Bermuda, 1902. The Boer War is raging in South Africa, and thousands of Boer prisoners of war are incarcerated on islands in the Great Sound. The Rock (population 17,500) is picturesque but not hugely prosperous. Bermuda onions still find a market in the eastern United States, but competition from American onion patches is growing. Tourism has grown hesitantly since the mid-1880s, when Princess Louise sojourned on the Rock, thereby publicising the beauties of “The Isles of Rest,” attention increased by…
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LISTEN: Cassie White World War I Memoir
On July 14th the Chief Nurse of Base Hospital 31 notified me that I was to go on detailed service. I had a half hour to get ready for the Ambulance that was to take 8 of us nurses, including…
November 11, 2019
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The Land of the Bees and Honey: The Sweet Life of Beekeeper Randolph Furbert
This article was taken from our archives. It originally appeared in the August 2004 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did in print originally. Appropriately painted a warm honey yellow and white trim, Bee House on…
November 10, 2019
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LISTEN: World War II Story: Under Cover in France, 1943 – 1944
(Editorial Note: When John Hartley Watlington came home in 1944, it seemed as if he had returned from the dead, for he had been completely lost to his family for just under a year. He was extremely reserved concerning his…
November 10, 2019
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Come Fly with Me: Vintage Aviation in Bermuda
If all goes to plan, our new airport terminal will be unveiled next summer. Bermuda has always been a hub for air travel, and when the tourism industry was booming Pan Am and other airlines made traveling to our destination…
November 9, 2019
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School Days: Life at the British Army’s Garrison School
This article was taken from our archives. It originally appeared in the March 1999 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did in print originally. Mention the name ‘Prospect’ to children in Bermuda today, and they immediately…
November 7, 2019
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