Age is no barrier

Myrtle Burrows was raised on Glebe Road North Shore Pembroke  her parents where Gilbert and Mabel Dill . Gilbert was a dockworker and along with his wife raised a large family. Myrtle was the eldest girl and as in most families of that era helped her mother to take care of her siblings. She had the opportunity to learn how to swim of the North Shore after all she should have made an effort living in an Island surrounded by water  but she never did.  She attended Central School and then learnt dressmaking at the Girls Institute of Arts and Craft under Ms. May Francis. She used that craft to her advantage throughout her life. Myrtle would design and draft many of her own patterns for her outfits and made many a wedding gown for other folk. She loved to dance and travel. Her first job was at 16 in a dry goods store in Hamilton. In later years she worked for A.S. Coopers for 12 years and then Sullivan’s Jewellers on Front Street. She enjoyed reading and one of her favorite authors is Daniel Steele. Her favorite flower is the rose. As a senior age 98  she drives many of her friends to special senior functions. She is a member of the Mount Zion Seniors Club and Special Peoples club. She has lots of musical talent in her family her brother Cecil Dill (see story in blog) and two nephews Kenneth ‘Tokey’Dill and Barrett Dill both Former Music Majors and former leaders of the Bermuda Regiment Band and brother Maxwell Dill . Myrtle said age is just a number and she would not let it keep her down. Well done Myrtle.