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Denslow’s Bermuda Fairytale
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Denslow’s Bermuda Fairytale

After the success of The Wizard of Oz, the book’s eccentric illustrator W.W. Denslow moved to Bermuda in search of inspiration and infamy. "Where is Bermuda?” said the Lion anxiously. “Is it a wild place, and is the voyage a dangerous one?”“Bermuda is the land of sunshine,” replied the steward, “a land of bananas, onions and lilies. You will be welcome there, and we will make your trip pleasant. Have no fear and trust in me." -Denslow's Scarecrow and the…

November 20, 2022

Written by: Michelle Farrell

12 of Bermuda’s BEST Historic Sites
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12 of Bermuda’s BEST Historic Sites

Bermuda is a small island, which means that everything needed for a nation's infrastructure is packed close together. Everywhere has a story to go with it from the centuries of human history the island has experienced, and the millions of…

November 17, 2022

Written by: Fae Sapsford

LISTEN: World War II Story: Under Cover in France, 1943 – 1944
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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 13, 2022

Written by: John Hartley Watlington, R.C.A.F.

Bermuda During the Second World War
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Bermuda During the Second World War

In September 1939, Dr. William (Bill) Cooke was just 11½ years old, living in a BELCO owned house on Cemetery Road. Years later he would write in his memoir that he saw “several policemen ride up to the BELCO Front…

November 11, 2022

Written by: Elizabeth Jones

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Fighting Spirit: Untold Stories of Bermuda’s Wartime Heroines

This article was taken from our archives. It originally appeared in the July 2002 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did in print originally. Previously untold stories of the Island's wartime heroines are part of a…

November 11, 2022

Written by: Charlotte Andrews

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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, 2022