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Where I Grew Up: Dolly Pitcher, St. David’s, St. George’s Parish
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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 only irrevocably changed St. David’s landscape but also the lives of its people. Dolly Pitcher, born June 20, 1932, well knows this as she grew up with her family before the base was even thought of. Her grandmother, Irene Pitcher,…


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The Old Time Rowboat Ferry

For a couple of centuries rowboat ferries plied their trade from dawn till the wee hours of the morning rowing people, their bundles, bicycles and babies from Hamilton to Paget and back again. Here is what it was like. This…


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The People’s Priest:  Father Filipe de Paiva Macedo helped change laws that kept Açorean families apart

When Father Filipe de Paiva Macedo arrived in Bermuda to minister to Portuguese-speaking Catholics in 1958, he could not have anticipated that his calling would be political as well as spiritual. But for the next 24 years, the determined priest…


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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…


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Grand Old Man of Bermuda: Francis Landey Patton

The sea captain's son rose to head Princeton University and became friend of presidents and prime ministers. He was born on Sunday in January 1843 -- only fitting for a man who would spend so much oh his life in…

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The Big Two

This article was taken from our archives. It originally appeared in the Spring 2007 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did in print originally.  The Eisenhower-Macmillan Conference in Bermuda, March 20–24, 1957 If the stories the…