over the Berbice River Bridge, through the busy communities of West Coast Berbice (WCB) and passing by the numerous food stalls of Number Five Village.
Not to be confused with Foulis just after Enmore even though the two villages share similarities in more than just spelling, the one visited this week, gave ‘the way down in the country feel.’
The village is snuggled between the villages of Profit and El Dorado WCB and is home to quite a few residents and rice fields. The people living in the area are mostly farmers whether it be cash crop or rice.
Given that The Waterfalls visited on a Tuesday, most people were either out in the fields or were busy about their other jobs. At first appearance, the area is quite inviting and suitable for raising a family. There were no major grocery stores or health care but there was no need to worry since two villages away all necessities were housed in Belladrum and Paradise respectively.
There is the K. Singh Service Station and though the owner was reluctant to speak at first, when he finally got a break from tending to his many customers, the business owner shared what it is like to be a resident of the community.
Mr. Singh told this publication that the area is quiet and since his business is located on the public road itself, he has a steady flow of customers. “The area is a nice one to live. It’s quiet and you hardly get any trouble with anybody.”
Mr. Singh explained that criminal activities aren’t a usual occurrence since everyone either was a part of the village family or keeps to themselves. The businessman provided some information on the service station saying “It’s a family business and I have had it for 12 years now. Business is usually good and I like it here.”
Leaving, the K. Singh Service Station, headed east of the village, there were a number of houses with a variety of cash crops farms including watermelon, tomatoes, celery and vegetables.
The farms are an indication that agriculture was an integral part of the income in the area as there were no visible signs of any large establishment that could provide jobs for residents there. Regrettably, not many villagers were available to give this magazine a comment.
A villager from nearby El Dorado spoke to this publication, noted that Foulis is one of the quietest places to reside. “On any given day you does hardly see people walking around and so. Everyone does go about they business and get they stuff done without any conflict.”
Meanwhile, this magazine took a trek west of the village, in the direction of the Abary Bridge; where there are rice fields to the left as far as the eye can see.
Since it was ‘crop’ time’ most of them are either already harvested or in the process of doing so. There is a dam separating Foulis village WCB from nearby Profit. This same dam can be used to access the Profit/Foulis beach.
Crossing over the Bellamy Canal, one could see that instead of concrete walls, the sea defense here is huge granite boulders and mangroves.
The space was clean and mostly garbage free. There is also a nice piece of ‘almost private’ beach to head out with the family and relax if you wanted to get away from the woes of everyday life for a moment.
Looking at the past of Foulis it was discovered that it was actually a plantation like of the surrounding areas.
According to the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, in the year 1798 Plantation Foulis was the 26th plantation under sub-heading ‘De Mahaica a Demerarie’ and this appears to correspond to the Foulis in Berbice which was known to have been owned by a William Munro. It is conceived that he owned estates in both Berbice and Demerara with the same name, which could be how the other Foulis came to be.
With that being said the next time you want to get away for a day, head up to Foulis, fuel up at K.Singh’s Service Station and head out to the beach but please keep it clean. See you soon folks!!!
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