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On The Cover: Rugby Classic by Alan Waring

Calendar of Events ....................................................................... 4 XXV World Classic Rugby Schedule .......................................... 6 Golf Across the Island ................................................................. 8 The Early Holiday Shopping Guide ........................................10 Heritage Matters .......................................................................... 18 Do You Know? ............................................................................. 19 Shake it Up ................................................................................... 20 Chef of the Month ....................................................................... 21 What’s Cooking Bermuda .........................................................23

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HEALTH &

Publisher: Bermuda Directories Limited Printers: Royal Gazette Limited Editor: Candice E. Dickinson General Manager: Horst Augustinovic Production: Peter Marsh Accounts: Equilla Rawlins Sales & Marketing: Simona Terceira Design & Concept: Peter Marsh, Candice E. Dickinson Graphic Design: Natalie Sannemalm Photography: Candice E. Dickinson, Simona Terceira, & various contributing photographers Distribution: Kenny Watson Writers: Candice E. Dickinson, Simona Terceira, Roger Crombie, Horst Augustinovic, Paul Adams, Dr. Edward Harris Address: 13 Addendum Lane, Pembroke HM 07 Mailing: P.O. Box HM 937, Hamilton HM DX. Tel: 441-295-1189 | Fax: 441-295-3445 E-mail: info@thisweek.bm Web: www.thisweek.bm

beauty…

THERMAGE TECHIQUE HAS CHANGED By Willi Lawrence R.N. Like it or not the wonderful year end holidays will be here soon. Now is the time to think about how you can look yor best and appear rested and relaxed despite all the efforts we put forth to make the holidays special for our friends and families. Wrinkles, fine lines and age spots can disappear with the help of some of today’s cosmetic treatments. Some can be performed over your lunch hour. Whether you want to say goodbye to crows feet and frown line the ultimate quick fix is botox followed by fillers. Development of new fillers and advancements in skin contouring and tightening has resulted in a trend for re-volumination to achieve facial harmony. Hyaluronic acid (H.A.) is a naturally occurring sugar that hydrates the skin and cushions the skin to maintain that youth appearance. As we age we start to lose our H.A. which contributes to formation of wrinkles and sagging. Restylane, Perlane and Juvederm are H.A. products that are quite popular to use to restore volume by injections. If injections are not what you prefer then thermage (nonsurgical facelift) is a good alternative. The thermage technique has changed. We now use less energy to make the procedure more comfortable and treat the tissue multiple times using a faster larger treatment tip that produces a better cosmetic result. We are pleased to announce that we are reducing the price of thermage in November and December so that more of our patients can benefit from the procedure prior to year end holiday. Although the regular price of thermage is $2000.00 for the face,neck and forehead we will be reducing the price to $1500.000 for all areas.Thermage is a method for smoothing wrinkles and lifting the skin without chemicals or needles. Medical chemical peels is a process of exfoliating dead skin to reveal a more radient and brighter complexion. This is often referred to as the lunch time peel that you can return to work without downtime.To see how you can get a glow for the holidays call and come in for a free cosmetic consultation with our nurse skin care specialist, Ms. Lawrence @ 295-9963 or email botoxwilli@hotmail.com

DERMATOLOGY & SKIN CARE CENTER Thermage Liquid Facelift Treatments IPL/Laser Hair Removal Botox Restylane/Juvederm Lunchtime Peels Microdermadbrasion Acne Treatments Facials Vein Treatments Massage Waxing Eyelash Perm Call Ms. Lawrence at 295-9963 for a Free Consultation SEA VENTURE BUILDING 19 Parliament Street, Hamilton

Dr. Alexander C. Romeo M.D. Ms Willi Lawrence R.N Leanda Wallis-Heeb

CALENDAR of events … CULTURAL EVENTS VERDI’S OTELLO ON SCREEN (Brought by the Gilbert & Sullivan Society) November 10, Tradewinds Auditorium at BUEI Info: www.gands.bm BERMUDA UNDERWATER EXPLORATION INSTITUTE TOURS Tuesdays, 2:00pm - 3:30pm, BUEI, 40 Crow Lane, Pembroke Info: Tel 441 292 7219, email info@buei.org, www.buei.org THE GOLD TOUR - WATERVILLE AND PAGET MARSH Wednesdays, 10:00am - 12:00pm, Bermuda National Trust. Waterville, Pomander Road, Paget. Info: Tel 441 236 6483, email palmetto@bnt.bm , www.bnt.bm BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES TOURS Wednesdays, 10:00am, BIOS, 17 Biological Lane, Ferry Reach, St. George’s. Info: Tel 441 297 1880 ext 0, www.bios.edu AFTERNOON HIGH TEA BY SWEET P Wednesdays & Saturdays, 2:00pm - 5:00pm, The Bermuda Perfumery, Stewart Hall, Queen Street, Town of St. George Info: Tel 441 747 2060, email sweetpbermuda@hotmail.com GOMBEY SATURDAYS IN THE PARK Saturdays, 12:00noon - 1:00pm, Queen Elizabeth Park, (Queen Street entrance), City of Hamilton Live Entertainment: 12:00noon – 12:40pm Gombey Performance: 12:40pm – 1:00pm Info: Free, Tel 441 292 0023, www.GoToBermuda.com SATURDAY MOVIES AT THE BERMUDA NATIONAL LIBRARY Saturdays, 11:00am & 2:00pm, ‘Par-la-Ville’, 13 Queen Street, City of Hamilton Info: Free, Tel 441 295 2905, email library@gov.bm ART IN THE COMMUNITY 5TH ANNUAL CHARMAN PRIZE EXHIBITION MASTERWORKS MUSEUM OF BERMUDA ART November 1 -30th, Monday - Saturday, Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Botanical Gardens, South Road, Paget Info: Tel 441 236 2950, www.bermudamasterworks.com

BERMUDA TRIANGLE SQUASH CHALLENGE 2012 November 15th, 9:00am - 10:00pm, Middle Road, Devonshire Info: Tel 441 292 6881 or email patrickf@bermudasquash.com or webite www.bermudasquash.com BERMUDA AMATEUR FOUR BALL CHAMPIONSHIP November 16-18th, Port Royal Golf Course. Info: Tel 441 295 9972 or webite www.bermudagolf.org GOSLING’S INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT November 25-29th, Belmont Hills Golf Club, Warwick Info: Tel 441 295 4640, email kmarsh@toatee.bm or website www.toateebermuda.com ENTERTAINMENT 1ST ANNUAL BERMUDA COMEDY COMPETITION: ‘COME WRECK SHOP November 10, Ruth Seaton James Auditorium, Devonshire Info: Tel 441 337 6501, Email image2entertainment@yahoo.com BONER BAR - BONEFISH BAR & GRILL Weekly Entertainment, Royal Naval Dockyard Info: Tel 441 234 5151, www.bonefish.bm CHEWSTICK FOUNDATION’S LEGENDARY OPEN-MIC JAM SESSION Sundays, 8:00pm – 1:00am, The Chewstick Neo-Griot Lounge & Café, Corner of Court and Elliott Streets, City of Hamilton Info: Tel 441 292 2439, www.chewstick.org ‘DEATH BY DISCO’ DINNER, DISCO AND DRAMA Mondays & Thursdays, 7:30pm, Shine’s House of Music, 91 Reid Street, City of Hamilton Info: Tel 441 293 9092 FLANAGANS & OUTBACK SPORTS BAR Weekly Entertainment, Front Street, Hamilton Info: Tel: 441 295 8299, www.flanagans.bm FROG & ONION PUB LIVE ISLAND MUSIC Weekly Entertainment, Royal Naval Dockyard Info: Tel 441 232 0571

WINDJAMMER II GALLERY Daily, Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel, Ground Floor *Various artists featured including an in studio painter Info: Free, Tel 441 295 1783, email windjammer2@logic.bm

HENRY VIII Thursday - Sunday, South Road, Southampton Friday Tempo, Saturdays DJ Uncle, Sundays DJ Donnie Info: Tel 441 295 3314

BERMUDA NATIONAL GALLERY: THE BERMUDA BIENNIAL EXHIBITION Until November 24th, Monday to Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm, Saturday 10:00am - 2:00pm, Bermuda National Gallery, City Hall & Arts Centre, 17 Church Street, Hamilton *Thursday Tours @ 10:30am Info: Free, Tel 441 295 9428, director@bng.bm, www.bng.bm

ROBIN HOOD Mondays - Tuesdays, Richmond Road, Pembroke Mondays $10 Entrée Night, Tuesdays Quiz Night Info: Tel 441 295 3314

SPORTS XXV WORLD RUGBY CLASSIC November 10th - 17th, National Sports Centre, Frog Lane, Devonshire. Tel 441 295 6574, www.worldrugby.bm TOKIO YOUTH MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES November 17th& 24th, 4:00pm, Arboretum. Info: tokiomillennium.com

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SWIZZLE INN BAILEYS BAY & SOUTH SHORE Weekly Entertainment, 3 Blue Hole Hill Info: Tel 441 293 1854 Weekly Events, 87 South Shore, Warwick Info: Tel 441 236 7459 VICTORIA GRILL “RUM BAR” HAPPY HOUR Fridays, 29 Victoria Street, City of Hamilton Info: Tel 441 296 5050

VISIT US TODAY FOR A FULL LISTING OF EVENTS AND EVENT INFORMATION

10R E B M E

Rugby Classic

NOV Photo By Alan Waring

SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 5.45pm

Hospitality Village Opens

7.00pm

Band & Corps of Drums of the Bermuda Regiment

7.30pm

Argentina vs. France A

8.30pm

South Africa vs. United States B

MONDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 6.00pm

Hospitality Village Opens

7.15pm

Canada vs. The Classic lions C

8.30pm

Australia vs. Italy D

TUESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 12 Noon

World Rugby Classic Golf (Invitation only) Kevany Cup, Riddellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bay

WEDNESDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 6.00pm

Hospitality Village Opens

7.15pm

Loser A vs. Loser B

8.30pm

Winner A vs Winner B

THURSDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 6.00pm

Hospitality Village Opens

7.15pm

Loser C vs. Loser D

8.30pm

Winner C vs. Winner D

FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 12 Noon

Corporate Golf Tournament Port Royal Golf Course

SATURDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 4.45pm

Bermuda Barbarians vs. Atlanta Renegades

5.30pm

Hospitality Village Opens

6.30pm

Classic Plate Final

8.00pm

Classic Final

XXV WORLD RUGBY CLASSIC 2012 By John Kane In 1972 the Irish & Lions captain, Tom Kiernan, was invited to Bermuda to play for the Bermuda-Irish against the Rest of Bermuda. Over the next twenty years players, who were still playing international rugby, made the journey to Bermuda to play in this annual event which was renamed the Easter Classic.

Easter at the National Sports Centre, with the introduction of corporate hospitality to Bermuda, quickly became a Bermuda tradition. During those twenty years some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest players graced the fields at Nationals (now Somersfield); indeed at one point eight of the most capped player in the world had played in the Easter Classic. One hundred and twenty-five players, with 3,400 appearances for their country, put Bermuda on the rugby map. In 1986 a regular visitor to the Easter Classic suggested a tour by former Welsh internationals and in 1987 Old Wales arrived to play Old Bermuda. From the genesis of that suggestion in 1986, and with the many contacts built up over the years with the Easter Classic, the notion for a World Rugby Classic was developed and in 1988 the first such Classic involving England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the United States and Bermuda took place. This year is the 25th World Rugby Classic and it is also the 40th anniversary of the first visit by Tom Kiernan. 21 Easter Rugby Classics, 25 World Rugby Classics, and even one Far East Classic and one European Classic.

Quite a legacy!

GOLF across

the island

GREENSIDE BUNKERS by Paul Adams | PGA Director of Golf Rosewood Tuckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Point | 441.298.6930 | 441.300.6930 The key to greenside bunker play is to hit a high, soft shot. One of the most common errors I see at when coaching, is players donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t open the club face enough and/or lean the shaft too far forward at address. This dynamic creates a lower initial launch angle, promoting the player to create a short arm swing and/or decelerate to counter the lack of loft. But even more importantly when this occurs the bounce on the club is minimized and as a result the club digs rather than skids. It is not that you cannot hit a good shot like this, but that it is much less likely. If you dig you must hit the sand exactly 2 inches before the ball or the club will dig and the ball will stay in the bunker. If you skid you can hit the sand 2-8 inches before that ball and still hit a good shot. HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER AT ADDRESS TO HELP CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR ENOUGH LOFT AND BOUNCE WHICH PROMOTES THE BIGGER ARM SWING AND ACCELERATION. 1. Put the clubface open with the shaft neutral to leaning slightly back. Look at adding loft not only through the clubface but also by not leaning the club shaft towards the target. Although there are situations that call for this, most greenside bunker shots call for the hands to be more in-line with the club head to leaning slightly back in relationship to the target to create the loft needed for the shot. 2. Ball position forward, in stance with the butt of the club pointing at belt buckle. With the shaft more neutral to leaning slightly back, it is important to position the body so the butt of the club is pointing at the belt buckle. This will help secure a forward ball position, leading to a higher launch. 3. Weaker grip, I encourage my players to move both their hands on the grip towards the target (weaker) which allows the clubface to open more during the backswing. This is an advanced approach, but it can help those who normally have a very strong grip and struggle out of the bunker. Bunker with Correct Setup.

Bunker with Incorrect Setup.

FRAGRANCE of

the month

WONDERSTRUCK By Taylor Swift

Shop Local For the Holidays

by Candice Dickinson

As Bermuda buckles down preparing for the Holidays, many shoppers and retailers alike have visions of streets lit up with seasoned cheer and shops full of everything nice. From East to West our island offers a large variety of goods and services. In fact, if planning your holiday shopping carefully you will find that Bermuda has just about everything you might be looking for and more. Bermuda offers a wonderful mix of independent shops, high-end brand name boutiques, a large variety of casual and fine dining restaurants, luxury spas, hair salons, golf resorts, even our pharmacies and grocery stores have great gift ideas. This year, plan properly and support your local efforts. You will be happy you did when everyone is checked off your list and presents are wrapped under the tree. Rather than waiting until the week before or even Christmas Eve (you know who you are) to scramble about buying up random gifts that make you wonder what you were thinking and wasting your hard earned money… Start now! Create a list of people who you wish to shop for and jot down ideas of what comes to mind when you think of them. For example, Claire likes candles and Colin loves a beer. Once you have a list together next decide where you would like to shop. Make a second list of your favorite shops or choose a few that you haven’t been to yet but have always wanted to check out. Choose a day and time that is convenient and book it into your calendar, a day that you can take your time and remain relaxed. Turn your cell phone off if you can and really enjoy yourself. Create a budget and jot down next to each persons name how much you would like to spend. This ensures that you don’t go overboard and end up not being able to spoil everyone on your list. When you plan ahead you don’t need to spend a fortune. The most thoughtful gifts can actually cost little to nothing at all. Don’t forget to pick up a box of cards or make some handmade ones (if you find the time). You will also need wrapping paper or recycled newsprint with a pretty red bow can save money and still look quite pretty and creative under a Christmas Tree. Once you have completed your shopping, set aside an evening and pick up a bottle of wine, case of beer or perhaps if you prefer a nice bottle sparkling water. Put on your favorite music, wrap those gifts and write those cards out. What are you waiting for, grab a pen and start making your list. Be sure to glance through our gift guide for ideas. It is perfectly natural to draw a blank when planning and that’s where we come in. You can also flip through our magazine or pick up the Royal Gazette. Look out for the December issue of This Week in Bermuda’s Shopping Guide for more ideas and enter to win a $1000 shopping spree at the Annex Stores. You might want to keep this gift for yourself!

Wonderstruck is that awe-inspiring feeling that comes from experiencing something magical. Eclectic and traditional with a whimsical flair, every element of the brand is authentically Taylor. A charming and sparkling surprise of vibrant fruits, kissed by a bouquet of soft petals and a touch of sweet indulgence. The flawless beauty of freesia, apple blossom and raspberry spark a swirl of vibrancy and feminine allure. In the heart, a sweet surprise of blissful vanilla is embellished by airy, sun drenched honeysuckle and white hibiscus. Notes of golden amber and sandalwood are woven with a kiss of lush peach.

Available at Gibbons Company, Brown & Co., A.S. Cooper & Carol Holding Shops

One of Bermuda’s Leading Art Dealers

Anthony Pettit Anthony is a dealer in most types of antiquities relating to Bermuda (otherwise called the Somers Isles), particularly maps, books, prints, paintings and ephemera. Catergories include charts and guides, manuscripts, pamphlets, letters, documents, ships’logs, newspapers and magazines, albums and scrapbooks, incunabula, local imprints, almanacs, histories, railway effects, novels, descriptions, memiors, parlimentary acts and bills, poetry, catalogues, bibliographies, genealogies, diaries, travel and cruising stories, works on flora and fauna, papers on geology, geography, race relations, reports and memiors on the Dockyard, maritime and military publications.

House on Point, Bermuda 1900 Frederick A. McClure Watercolour and gouache on paper, mounted on board, 12 x 18 inches.

inscribed: Bermuda 1900. Beautiful original custom made frame.

What You May NOT Know ABOUT BERMUDA From the Island’s first green buses to a notice handed out to scantily clad women here on spring break, Horst Augustinovic’s latest book is filled with quirky facts. The 112-page book is a collection of unusual and less widely known bits of information on Bermuda. For instance, did you know that police used to measure women’s shorts and hand out ‘green tickets’ to anyone considered improperly dressed in the 1950s and 60s? Or that the Island’s only papal visit was by Pope Paul VI? He stopped on our shores briefly following a trip to Bogota, Colombia in 1968. Other interesting facts detailed in the book are that per mile, the Bermuda Railway was the most expensive railway ever built, at a cost of £200,000 in 1926; the first person to see Bermuda from the air was Governor General Sir James Willcocks in May 1919; the Island’s Crystal Caves were also the site of a high-grossing silent film ‘Neptune’s Daughter’, produced by Universal Studios in 1914. The book includes a fair number of facts on postal history, such as details on the censorship of mail in Bermuda during the Second World War. In January 1940, 112 bags of mail were taken from a Pan American Airways flying boat. They included securities and large money transfers and even packages of diamonds. ‘What you may not know about Bermuda’, $24, is available at Brown & Co, The Bermuda Book Store on Queen Street, A.S. Cooper’s, Trustworthy in the Walker Arcade, the Windjammer II Gallery at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, The Bermuda Book Cellar in St George’s and the Bermuda Craft Market in Dockyard. AVAILABLE ISLAND WIDE.

Book Review by Nadia Arandjelovic, The Royal Gazette

View of Watford Bridge, Bermuda Dodge MacKnight (American 1860 - 1950) Circa1911 17 x 23 inches Watercolour on paper. White frame custom made by the artist

Bermuda Lane with Houses. Evelyn M. Bicknell Circa 1910

Henry Webster Rice

Watercolour. 13.75 x 20 inches. Dated July 8th 1913.

St Georges with Red Roof Carle J. Blenner. Circa 1899

Watercolour 12 x 17inches.

11 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. oil.

Anthony Pettit By Appointment Only | Tel: (441) 292-2482 | E-Mail: apettit@northrock.bm

www.anthonypettit.com

WALKER CHRISTOPHER

spotlight

The Bermuda Horse & Buggy Christmas Ornament Since 1985, Walker Christopher’s designers have been crafting a sterling silver Christmas ornament each year in our workshop to commemorate a plant, animal or attraction that is Bermuda-specfic or inspired. From the Longtail and Easter Lily to Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse and the gombey dancer, this year is our 28th annual ornament: the Bermuda Horse and Buggy. Fondly remembered as the main mode of transportation back in the day… the clip, clop of the Bermuda Horse & Buggy can still be heard around Hamilton today. Visitors board quaint carriages lined up along Front Street and tour the city and its quieter routes through Pembroke parish. Not just for tourists, it is a time-honored Bermudian tradition for newly married couples to ride in a horse and carriage from the church to the reception. Occasionally the whole wedding party will arrive in horse-drawn carriages. Despite the inconvenience of holding up traffic on our narrow roads, the Horse & Buggy is still one of the most charming vestiges of Bermuda’s past. Priced at $120, it is an excellent holiday gift. All previous years are available as well.

The Little Lemon Recipes Book The Garden Club of Bermuda’s Lemon Recipe Book came about as a result of the Club’s decision to have a Lemon Stand at the Agricultural Show in April of this year. It was decided to sell not just delicious home-made lemonade, but also baked lemon goods, lemon curd, jams, sweets and a Lemon Recipe Book. A call to Garden Club members to submit recipes for the book was met with a great response, and 40 books were subsequently produced and printed by members of the Club. All 40 books sold before the third day of the Ag Show with requests for more. A total of 75 books were printed and quickly sold out, and at that point it was decided to go public with the book, such was its surprising popularity. Needless to say this book is a little gem – not only does it have mouthwatering lemon recipes but it is the perfect size to send overseas to friends and relatives for Christmas, and will make the perfect hostess gift and stocking stuffer. AVAILABLE ISLAND WIDE.

OTTO WURZ

spotlight

The Perfect Place for the Perfect Gift Tucked away at the western end of Front Street is a store that has something for everyone you will ever need to shop for including yourself. There are two rooms, one has a more serious feel and is merchandised from head to toe featuring collections of cufflinks, tie pins, jewellery boxes, place mats, coasters, boxed pens, vintage jewelry, children’s jewelry and more.

295-1247 •Vallis Building, 3 Front street, Hamilton In the 2nd room fun almost jumps out at you as you make your way through collections of crazy hats, wind chimes, collectibles, picnic sets, cheese and cracker bamboo sets, white ware, chairs and so on. Just when you think you have seen it all a giant dollhouse will appear and a colorful children’s mural will catch your eye. The selection of children’s gifts are endless. Colorful wooden toys, stuffed animals, rain wear, fairy costumes, baby accessories, everything you can think of. Weather you are shopping for a funny card or wanting to register at Otto Wurz for your wedding, there is always an amazing selection of gifts that you just won’t find anywhere else.

BERMUDA CRAFT MARKET

spotlight

Located in the old Cooperage Building, the Bermuda Craft Market is home to a group of talented crafters creating beautiful hand made Bermudian souvenirs. It is not uncommon to find the crafters at their tables demonstrating their particular craft and eager to chat. We invite you to browse the market for that special souvenir for yourself or a friend. Amongst the crafts on display and for sale are candles, Bermuda cedar, notecards, ceramics, Christmas decorations, Banana leaf dolls, sand sculpture, jewellery in many forms, wearable art, needlework, quilting, seaglass art, soaps, Antique books and prints, reproducations. Bermuda maps and more. For your convenience we also carry a range of Bermuda themed foods from honey, jam, pepper jams, cookies and rum cakes.

THE BERMUDA

CRAFT MARKET 4 Freeport Road, Dockyard MA 01 Tel: (441) 234-3208 Fax: (441) 234-3327 E-mail: bdacraftmkt@northrock.bm

BERMUDA CRAFT . . . A LIVING HERITAGE

LLEWELLYN EMERY Llewellyn Emery is a Cedar Craftsman. His work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Masterworks, and other local art galleries, however, the Bermuda Craft Market is the primary, year-round venue for the display of his unique designs. Look for beautifully crafted trinket boxes, candlesticks, table lamps, peppermills, bowls, and more. During more than half a century of woodturning, he has developed his own ‘signature’ finish that he describes as “durable, high gloss and low maintenance.” He also experiments with other local woods, like ebony, fiddlewood, Indian laurel and poinciana.

KELLY DIEL Kelly Diel is a Bermudian Seaglass Artist. All the seaglass she uses is found on Bermuda Beaches. It is then transformed into unique pieces of jewellery, wire wrapped in Sterling Silver or 14KGF wire, Austrian crystals, lotus pearls and seed beads. Kelly can be found every Friday at the Bermuda Craft Market and at her studio in St. George’s ‘Seaglass’ the rest of the week. She has been associated with the Bermuda Craft Market for 14 years.

RONNIE CHAMEAU Ronnie was always interested in arts and crafts. In 1986 she revived the dying art of banana doll making, using banana and palm leaves. When Ronnie was ten years old, she was inspired by Mrs. Marie Gleeson. She often visited Mrs. Gleeson in her studio where the “Gleeson Dolls” were made. In her later years decided to preserve the art of banana doll making which she continues to do today. She also makes Christmas ornaments, angels and Nativity scenes. The only materials used in Ronnie’s crafts are natural. Oprah Winfrey and Patti LaBelle both have Chameau dolls. There is a Chameau angel at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D. C., as well as a doll at The Mashantucket Pequot Museum in Connecticut. Ronnie has been featured in many local magazines, newspapers, overseas travel books and on television and radio. In 2001, Ronnie was presented with the Bermuda Gold Award for her handcrafted souvenirs and in May 2003 the Bermuda Philatelic Bureau produced a stamp featuring two Chameau Dolls.

HERITAGE MATTERS …

Tomb of the Unknown Labourers

By Dr. Edward Harris, MBE

Aerial of Smith’s Fort in 2001 and a plan of its two periods of construction.

Smith’s Fort was one of the first buildings made of Bermuda stone within the first year settlement of Bermuda in late July 1612. The settlers, arriving at what must have looked like paradise on earth after the wet grays of the English climate, were immediately put to work raising fortifications to protect their new establishment from Spanish attack. Early in 1613, Governor Moore had them working at Castle Island, to protect the entrance to Castle Harbour, but “he removes most of his men from thence and begins to fall to work in a small island [Governor’s Island] lying on the south side of the harbour’s mouth of St. George’s where with much ado he makes a kind of platform, planted some ordnance upon it and erected a redoubt”, to be named “Smith’s Fort”. It was the lost redoubt of Smith’s Fort that archaeologists looked for in 2001. The redoubt was a very small fort in the style of a late Renaissance castle with two circular bastions and a curtained courtyard to the rear. This was the only such fort at Bermuda, for all the other early works were built in a fashion to house the new technological wonder, the cannon. Had Smith’s Fort survived, it would have been a delightful historic cameo at the entrance of the channel to St. George’s Harbour, between Paget and St. David’s Islands. That was not to be, for upon losing the east coast of what became the United States of America, the British military realized that Bermuda held the key to the defence of the western North Atlantic sea lanes, and the place from where they could control the navy of the new country to the west. At the peace of the American Revolutionary War in 1783, the Royal Engineers—“purveyors of technology to the Empire”—were sent to Bermuda to assess the state of its fortifications and to enhance them for the protection of a proposed naval station. One of the buildings that was severely altered in the 1790s was Smith’s Fort. Captain Andrew Durnford, RE, demolished the 1613 redoubt

The foundations of the two bastions of Smith’s forts revealed in excavation.

One of the labourers’ skeletons was found between the two bastions of Smith’s Fort.

and replaced it with a bulwark for four large cannon, firing through embrasures or triangular gaps in the masonry. Studying old documents, the archaeologists determined that the foundations of the towers of the redoubt might be preserved under Durnford’s bulwark and so it proved. The towers were about ten feet in diameter and very well built in Bermuda stone; very few artifacts were found suggesting that the fort was not occupied except perhaps in emergencies. Between the gun embrasures were the rubble-filled merlons and in two of these, to the astonishment of all, were found two burials, one with an American coin minted in Connecticut in 1787 in the pocket of the nightshirt in which the body had been laid to rest. Forensic examinations found them to be males, with growths on their collarbones indicating that they were labourers, possibly stonecutters, masons or boatmen. Durnford’s surviving records shed no light that those two labourers having died during his construction of the Smith’s Fort, so the presence and personages of these two inhumations may forever be a mystery, awaiting cold case archaeological detectives of the future.

Archaeologists excavate one of the two men buried at Smith’s Fort in the early 1790s.

DO YOU KNOW … … that German Prisoners of War were interned in Bermuda during World War I? – Part 1

By Horst Augustinovic German Prisoners of War on Ports Island in 1918. Photo: National Archives of Canada.

While there were approximately 4,600 Boer prisoners in Bermuda during the Boer War, there were never more than about 60 Germans interned here during World War I. The majority of the internees were officers and crew members of the following ships: Bermudian, Cayo Soto, Caribbean, Leda, Kent, Chaleur, David Baird and Vesterland, with the largest group of 38 coming from the Leda. Although some had served in German military services previously, none of the internees were actually military prisoners. Some local German residents were also arrested, as was an ex-Boer War prisoner of German birth who refused to swear the oath of allegiance to the British Crown and never left Bermuda after the Boer War. Other Germans were spared this fate, including Heinrich Friesenbruch who had asthma, Wilhelm Frederick Sondy due to his old age, and Captain William E. Meyer, whose company W.E. Meyer & Co. was considered loyal to the British Crown.

This registered letter sent by the Royal Navy in Ireland Island to the W.E. Meyer Boat Yard in St. George’s is an example of the cooperation between the Royal Navy and a German-owned company after the outbreak of World War I. It was mailed on August 14th, 1914, and censored in Hamilton by John P. Hand.

A letter sent by German Prisoner of War Erich Röhr in 1917 to a newspaper in Hamburg, Germany, checked by Assistant Provost Marshall Captain Charles P. Pitt, endorsed ‘OK RB’ by Miss R.S.G. Butterfield, the interpreter for German, and censored by the Chief Censor Major William Robert Winter. Erich Röhr was a cook and 23 years old at the time of his internment in Bermuda.