The youth were an integral part of celebrating old age this past weekend, when the Town of St George celebrated the arrival of the first intended English settlers on the Plough in 1612.Various enactments, readings and open houses were held throughout the town, and alongside the adults were young people in costume representing children throughout the centuries.The St George’s Historical Society’s contribution to the weekend’s celebration was an open house with numerous free events. There was a display of handmade quilts, and Ronnie Chameau’s demonstrated traditional craft making with natural plant materials. There was also a re-enactment featuring Sarah Catherine, the popular 1650 character from the Bermudian Girl series of books.Rylee Gardner assumed the role of Sarah Catherine. During the story telling the audience was introduced to various utensils in the museum kitchen that would have been used in the 17th century to bake bread. At the conclusion of the story telling, the children and their parents were treated to banana bread.“I played Sarah Catherine in a story about making Banana Bread and writing out the recipe for an English and Home Economics lesson with her teacher, the Governor's wife in the 1600s,” Rylee noted. “ I thought the day was great. Dressing up and acting like her was very fun because it seems like I actually lived in the house during that time.”“I have always found it fun to learn about the past because I love history and Bermuda, my home,” the 11-year-old continued. “I also like to see how things have changed but also remain the same.”A family visiting from New York attended the story telling with their young daughter. They were thrilled to stumble across the special activities in St George’s that day and excited there was something their daughter could attend and enjoy.In King’s Square, various punishments were meted out to miscreants, including a gossip and a drunkard. Rianna Simons and her sister Jaylen were sympathisers to town drunk Peter Frith, and Gabriel Jones and Brandon Tully were also on hand to see justice served.Despite the heat Jaylen and Rianna Simons both enjoyed themselves, particularly the gossiper getting dunked in the water.“I liked the clothes that they wore in those days,” Jaylen stated. “It was a great experience!”Rianna was a little unsure to begin with. “At first I didn’t know that it would be like,” she said, “so I was quiet. As it went on I got more comfortable with the part. It turned out pretty nice in the end. I enjoyed it.”In the drawing room of Tucker House, Miss Althea Dickinson Harvey, played by Barbara Jones, shared ‘Voices from the Past’.Evan Washington took on the role of one of the children accompanying Miss Harvey, and noted, “It was very interesting and some parts were funny too.”Evan’s sister Olivia enjoyed seeing the old Victorian bicycle at the Globe Hotel, going around Tucker House and seeing the cat there called Flea.Olivia and her friend Shelby Madeiros decided to dress as men. “I thought that dressing up as a man and having a moustache was lots of fun,” Olivia declared.Conor Sinclair also had fun when dressing up as a boy in the 1700s. “I observed how old stuff can be interesting,” he stated, adding, “I thought it was cool to see what it was like in the old days.”