Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

28 outlets nationwide. They began with a baking capacity of 360 biscuits per minute. In those days the ovens were fired by wood. With time, the wood system gave way to gas connections and the baking capacity increased greatly. An empty Crix tin pan is a popular noise-making item in jab jab mas. KARL BOOS J . N. Harriman & Company Limited is one of the oldest business firms in Trinidad and Tobago originally owned by Charles Hugon, a French immigrant. Harriman’s became a registered company in 1873, and in 1885 it was purchased by Karl Boos. In 1920 Carl A. Boos, his son, acquired the company from his father, and further developed Harriman’s interests in the agency/distribution business, shipping and agriculture. Following generations added and changed the focus of the business but J. N. Harriman is today still in operation. ERNEST CANNING A fter being trained in the grocery and provision trade in London, he arrived in Trinidad around 1903. For the next ten years he worked in the grocery- department of Stephen’s Limited, Port ofSpain. In 1913, he established his own grocery, Canning and Company. He later began bottling wine, vinegar and oils and, in 1938, he got the Coca-Cola franchise. JOSEPH CHARLES (1910-1965) J oseph Charles was born Serjard Muckmadeen. He moved from being a bakery employee to owning a small “sweet drink” factory on Patna Street in St. James in 1941 which he bought as ‘Rajnauth’s Bottling Factory’ and renamed Joseph Charles Aerated Water Bottling Works, leading to the start of the popular ‘Solo’ soft drink. The factory later moved to premises across from the Queen’s Park Oval and in 1960 to its present location in El Socorro.