Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is please to publish the following feedback that the Association has received with respect to the visit of its Secretary/Treasurer to Bermuda, September 17-23, 2012 to continue and complete his primary and secondary research on James “Dick” Richards.
“I am most pleased that a book is being commissioned as I have a lot of interest in this project.” (Sasha Castle, Attorney- at – Law, great-grand-daughter of James “Dick” Richards)
“Pleased to meet you and congratulations on such a wonderful project. Keep me and the Bermuda Historical Society (BHS) up to date on progress. Greetings from the BHS to your members.” (Andrew Birmingham, President Bermuda Historical Society (BHS)
“Thank you for your e-mail outlining the intended steps to be taken by BOSA in recognition of one of Bermuda’s philanthropist, Mr. James “Dick” Richards. In honouring his contribution to Beersheba and its environs. May I offer my best wishes to you and your Association as you take steps to appropriately honour Mr. Richards and to thank you for undertaking this initiative for which I am sure his family will be immensely proud.” (Patricia J. Gordon-Pamplin, FCCA, Vice President and Chief Accountant at Everest Re Advisors Limited, Hamilton, Bermuda, Member of Parliament, daughter of Dr. Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon, M.D., Surgeon, a West Indian Immigrant who relocated in Bermuda from Trinidad and Tobago, a close associate of James “Dick” Richards, whom the Oligarchy in Bermuda referred to as a trouble maker because he challenged the status quo and took the side of the working class in their struggle for justice and equality against oppression. Patricia J. Gordon-Pamplin became very good friends of Carol and Terry Pearman, daughters of Mrs. Doris Pearman, James “Dick” Richards’ daughter when she was neighbor to Mr. Richards’ family who resided at Ripleigh, one of several buildings owned by Mr. Richards, who was the most wealthiest entrepreneur in Bermuda)
“I really don’t know enough about the lives of uncle Dick Richards and my Dad Wesley Gayle before Bermuda, and your historical account contained some wonderful facts that I really loved to learn. Please keep me informed as you pursue to develop the commemorative for placement at the new James Richards Primary School.” (Linda Gayle-Garrett, Wesley Gayle’s daughter and great-grand-daughter of James “Dick” Richards)
Editor’s Note: Wesley Gayle, nephew of James “Dick” Richards, was born at “Del Cottage”, Carr District, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies to his parents “Doxie” Gayle, Mr. Richards’ brother and his wife “Sister Gally” a native of Long Ground, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies. After he migrated to Bermuda – perhaps with assistance from his uncle James “Dick” Richards, Wesley Gayle followed in the steps of his uncle by owning a hardware and a clothing store on Reid Street, Hamilton, Bermuda as well as Sunset Lodge Guest House, Pembroke West, Bermuda which provided accommodation to black people during the segregation era in Bermuda. Like his uncle James “Dick” Richards, Wesley Gayle (deceased) also became a very wealthy entrepreneur in Bermuda.
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