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Stephen Johnson moved to Bermuda in 2017 and was unexpectedly put to work. Having heard he was a history buff, Jon Beard, the deputy head at Saltus Grammar School, asked that he document its history. Dr Johnson, a retired educator whose wife Deryn L...

It’s hard to believe that 2021 has finally come to an end. This has been a very challenging year for our people, especially our vulnerable seniors. During the holidays, many families celebrated with their senior relatives and friends, providing delic...

Neville Darrell is 81, but has no thoughts of retirement. After a long and varied career that included stints as a police officer, an insurance salesman, and a security services firm owner, he is still working. “Officially, I’m a taxi driver, althoug...

As a young police officer in England, George Hammond had his pick of British colonies to apply for work. He chose Bermuda on a whim, although he didn’t really know where it was. “That was the one that stuck out for me,” the 85-year-old said. “I took ...

George and Dorothy Trott have been happily married for 43 years, but theirs is by no means a story of love at first sight. They first met at the Bermuda Telephone Company back in the early 1970s. Mrs Trott, originally from Clarendon, Jamaica, was wo...

Centuries-old windows in St George’s are getting a new lease on life thanks to the skilled attention of Robert Powell. The 66-year-old has spent the past two months fixing the 14 windows at St Peter’s Church rectory. The building, which sits behind t...

Seniors were yesterday given hundreds of hampers to help them have a happy Christmas. The Salvation Army handed out non-perishable Christmas foods, as well as toys for people with grandchildren who live with them. The event came after the charity dis...

When Barbara Petty went to Mount Saint Agnes Academy she so admired the nuns who taught at that time, she wanted to be one herself. “I don’t think I was even 16 when I told my parents,” the 82 year old remembered. “I think a lot of girls my age want...

At 80, Joan Hollis easily recalls a time when she was one of the world’s top bowlers. In the 1980s she beat everyone she played in tournaments in the United States and Europe. Back home in Bermuda she received a hero’s welcome. People lined the stree...

The number of people in need of help from the Salvation Army’s annual Christmas giveaway has tripled in some areas since last year, the charity said yesterday. Captain Kendacy Barnes said that registration numbers for the charity’s four locations aro...

Environmental groups have raised concerns about plans to build a new hospice in Warwick. Both the Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce have filed objections to plans, put forward by the Friends of Hospice. Th...

Every morning Renee DeSilva likes to do her “thumps and bumps”. Planks, push-ups, walks and weights – the 93-year-old does them all because if she didn’t she “would be stiff". "The exercises loosen everything up,” she explained. At 85 she suffered f...