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A former common councillor for the City of Hamilton was also a musician, activist and “unsung hero” who gave of his time to help seniors.
John Holdipp III became one of nine Hamilton councillors in November 2013, under the “Team Hamilton” administrat...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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A charitable driving force who preferred working behind the scenes was the inspiration behind a major Warwick Academy fundraiser that ran more than 50 years.
Pamela Kempe, who came to Bermuda from the United States in 1949 to open a new nursery schoo...
DATE: Jun 01, 2022
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A former executive director of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce was among the founders and later the manager of a hugely popular crafts centre at the West End.
Audrey Brackstone came from Bartlett, a small town in the White Mountains of New Hampshire,...
DATE: May 31, 2022
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An industrious West End plumber and pillar of the Somerset community trained dozens in the trade, leaving an enduring mark on businesses and residences across the island.
Junius Burrows, known to all as JB, ran a landmark plumbing business on the Hog...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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Baroness Sharples, the widow of assassinated Bermuda Governor Sir Richard Sharples who sat in the House of Lords for the Conservative party, has died at 99.
A lengthy tribute in The Telegraph told of a colonial governor’s life shattered on the night ...
DATE: May 26, 2022
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A longstanding hospitality worker who became a hotel chef at a time when few women could be found in the trade was also a union and Progressive Labour Party stalwart.
A proud lifelong Somerset resident, Viola “Pinky” Rogers embarked on hotel work in ...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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An artist and nature lover who captured Bermuda’s landscape and flora in a landmark book will be remembered with a special exhibition of her work today.
Christine Watlington, a painter and botanical illustrator, poured years of research into her 1996...
DATE: May 20, 2022
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One of the originators of an offbeat annual tradition dating back the 1950s was a fun-loving mariner known for his personable nature.
Ian Farrow was a founder of the Non-Mariner’s Race – an irreverent take on Bermuda’s yachting tradition in which par...
DATE: May 17, 2022
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The “matriarch” behind one of Bermuda’s classic pubs was a “larger than life person” who delighted in seeing people enjoy her food.
Jackie Correia ran the Swizzle Inn at Bailey’s Bay in Hamilton Parish alongside her husband, Johnny, for more than 30 ...
DATE: May 07, 2022
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A “visionary” who helped to shape modern Dockyard from the helm of the West End Development Corporation was driven by a sense of service to Bermuda.
The family of Robert “Bob” Tucker said he was determined to forge his own path from growing up as son...
DATE: Apr 29, 2022
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