Frank, F. July 13, 2017. J. Harnum and B. Staple interviewing Frank French, Winterton.

Jeremy Harnum and Benjamin Staple interviewing Frank French about growing up in Winterton; types of boats used in the community; boat design and uses; wooden boat building in Winterton; fishing stages; settlement patterns; three-piece moulds traditionally used for wooden boat design; community herit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Harnum, Jeremy, Staple, Benjamin
Other Authors: French, Frank (1952), Frank French was born August 12, 1952 to Margaret and Marcus French in Winterton. He worked as a teacher on the Burin and Avalon Peninsulas until his retirement from teaching in 1998. He has been on the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Directors since its inception in 2008 and was involved with its predecessor, the Winterton Boat Building Museum, since 2001.
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Work
Objects
Migration/settlement
Boats
Boatbuilding
Towns
Wooden boats
Stages
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/boatmuseum/id/373
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Summary:Jeremy Harnum and Benjamin Staple interviewing Frank French about growing up in Winterton; types of boats used in the community; boat design and uses; wooden boat building in Winterton; fishing stages; settlement patterns; three-piece moulds traditionally used for wooden boat design; community heritage; traditional versus modern methods of wooden boat construction; and building a boat designed by his father, Marcus French, that was documented by David Taylor during research in the 1970s.

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