October 27th 1977: Oh what a winter and what a year it was. Reggae was in full swing as I was introduced to Bob Marley’s ‘Jammin’ hit on my brother Paul’s stereo system. Long hair…
September 29, 1974: Friday nights were always reserved for my mother and father to have dinner at The Reefs, leaving my siblings and I in the hands of the babysitter. Aside from the usual mischief…
It is September 1976 and dressed in red turtle neck and purple bell bottoms I headed to Mount Saint Agnes for my next school year. The playground was full of adventure and innocence, as the…
September 15, 1975 1975 — what a time to be a kid. Rocklands Estate was, and still is a beautiful part of Bermuda. There was a tremendous sense of community spirit at that time, sharing…
September 1, 1978 The magic of that summer’s World Cup inspired this eight year to wear his football jersey and become the Mario Kempes of Oxclose Lane. Between the toys in the living room and…
August 17th, 1979 Ah, those heady days of summer. New wave music filled the radio, there was a sense of style everywhere you looked, and the start of the English football season was just around…
In the first of a regular column, Phillip Ingham goes back in time to see what was making the headlines, what we were listening to, and what was capturing our imagination on the silver screen,…