| Summary: | General introduction; Father came from Nova Scotia, worked for Western Union; Mother was a Parsons; Grew up during depression; 12 stores in Bay Roberts; Cable Avenue as a gated community; Services on avenue; Childhood activities--cricket and rounders on the green; Kite flying in Catholic cemetery; Names of other residents; Sam Smith and 5 o’clock Daisy; O’Brien and Joy families; Hambling born in 1927; Staff house for single employees; George, Kylie, Starr, Burke, Smith, Dawe families on street; Jack French was a groundskeeper; Location of lawn; Fred Oates was the plumber; Herbie Welsh was a janitor--walked 3 miles to work; Location of carpenter’s shop; Care for tennis courts; Tennis playing restricted to employees; The hum and description of watching messages; Eileen Starr’s story; Reflecting on Eileen; Travels to Quebec; Growing up in Bay Roberts; Changes in community; Doctor Pritchard from Toronto; Names of local doctors; Games played; Story about domestic worker: Clara Morrissey; Selling vegetables in a cart; Labour costs; Fire in Starr house; Fireplaces in house; Kitchen stove burned wood; Sweetwater pond water pipeline story; Driving to Heart’s Content for social activities; St. Matthew’s High School; Story about seeing house he was born in (#9); Memory of layout of the house; ‘Up the harbour’ versus ‘Down the harbour’; Albert Spencer purchased Cable Ave from Western Union; Demise of W.U.; Hambling’s books; Characters of Bay Roberts; Keeping active to stay young; Katherine Bellamy who became a nun.
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