Silver Hill
Lwas told to use his brother’s name. He refused and to date has no birth certificate.
Major was born in Vigilance on the East Coast Demerara and lived in Buxton before moving to Silver Hill. She still considers herself a Buxtonian and is mother to nine children; she has 32 grandchildren and 13 greatgrands.
She would like to see a structure put up in the Silver Hill cricket ground. eaving Major, tour guide Williams pointed out an old, little rundown building, which was once the post office and is used by the Women’s Community Policing Group. This group of women meets a few times a week to learn to do craft and make floral arrangements, cushions and scrap mats. The village also has a Men’s Community Policing Group.
Lynette Michael moved from Christianburg, Linden some 25 years ago and settled in Silver Hill on a piece of land her father had purchased years before. She, too, met no neighbours when she first arrived and still to date, has no immediate neighbour.
Michael has a little snackette by the public road where she sells plantain chips, channa, chicken foot and juice. Once a week she travels to Linden to buy plantains, channa, and water to make her juice including other groceries since there’s no grocery shop around. The bus ride to Linden costs her $300. On her return journey, laden with supplies, she pays an extra $1,000 for the bus to take her into the village.
Michael washes and cooks with rainwater and uses the water from the creek for drinking. The creek water, she said, is always running whereas the rainwater stored in her tank wouldn’t be as fresh.
One advantage of living in Silver Hill is the remoteness which only means the place is eerily quiet, which she loves. She also added that violence and cursing are not seen in the village, but stealing is an issue; her little shop was broken into five times already.