I was born in Bermuda in 1956 - my father was part of the last British garrison (DCLI - long story). We left when I was 9 months old and I've never been able to afford to go back. At that time there was a US naval base, which I think is still there. Does anyone know the island fairly well? Bermuda was important in my mother's political development - it was the first time she saw real, grinding poverty. It was also the first time she got to know people of other races - she can vividly remember talking to Albert, her milkman, in town - only to be pushed into the gutter by a US tourist telling her she was a "n..... lover".