Morrissey, Richard part 1. Interview about working for the Western Union Telegraph Company in Bay Roberts.

• Main Author: Wilson, Lisa
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Work; Cable Stations; Telegraphs; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4819

History of working for W.U.; $800.00 severance pay when doors closed; Moved onto Cable Ave. 1963 (#11); Location of fire hut for hoses; Location of hydrants; Role as technician; Information about training; Exam to receive offers; Twice average pay; Where other employees lived; Purchased house for $4,000.00; Renovated interior; Story about plaster; Adjusting to life on Cable Ave.; Tennis court into ice rink; Personal family history; Childhood on the avenue; Building new house while still on Cable Ave.; Badcock’s store for food; Powell’s Supermarket; Billiard table; Father’s work; Story of father building house 1938; Roots in North River; Brother took over homestead; Sold house for $40,000.00; Floorplan of the house; Fireplaces in house; Heating the house; Oil delivery; Weekly cleaning woman, Mrs. Norman; Ella Parsons would come for childcare; Mother was a domestic worker in #6 O’Brien family; Born in 1912; Her mother died when she was 6; Ann Kylie married a cable staff; Mother’s name Teresa Gertrude O’Brien.