Kennedy, Bart part 1. Interview on working at the Western Union Telegraph Station in Bay Roberts.

"General introduction; 1959 received job offer with Western Union; Lived on Cable Avenue (#4) 1962; 1966 when office closed, moved out; Bought #9 and lived there for 10 years; Sold in 1981; Description of house; Information about coal furnace; Coal stored in basement; Delivered by Dawe’s coal o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Lisa
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4641
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Summary:"General introduction; 1959 received job offer with Western Union; Lived on Cable Avenue (#4) 1962; 1966 when office closed, moved out; Bought #9 and lived there for 10 years; Sold in 1981; Description of house; Information about coal furnace; Coal stored in basement; Delivered by Dawe’s coal on Coley’s Point by horse and boxcart; Comparing an oil and coal furnace; Current house modeled on Cable Ave house; Layout of Cable Ave houses; Information about cable work; Other residents: Harry Dawe (#2); Tom Brien (#6); James Burke; Bobby Mercer as a resident; Ted Starr (#3), Wallace Farnham, Ron Starr (#7), Purchased #9 in 1970 for $4,000.00; Rent $12.00; Social life on the street; Personal history; Importance of heritage; Disappointed about cable station; Churches in the community; Changes to avenue; Street lamps; Trees on the avenue; Stresses when cable office closed; Father was a fisherman on Southern Shore; Didn’t want children to be fishermen; #8 had a fire (Andrea Wall’s place); Plaster interiors; Superintendent’s house ownership history; Cemetery graves were moved when houses went in; Friends with Richard Morrissey. "