Bermuda Vacations 1939 & 1954 – 2 Visits to “Neston” on Rosemont Ave and Some Sightseeing

While the house is still there, today "Neston" is split into 3 lots (43, 45 & 47 Rosemont Avenue) and in the 1970s, developed with 2 apartment blocks in its garden and the house enlarged. Many other homes on this former tribe road have suffered a similar fate due to it’s proximity to the City of Hamilton.
This film is 2 separate visits to the same family 15 years apart.
1939 - Outside of “Neston” – I am told that the couple with dog and young girl, are Mr. & Mrs. Astwood – driveway and gardens with a hillside of cedar trees (where the apartments are now).
We then move to “Lansdowne” #6 Richmond Road, and its lovely garden, complete with cat. This Wil Onions designed house is still standing and has been enlarged.
A stop at the Bermudiana Hotel pool and gardens is next, its hard to believe that this is now a row of buildings between Par-La-Ville and Bermudiana Roads in Hamilton.
1954 – Outside of “Neston” – Mrs. Astwood has aged and no sign of her husband. Is that the young lady from the earlier film?
The cedar trees are now all dead from the blight that started in 1945. View through the cedars of “Morris Cote”, the Hamilton Princess staff quarters & back of “Rosedon” which is still a popular Guest House and restaurant.
A quick glimpse of the pink cottages from the Hamilton Princess Hotel, looking at what is now the Bay wing.
Busy Front Street then Bernard Park, looks like mustering for a float parade, back of Government House. Francis “Dickie” Dickenson (dark skirt) & Nella Astwood (light skirt).
South Shore & beach, outside Tom Moore’s Tavern – 2 planes pass overhead.
A Morris Minor “Traveler” and a group of people enjoying a sunny afternoon outside, probably at Queen Elizabeth Park.
On the water: Cathedral Rocks, through Somerset bridge, a US Navy ship (most likely the USS Currituck, thanks Martin) and a pass of the Darrell’s Island Airport with seaplanes on land.
Boarding Pan American World Airways DC 4 – its time to go home.