Woman said she was there when Pindling was born – in Nassau

Read storyThe son of former Prime Minister, Sir Lynden Pindling, introduced reporters to a woman who sent for the nurse that helped deliver him.

In recent articles, The Tribune has quoted several sources, all anonymous, which have given varying details of the birth of the country's first prime minister, including that he was born in Jamaica and that his mother was not who he said she was.

Obi Pindling invited reporters to meet 95-year-old Doris Grant-Strachan, who said she saw Sir Lynden after he was born and was surprised when the rumours surface years later.

Obi said: ". . . many of the people who were around from that era have passed on so any other persons can only come and say what they were told. Mrs. Strachan is one of the only persons who could come and say what she has seen with her own eyes.

I challenge anybody to try and come and refute it."

Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here

Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A1)