Bermuda’s relaxed pace of life and laid back style is why you will soon want to come to this wonderful island. Bermuda reminds me of Britain in the 1950`s but with an added American accent. Getting around the island is easy, you can travel by ferry, bus or Scooter. (OK, the Scooter may not be your cup of tea!) but could still be fun. I would recommend the seven day bus and ferry pass at only $45.00 which will give you the best value for travelling around the island.

The railway closed in the 1940’s but in 1984 some 21 miles of its original route were cleared to allow visitors to enjoy the calm beauty and natural treasures of this lovely island. Seven different walks can be enjoyed from 1¾ miles to 3½ miles. I would really recommend this excursion and please don’t forget your camera.

The island has eight testing golf courses in just over 21 square miles and several diving schools for you to enjoy. The currency is the Bermuda dollar but US dollars and travellers cheques are accepted everywhere on the island.

Cheslyn Hay is a former mining village in south Staffordshire, between Cannock and Walsall. During the 19th century the area was known colloquially as the Wyrley Bank (in the local dialect Wyrley Bonk). It lies two miles south of Cannock and shares with it a boundary formed by the Wyrley Brook. To the east and north-east it is bounded by the neighbouring civil parish of Great Wyrley, the boundary between them having been adjusted under the Staffordshire Review Order of 1934 ‘to follow a more satisfactory line’.

The former Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay railway station closed in 1965. A new station at Landywood opened in 1989 and the station also serves the adjacent villages of Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley. The LNWR also operated an earlier halt at Landywood which closed on 1 January 1916.

The soil is light in Cheslyn Hay, with a subsoil of gravel and sand. In 1940, when the land was held by many freeholders, the chief crops were wheat, barley, oats, and turnips. The farm land is situated to the west and north-west of the village which lies mainly along the south-eastern boundary of the parish. There were ten people chargeable for the hearth tax here in 1666. Around 1797, Cheslyn Common had attracted numerous squatters who lived in mud huts there, but the opening of the mines in the district brought some respectable inhabitants to the place who established a plan for relieving the poor and erected a Methodist chapel and Sunday school.

Before World War II there was a cinema at the top of Rosemary Road, on the site much later occupied by Barts Motors. The housing stock has been grown significantly in each post war decade, with suburban expansion into surrounding fields. The Hawkins family were a prominent family in the area in the 19th century.

A major employer in the village is B.S. Eaton Ltd, a manufacturer of concrete products. The company operates a fleet of distinctive orange trucks. Station Street is the main street with some small shops.

The old Primary School was situated on the site bounded by Hatherton Street, Pinfold Lane, Hill Street and High Street. It was constructed around 1883 and demolished in the 1990s and the land was used for new housing. An additional modern building on the opposite side of Pinfold Lane was used for school meals and gym.

The village is now served by two primary schools, Glenthorne primary school and Cheslyn Hay primary school, and by one secondary school Cheslyn Hay Sport and Community High School which was constructed 1977.

The population was 443 in 1801, 2,560 in 1901, 3,130 in 1951 and is now around 7,600. The area is 823 acres.