Then and Now

[greatgrandma]

Fort St Catherine in Bermuda - 1963 and 2004

 

[greatgrandma]

The Flats and the BAMZ (Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo)

Coral Island Club

 

[greatgrandma]

Somerset -Smallest drawbridge and Bridge House (rectory) 1963 and 2004

 

[greatgrandma]

St George - 1963, 1995 and 2004

 

[greatgrandma]

St Peters, and Somers garden 1963 and 2004

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

This is the "Birdcage" in Hamilton - Front and Queen Street intersection. Top photo 1963

They had this 1963? How much traffic could there have been then?!

 

[JohnPD]

St Peters, and Somers garden 1963 and 2004View attachment 11974

So the trees are still there. Very nice pics, Rosalie.

 

[greatgrandma]

They had this 1963? How much traffic could there have been then?!

the Hamilton birdcage is a traffic kiosk in Hamilton at the junction of Front Street and Queen Street, where a bobby (policeman) clad in Bermuda shorts can usually be seen directing traffic. Built-in 1962, it was named after The Corporations of Hamilton´s engineer who designed it, Michael “Dickey” Bird.

There is only a policeman there during rush hour. Cars were not allowed in Bermuda until 1946, and even now because of the size of the country, each family can only have one car unless one of them drives a taxi. No rental cars for visitors until recently when micro cars could be rented. Most people drive mopeds or motor scooters.

 

[greatgrandma]

So the trees are still there. Very nice pics, Rosalie.

The trees are Royal Palms - there are Royal Palms in Fort Myers lining the street outside Edison's house

I found another photo of Bermuda

 

[greatgrandma]

The first people in Bermuda were accidentally marooned there. More than five hundred colonists headed for Virginia from Plymouth, England, in June, 1609. The Sea-Venture, the leader of the nine-ship fleet, was cut off from the rest by a "dreadful storm…which like an hell of darkness turned black." (Probably an early hurricane) On board were Admiral Sir George Somers and Sir Thomas Gates, new governor of the colony. The party was assumed lost at sea by the remaining colonists who eventually reached Jamestown. But really , the Sea Venture was wrecked on St. George. The survivors using parts of the Sea Venture built another ship - the Deliverance - and continued on to Jamestown. When the "lost" party arrived in Jamestown the following May, it was thought to be a true deliverance, directed by Providence. eShakespeare's play The Tempest was based on this shipwreck.

In 1995 and in 2004 there was a 'replica' of the Deliverance available to tour Top 1995 - bottom 2004