Duff, Aiden; Duff, Elizabeth 2. Interview about Christ Church in Quidi Vidi.

• Main Author: Wilson, Lisa
• Other Authors: Duff, Aiden; Duff, Elizabeth
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Work; Architecture; building and construction; Churches; Houses; Duff; Aiden; Elizabeth; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/4980

Interview focusses on the restoration of Quidi Vidi Christ Church (ca. 1842), now the residence of Aiden and Elizabeth (Pinky) Duff. Duff, a heritage carpenter, has been working to transform this building since 1986. He and his wife Pinky reside in the building and consider it home. Other topics include personal values around heritage, the school house they restored in Trinity and what life has been like in Quidi Vidi Village. Living in Trinity and tourists; Drawing attention; 2:25 - Change in community; Predictions of future; Perrin’s house; Sensitive to outport; “Lip synch architecture”; 3:35 - Preference for rural area and style; Roberts Mellin sheds; 4:50 - Building regulations in Trinity; 6:20 - “Rambling bungalow” story; 7:16 - Ghosts in Christ Church; Waking traditions; Man who hung himself; 8:17 - Virgin Mary sighting; Church not haunted; 9:39 - Barnes ghost story (told by Lisa); 11:07 - Anglican cemetery on Forest Road; “Chapel of Ease”; Winter services at Christ Church; 12:50 - Restoration projects; 13:40 - Sharing work responsibilities; 15:15 - When is a building too far gone?; 16:08 - Enough standing to have something to work with; 16:40 - House in English Harbour; 17:25 - Floor plan.