Category: History
World War Two Vet Lamb: “A Bermudian Hero”
Philip Lamb — one of four black Bermudians to serve in the Royal Air Force in World War Two [1939-45] — died yesterday [May 2] at the age of 90. One of Bermuda’s oldest surviving war veterans, St. David’s resident Mr. Lamb [pictured] reached the rank of leading aircraftsman with the RAF and among other wartime exploits lived... Read more of this article
Archaeologists Confirm Jamestown Cannibalism
Archaeologists have confirmed Jamestown’s colonists resorted to cannibalism during the “starving time” winter of 1609-10 prior to the arrival of two provision-laden ships built in Bermuda by the “Sea Venture” castaways. In a presentation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, archaeologist... Read more of this article
Bond Girl: From Bermuda, With Star Quality
Three years before Sean Connery’s James Bond was smitten by her, British model Tania Mallet was stopping traffic in Bermuda — literally — during a “Vogue” photo shoot. Ms Mallet — who played Tilly Masterson in “Goldfinger”, a sexually ambiguous character who became the first Bond Girl to rebuff secret... Read more of this article
Exploring Wreck Of Civil War Blockade Runner
Bermuda’s Department of Conservation Services and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute take viewers on a guided tour of one of the island’s most intriguing shipwrecks in this recently posted video. An elusive ship of multiple identities, most often operating under the names “Nola”, “Gloria”, “Paramount”... Read more of this article
1965 Gemini III Shot Of Bermuda From Space
One of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, Virgil [Gus] Grissom was a regular visitor to Bermuda’s National Aeronautics & Space Administration tracking station during the early days of the American manned space programme — but in 1965 he enjoyed a view of the island few have witnessed before or since. Mr. Grissom [pictured here... Read more of this article
Videos: “Queen’s” Launch, Post-War Cruise
Entering Service in February 1933 the “Queen of Bermuda” was one of two luxury liners known as “the Honeymoon Ships” and “the Millionaires Ships.” Built at the Vickers Armstrong shipyard in Scotland, sister ships “Monarch of Bermuda” and “Queen of Bermuda” were ordered by Furness Bermuda Line in... Read more of this article
Town Salutes Ham Industry’s Bermuda Founder
The Virginia town of Smithfield — synonymous with ham for more than 300 years — is going the whole hog this weekend with a lecture that will explain how a Bermuda seafarer founded its world renowned industry. Bermuda-born Captain Mallory Todd, who lived in the town beginning in 1767, is credited with creating the first business curing and... Read more of this article
“Vanity Fair” Looks Back At “Holiday” Magazine
In 1946, as transcontinental flights, luxury hotels, vacation packages and colour photography were on the rise, the monthly magazine “Holiday” became Americans’ travel passport, offering readers access to cosmopolitan locales around the globe including Bermuda. As writer Michael Callahan chronicles in “A Holiday For The Jet Set” in... Read more of this article
Historic Painting Seized In Bermuda Resurfaces
Seized in Bermuda during World War Two [1939-1945] as part of a priceless collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art being shipped to the US to raise money for Nazi espionage activities in North America, a long-lost watercolour by Paul Cézanne has re-surfaced in Canada’s National Gallery in Ottawa. The painting “Groupe d’arbres”... Read more of this article
RMS “Aquitania” On 1935 Cruise To Bermuda
To mark the arrival of the first ships of the 2013 cruise season at Dockyard, the Bermuda National Museum this week posted a vintage film of a 1935 visit to the island by one of the most majestic liners of the 20th century at its Facebook page. “There’s a cruise ship in Dockyard, the ferries are on their summer schedule, and we have a lot... Read more of this article
