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              UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

             ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

                   Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
             Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the
                       Investment Company Act of 1940


                                                                                     
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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*   2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
                                                                                               to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    Bernardo Jr.  Edward                        Slade's Ferry Bancorp-SFBC                     [ ]  Director        [ ]  10% Owner
                                                                                               [X]  Officer (give title below)
                                                                                               [ ]  Other (specify below)
-----------------------------------------   -------------------   ----------------------       Treasurer-Bancorp
    (Last)        (First)       (Middle)    3.  I.R.S. Identi-    4.  Statement for            Vice President/Treasurer-Bank
                                                fication Number       Month/Day/Year       ---------------------------------------
    138 Main Street Apartment #9                of Reporting                               7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing
-----------------------------------------       Person, if an     ----------------------       (Check Applicable Line)
    (Street)                                    entity            5.  If Amendment,        [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
                                                (Voluntary)           Date of Original     [ ] Form filed by More than One
    Fairhaven         MA        02719                                 (Month/Day/Year)         Reporting Person
                                                012-42-6694               12/2002
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    (City)            (State)   (Zip)





Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

                                                                                               
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1. Title of Security    |2. Transaction|3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of      |6. Owner-    |7. Nature of
   (Instr. 3)           |   Date       |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)     |   Securities     |   ship Form:|   Indirect
                        |   (Month/Day/|   Code      |   (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)    |   Beneficially   |   Direct (D)|   Beneficial
                        |   Year)      |   (Instr. 8)|          |      |        |   Owned at       |   or        |   Ownership
                        |              |             |          |      | Price  |   end of Issuer's|   Indirect  |   (Instr. 4)
                        |              |             |          |(A) or|        |   Fiscal Year    |   (I)       |
                        |              |             |   Amount |(D)   |        |   (Instr. 3 and 4|   (Instr.4) |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |   1/25/02    |     J(1)    |    2.184 |  A   |  15.25 |                  |      D      |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |   3/19/02    |     J(2)    |    8.000 |  A   |  13.55 |                  |             |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |   4/19/02    |     J(1)    |    2.404 |  A   |  14.70 |                  |             |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |   6/21/02    |     J(2)    |    9.000 |  A   |  15.40 |                  |             |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |   7/19/02    |     J(1)    |    2.543 |  A   |  14.30 |                  |             |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |   9/13/02    |     J(2)    |   10.000 |  A   |  12.96 |                  |             |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |  10/18/02    |     J(1)    |    2.831 |  A   |  13.25 |                  |      D      |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |  12/20/02    |     J       |    4.000 |  A   |  13.04 |         423.497  |      D      |
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FORM 5 (continued)



Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
            (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

                                                                                           
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1.Title of Derivative|2.Conver- |3.Trans- |4.Trans-|5.Number of|6.Date Exer- |7.Title and  |8.Price |9.Number  |10.Own-  |11.Nature
Security             |sion or   |action   |action  |Derivative |cisable and  |Amount of    |of Deri-|of Deriva-|ership   |of Indir-
(Instr. 3)           |Exercise  |Date     |Code    |Securities |Expiration   |Underlying   |vative  |tive      |of De-   |ect Bene-
                     |Price of  |(Month/  |(Instr. |Acquired(A)|Date(Month/  |Securities   |Secu-   |Securities|rivative |ficial
                     |Derivative|Day/Year)|8)      |or Disposed|Day/Year)    |      |      |rity    |Benefi-   |Securi-  |Ownership
                     |Security  |         |        |of (D)     |Date  |Expir-|      |Amount|(Instr. |ficially  |ty: Di-  |(Instr.
                     |          |         |        |(Instr. 3, |Exer- |ation |      |or    |5)      |Owned at  |rect (D) |4)
                     |          |         |        |4, and 5)  |cisa- |Date  |      |Number|        |End of    |or Indi- |
                     |          |         |        | (A) | (D) |ble   |      |      |of    |        |Year      |rect (I) |
                     |          |         |        |     |     |      |      |Title |Shares|        |Instr. 4) |Instr. 4)|
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Option (right to     |          |         |        |     |     |      |      |      |      |        |          |         |
Buy)                 |          |         |        |     |     |      |      |      |      |        |    25    |    D    |
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Explanation of Responses:

J(1)  Dividend Reinvestment
J(2)  Employee Stock Purchase Plan


                           /s/ Edward Bernardo, Jr.               04/22/03
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                           **  Signature of Reporting Person        Date

                           By authorized signator:

                           /s/ Isola A. Anctil
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