Kirby, Lorne part 1. Interview about living and raising children on Cable Avenue in Bay Roberts.

• Main Author: Wilson, Lisa
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Objects; Architecture; building and construction; Houses; Kirby; Lorne; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4681

Floors are the only thing changed from original house; Replaced the soft wood and green linoleum; Other changes to the house; Decorations in the home; Large portrait of he and his wife; Family members; Lorne introduces himself; From Pouch Cove originally; Came to Bay Roberts to work in high school; Heard about Cable Ave. vacancies and low rent in mid-60s; First moved into #4; All houses the same, mirror image duplexes; Houses that were vacant in ‘64; Western Union employees living on the street: Ted Starr was living next door (#5), Robert Mercer and wife Francis (#3), Wallace and Joan Farnham (#1); Randy Collins now lives in Superintendent’s house; Other people include Bart Kennedy and family; Richard (Dick) Morrissey; Burns across the street; Kirkets at top of the street; People were working on relays; Employees that went to New Jersey; Jack and Ethel Banister moved in after Ted Starr; Women on the street going for tea; Linda Sesk and husband moved in after Banister; People moving in