"1963 to 2004" Saint George by grandmaR

When I came to Bermuda for the first time it was 1963, and I was pregnant with my 2nd child. (I left the oldest with my mom.) I was meeting my husband who was then on the U.S.S. Intrepid, and aircraft carrier that was doing operations in the area.

We stayed at the St. George Hotel - rates $11 to $16 a night. This hotel no longer exists. It was on a hill overlooking St. George. (for more information see the St. George Parish tips)

I picked this hotel because it was close to the airport so I would have to pay less for a taxi to the hotel from the airport and because it was fairly near to where Bob's ship was anchored. I could see it from my window.

1963 - Bob by "Silk Alley or Petticoat Lane" sign

Petticoat Lane, also known as Silk Alley. The name dates from the 1834 emancipation, when two former slave women who'd always wanted silk petticoats like their former mistresses finally purchased some--and paraded up and down the lane to show off their new finery. This is a picture of Bob by the street sign.

We walked around St. George, visited Somer's Garden, the Historical Society house, King Square, and Fort St. Catherine (pictures of the fort on the St. George's Parish page). The ship replica didn't start being build until two years after we were here, so of course we didn't go there. Many of the pictures I took then have been posted here.

We traveled by bus, and went to see the smallest bridge, to the BAMZ (Aquarium) and went to Hamilton where I did some shopping.

I've digitized 40 of the slides I took at that time - they were all taken with a Kodak Retina Reflex (no flash, no auto exposure) using Ektachrome slide film which was probably no faster than ASA 64.

In addition to being posted on the St. George page and the St. George Parish page, there are other historical photos on the Bermuda, St. David's, Hamilton, Flatt's Village, Smith Parish and Sandy's Parish pages

Bob in St. Peter's church 2004

We visited St. George again in 1995 at Thanksgiving for part of one day, and walked around town, viewed the slide show at the Town Hall (free), went to the Carriage Museum (free), went to St. Peters and visited the St. Georges Historical Society Museum.

This time (2004), the ship docked in St. George on Thursday morning and left Friday at noon. I took a lot of pictures of historic buildings in town, and we went out to Ft. St. Catherine. Also I did some shopping.

• Pros:Historic Town
• In a nutshell:Certifiably Historic