Duff, Aiden; Duff, Elizabeth 1. 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/5011

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. Aiden Duff was born 1950 on Oxen Pond Rd. next to the O’Brien farm; Pinky grew up downtown; Moving to Quidi Vidi her idea; Different ways building used; Purchasing church; 4:30 - Different houses they lived in; Came to Quidi Vidi in 1986; Connection between building and Newfoundland Historic Trust; 7:20 - Experience of living in Quidi Vidi; 8:10 - Layout of the church; Changes made; 9:50 - Renovations before theirs; 10:25 - Covered church detail they discovered; Building started 1835 or 1840; Changes to the porch area; National Historic Site; 13:30 - Value of building at time of purchase; 14:40 - Colored glass in the windows; Details of exterior restoration work; Heritage and identity; 16:20 - The school house in Trinity; 19:20 - How they purchased school for $2500.00; Layout of schoolhouse; Built in 1910; 22:10 - Dimensions of building; Restoration work; Information about Trinity; 23:45 - Church exterior changes; 25:13 - Career as heritage carpenter; 28:30 - Time passing while doing work; 30:30 - Gothic arch window; Cruciform style; 31:30 - The Viking film; Location of pews and altar; Exterior renovations; Changing clapboard; Water damage to belfry; 35:10 - Protecting with tarp; Winter temperatures; 36:40 - Wood stove and chimney fire; 38:30 - Steel support rod; Truss; 39:30 - Photos of school house in Trinity; 42:20 - Building in 1988/90; Life in the schoolhouse; 43:40 - Changes to the building; Restoration to exterior; Colour choices; 47:05 - Community philosophy “take no sides”; 48:28 - People discourage restoration; Two conversations (less structured part of interview); Trinity ...