Starr, Enid. Interview about years spent living on Cable Avenue.

• Main Author: Wilson, Lisa
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Houses; Starr; Enid; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4652

Lived on Cable Ave for first 6 years of marriage; Husband Ron Starr was brought up on Cable Ave.; Worked for cable station; Lived in #9; Ron’s father lived in #10; 1959 they moved into #9; The house was a duplex with a large sitting room and four bedrooms; Difficult to fill with furniture; Rent free because of working for company; Moved when Western Union closed; Ron then worked for NL Hydro; Children on the avenue of all ages; Moved away after W.U. closed and came back in 2012; Fred Starr died in early 1980s; How they acquired furniture; Coal heat in the house; Socializing on the street; Other people that occupied houses--Farnham in #3 and Mercer #1, now a single dwelling; Warren Spicer #11, which then Richard Morrisey moved into; Bart Kenney in #4; #6 changed hands a number of times; #7 Lorne Kirby; 8# Jim Burke; #10 Fred Starr--the house was cut down to one story after the fire; #12 Harry Dawe; #14 Nole Howard; #16 Sister Kathryn Bellamy; Staff house was owned by Mr. And Mrs. Hurst;