Kirby, Lorne part 2. Interview about living and raising children on Cable Avenue in Bay Roberts.
Three of his children also became teachers; One became a shipbuilder; Daughter’s profession and moves; They consider Bay Roberts home and like the Cable Ave. home; Layout of the house and changes to room use; Describes an old desk; The den is his favorite room in the house; Didn’t use fireplace; Fur...
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| Format: | Audio |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4692 |
| Summary: | Three of his children also became teachers; One became a shipbuilder; Daughter’s profession and moves; They consider Bay Roberts home and like the Cable Ave. home; Layout of the house and changes to room use; Describes an old desk; The den is his favorite room in the house; Didn’t use fireplace; Furnace heated, at first with coal, then became oil; Western Union was phasing out when they moved in; Western Union offered cheap rent to help keep the houses in good shape; Locations of other fireplaces and mantels; Feeling of the house being big when inside; No family in Bay Roberts; House was a homebase for neighbourhood kids; Story of how he found his pet beagle in the woods; Small amount of gardening on the street; He grows roses; How his wife saved a maple tree in the yard; Chestnuts and children’s games; Bay Roberts’ chestnuts trees; Babcock’s -- shop where they got food; Father was a fisherman; Losing his brother and impact on his mother; Father didn’t encourage the kids to follow fishing tradition; Changes seen on Cable Ave.; First lived in different Cable Ave. house; Friends are in South River; Staying active and regret that wife is no longer with him; Unable to predict future of the street; Contemporary world issues; Predictability of life in the past versus now; Discussion on N. Korea; Ralph Hodgson poem recitation; Tour of the home decorations and the house; Piano in the home; Dining room and set; Flooring; Discussion of art and music; Portrait of Doreen; Storage cupboard transformed to washroom; Designing the kitchen; Attributes of house; Born 1932; Influence of his grandmother (father’s mother); Grandmother was legendary midwife; Original banister; ‘Fork in the road’ layout of upstairs; Youngest daughter nicknamed Dick; Newfoundland painter Linda Cole; Bedroom converted to den; Pointing out the guardhouse and carpenter’s shop. |
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