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He has clocked up hundreds of miles running more than 50 marathons, but a simple walk almost did Giorgio Zanol in.
Three years ago the well-known grocer was carrying a 20lb pack in preparation for a 500-mile trek across northwestern Spain when he sat...
DATE: May 28, 2019
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Businessman Art Riviere isn’t one for hobbies. Keeping cars clean is what gets the 78-year-old going.
As the owner of Bull’s Head Car Wash he’s in and out of the business, keeping an eye on staff — and customers.
“A lot of people are claustrophobic,”...
DATE: May 21, 2019
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Sharon Wilson is constantly impressed by just how interested toddlers are in learning.
What she doesn’t understand, is why they lose that love as they get older.
“I think it’s because we adults are always trying to dumb things down for children,” sai...
DATE: May 16, 2019
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Margot Cox has fond memories of her childhood in Spanish Point.
Lunch was eaten at whatever house she happened to be at when she was hungry; days at the beach only ended after the sun went down.
It’s a rhythm that stuck with her.
At 82 she’s part of ...
DATE: May 14, 2019
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Antoinette Haynes got the call saying she had been named Mother of the Year and thought it was a prank.
She had never heard of the Continental Society of Bermuda’s annual competition and had no idea her son, Jordan Williams, had written about her for...
DATE: May 10, 2019
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When Faith Tatem divorced at 37 she was certain she would one day remarry. She was in for a long wait.
It wasn’t until 69 that she tied the knot for the second time. She met Neville Tatem on a bus travelling from town to Somerset.
“You have to be i...
DATE: May 07, 2019
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Roddy Nesbitt leads a double life. By day he’s an excess casualty broker; at night he’s Rowdy Piper, boisterous singer with DIA.
“Sometimes it feels like both are alter egos with ‘me’ tucked in somewhere between but I try to be myself regardless,” th...
DATE: May 03, 2019
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There’s a silver lining to everything, possibly even cancer. Elaine Ritchie has learnt to appreciate every single day that comes along.
“Everything seems to be brighter,” said the 73-year-old whose oesophagus cancer went into remission 12 years ago....
DATE: Apr 30, 2019
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The sound of the ten women hollering was remarkable.All senior citizens, they had decided to go to the Ag Show together to see what judges thought of their box garden filled with broccoli, kale, lettuce and green onions.
The screams came when they sp...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Friends call him “Tycoon Tucker”.
Dennis Tucker got the nickname in the 1970s from the late Alma “Champ” Hunt. The cricketer, widely regarded as one of Bermuda’s greatest, was a frequent visitor to Sonesta Beach Hotel where Mr Tucker worked for almo...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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