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by Bajan Reporter / May 8th, 2021 Sir Frank Worrell has fulfilled the necessary requirements for hero status, and throughout his life represented Barbados “ when this fair land was young and sowed the seed from which our pride is sprung. A pride that makes no wanton boast of what it has withstood, that binds our hearts from coast to coast, the pride of nationhood.” He also made it known that “these fields and hills beyond recall are now our very own” when he became the first black captain of the West Indies cricket team for an entire series as was being requested by the majority of West Indians and therefore wrote “his name on history’s page with expectations great” along with the knowledge that he had to be a “strict guardian of our heritage and a firm craft man of our fate”. Historically, he had an illustrious career while being an ideal representative of Barbados which boasts of 96% literacy along with our prowess in our national sport of cricket. He ....
by Bajan Reporter / March 13th, 2021 With the recent location of the Lord Nelson statue to the museum, there is now a need for us to look to the future. Barbados has an illustrious history that boasts of our 96% education achievement along with our prowess in sports, especially cricket. I would like to recommend a replacement who fits the bill BUT to place his statue in “ Heroes’ Square“, would first mean that he must be formally recognised as a HERO. In my eyes, that person should be Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell. Sir Frank’s qualities were not only recognised in Barbados and the wider Caribbean which he represented but was international extending to England where a tribute was paid in Westminster Abbey after his death in 1967. I believe he is the only sportsman to have received such an honour. ....