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Where I Grew Up: Michael Darling
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Where I Grew Up: Michael Darling

Michael Darling shares his stories of what it was like growing up in Pembroke in the 1930's. Michael Darling was born in 1930, in the headmaster’s house at Saltus Grammar School, the school he would eventually attend as a student. His father, James Leslie A. Darling (known as Leslie) was not the headmaster; nor was he a teacher. He had been an officer in The Royal Artillery but had become deaf at the young age of 25 after serving in…


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Bermuda and the American Revolution

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the November 1931 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally.   The unexplained gunpowder conspiracy in 1775.  It was natural that Bermuda should be…


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Salt, Sand & Sorrow

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the August 1996 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally.   Families and homes in the Turks & Caicos prove historic maritime links with…


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Belterre Guest House: A Forgotten Treasure

At the close of the nineteenth century, a small but intriguing guest house earned itself a reputation for its unique combination of beautiful accommodations, superb cuisine and menagerie of exotic animals. Belterre, as it was named by its French owners…


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St. George Tucker: America’s Greatest Bermudian

  Southampton-born St. George Tucker became a Virginia patriarch and a cornerstone of the American legal system. Bermuda has become an island of lawyers. Given Bermuda’s devotion to real estate and commerce, legal matters have long been a national pastime.…

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The People of Bermuda: Bermudians of Portuguese Descent

The story of the Portuguese presence in Bermuda began in 1543 with the wreck of a Portuguese vessel off South Shore. According to the famous historian, Oviedo, the survivors found no inhabitants living on the Island. They managed to subsist…