Bermudian Magazine

22/03/2025

This old school Bermudian recipe has been in the Lightbourn family since the time Bermuda traded salt from the Turks Islands for Nova Scotia codfish. Miss Phyllis Casey, housekeeper and cook for the family for three generations, shared her recipe with J.C. Lightbourn’s son-in-law, Dick Butz, who shared his updated version with us.

 This old school Bermudian recipe has been in the Lightbourn family since the time Bermuda traded salt from the Turks Islands for Nova Scotia codfish. Miss Phyllis Casey, housekeeper and cook for the family for three generations, shared her recipe with J.C. Lightbourn’s son-in-law, Dick Butz, who...

22/03/2025

The Sargasso Sea is a distinctive region of the Atlantic Ocean, known for its calm waters, floating seaweed, and rich biodiversity.

22/03/2025

If the stories the media carried at the time are anything to go by, the new British prime minister, Harold Macmillan, and the American president, Dwight Eisenhower, met in Bermuda for little more than a schmooze fest, to show the world that the special relationship between Great Britain and the United States still thrived, despite their differences over Suez.

This article was taken from our archives. It originally appeared in the Spring 2007 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did in print originally. 

21/03/2025

Nasturtiums, with their vibrant flowers and peppery leaves, are both ornamental and edible, making them a favourite among gardeners and chefs alike.

Nasturtiums, with their vibrant flowers and peppery leaves, are both ornamental and edible, making them a favourite among gardeners and chefs alike. These hardy plants have an intriguing history, spanning continents and centuries, and have even found a home in Bermuda, where they flourish in the isl...

21/03/2025

The sea captain’s son rose to head Princeton University and became friend of presidents and prime ministers.

He was born on Sunday in January 1843 — only fitting for a man who would spend so much oh his life in a pulpit. When Francis Landey Patton died almost 90 years later in 1932, his sermonising had made his reputation. The editor of The Royal Gazette, A.M. Purcell. eulogised Patton as “an alchemist...

21/03/2025

Every year, the Convex End-to-End is a favourite fundraiser for young people. They take on the challenge together each May – walking, cycling, and rowing as school groups, community organisations, sports teams, and friends.

21/03/2025

Lobster season in end March 31, making this rich and creamy pasta a perfect dish to enjoy while fresh spiny lobsters are still available.

Lobster season in end March 31, making this rich and creamy pasta a perfect dish to enjoy while fresh spiny lobsters are still available. This dish is a showstopper for any seafood lover.

20/03/2025

In other countries spring denotes the end of snow and cold and the beginning of the growing season. But what about Bermuda? We never have snow and, as noted in earlier articles, our planting season starts during the fall and continues through the winter into April, May. Do we have a spring?

In other countries spring denotes the end of snow and cold and the beginning of the growing season. But what about Bermuda? We never have snow and, as noted in earlier articles, our planting season starts during the fall and continues through the winter into April, May. Do we have a spring? Definite...

20/03/2025

At ten o’clock on Wednesday morning, April 2, the Stinson cabin monoplane, Pilot, powered by a 300horse power Wright engine, swooped down and settled its pontoons in Hamilton Harbour.

They left New York at 5:59am on April 1 and landed in Murray’s Anchorage on April 2 at 10am. This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the April-May 1930 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. 

20/03/2025

Hinson’s Island is the largest and probably the most historically interesting of the islands in the Great Sound. Although it is a private island owned by the residences, in the early years it had numerous owners and just as many purposes.

19/03/2025

Visitors to Bermuda show a keen interest in the Banana. Probably more photographs are taken of this plant than of any other.

Visitors to Bermuda show a keen interest in the Banana. Probably more photographs are taken of this plant than of any other. To the resident of the tropical and sub-tropical countries, the Banana and it habit of growth is a familiar sight, but to the visitors from more northern climates the Banana p...

19/03/2025

Sometime in 1788 or 1789, three companies of the British 47th Regiment arrived in Bermuda from New Providence, the Bahamas. This would prove significant for Mary Forbes, a young lady from St. George’s, who was just approaching her 18th birthday. As she wrote in her diary, “…gay, thoughtless, full of life and vivacity, I felt my freedom and enjoyed it…. The new comers soon obtained introduction to the leading families of the island, and greatly increased its gaieties.”

Sometime in 1788 or 1789, three companies of the British 47th Regiment arrived in Bermuda from New Providence, the Bahamas. This would prove significant for Mary Forbes, a young lady from St. George’s, who was just approaching her 18th birthday. As she wrote in her diary, “…gay, thoughtless, f...

19/03/2025

Looking to have some fun? Here’s what’s going on around the island.

Looking to have some fun this weekend? Here's what's going on around the island.

19/03/2025

Early in 1907, Carl Gibbon and Edgar Hollis were playing cricket in the vicinity of Bailey’s Bay, when suddenly their plaything vanished. In search for the ball one of the boys discovered a deep hole in the earth which he plumbed with a long stick. It was apparently bottomless, and he and his friend began dragging away the stones that walled the sides of the hole.

Early in 1907, Carl Gibbon and Edgar Hollis were playing cricket in the vicinity of Bailey’s Bay, when suddenly their plaything vanished. In search for the ball one of the boys discovered a deep hole in the earth which he plumbed with a long stick. It was apparently bottomless, and he and his frie...

18/03/2025

No living person remembers when the Teaser was built. For the past fifty odd years she has been carrying Gosling’s rum and ale to Sandys, but for long before that she made her daily trip.

Incredible stories of cleaning old Bermuda windjammers before the days of dry-docks. This article first appeared in the April 1932 issue of The Bermudian.

18/03/2025

Today, people who travel from A to B in Bermuda by boat are few and far between. Most of us take to the roads, often oblivious of how many bridges over water we have to cross in order to traverse the island from tip to tip.

Today, people who travel from A to B in Bermuda by boat are few and far between. Most of us take to the roads, often oblivious of how many bridges over water we have to cross in order to traverse the island from tip to tip. It’s odd to think that after Sir George Somers inadvertently arrived in Be...

18/03/2025

A rich and delicious side dish from The Bermuda Cook Book by Cecille Snaith-Simmons

1 medium cabbage1 1/2 tsp. salt3 lbs. butter plus 2 tbs.1/2 cup light cream1/2 bread crumbsboiling water1/2 tsp. sugar3 tbs. sugar1/3 tsp. pepper1 cup milk3/4 cup cheese (grated)

17/03/2025

While anyone can visit the resident moray eel at the Bermuda Aquarium, is it possible to see them in the wild?

With sharp teeth and menacing eyes, an eerie serpent-like creature likes to lurk in the shadows of underwater caves and rocks. The Green Moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris) is found in the western Atlantic from New Jersey, Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths down to 40 m.