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Photo Album: Vintage Beachgoers!
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Photo Album: Vintage Beachgoers!

Cup Match weekend is almost here and what better time to get outside and in the water! We've pulled together a collection of our favourite vintage finds featuring the suits and scenes of vintage Bermuda beach photography.


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Where I Grew Up: C.V. Jim Woolridge, Flatt’s, Smith’s Parish

I had a wonderful upbringing,” says former minister C. V. Jim Woolridge. “I had a great childhood—I had everything.” Born August 19, 1926, to George Philip and Lilian Edith Woolridge, he was named Clarence Vernon. “But my father looked at…


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Geary Pitcher: A Legend in the Making: The Last of the Bermuda Boat Builders

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the June 1993 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. Standing on the edge of Great Bay in St. David's on a still day,…


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Glass Act: Artist Vivienne Gardner’s stained-glass windows show off Bermuda in a beautiful new light

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the January 1997 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. Vivienne Gardner sees the world through rose-coloured glass - and blue, green and yellow…


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Where I Grew Up: Dolly Pitcher, St. David’s, St. George’s Parish

The Second World War brought change to the whole of Bermuda but nowhere was this truer than in St. David’s. [audio mp3="https://www.thebermudian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/DollyPitcherGM.mp3"][/audio]   Destroying part of the coastline to create landfill and building the American base, complete with airport, not…

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Photo Album: Vintage Visitors to Government House

Over the decades, many visitors have walked the lawns and sipped champagne at Bermuda's Government House, some have even planted Bermuda Cedar trees. Here is a brief selection of some of our favourite images of visiting royals and U.S. Presidents…