Magnone, Margaret. Interview about moving to and making a life in Quidi Vidi.

• Main Author: Wilson, Lisa
• Other Authors: Magnone, Margaret
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Houses; Villages; Magnone; Margaret; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/5052

90-year-old Magnone shares life story starting with her upbringing in England, her immigration to Canada, and finally her time in Quidi Vidi first owning Mallard Cottage, and then the Pynn House. Introductions; Born in England; Father was newsagent; 1:10 - Delivering papers as child; 2:25 - Received scholarship age 11; Feeling of not belonging; Sister went to village school; 4:00 - Girl not allowed to speak to “grammar grubs”; 5:00 - WW2 started; Lived with grandparents on Isle of Wight; Wedding presents burned; Husband was a Polish naval officer; Float planes used in war; 7:25 - Job she worked; Other places lived; 8:23 - Night shift duty; Story of couple that lost child; 9:05 - Medium and supernatural belief; 10:00 - Journey to Mallard; Students in Canada; Lived in Mexico; Traveled with parents; Mother lived to 104; 11:40 - Taught in Victoria; Teaching philosophy; 14:00 - Attended UVic for special ed.; Retired with new husband; 15:00 - Learning to garden; Information about daughter and family; Four grandsons; 19:17 - Information about “Pynn house”; Pynn family and building; 21:00 - Family taking over Mallard Cottage Antiques; Purchasing Pynn house; Surrounding property; 23:30 - Gardening and composting; Natural fertilizer; List of vegetables; Learned to garden from parents; 25:30 - Wartime bacon ration; Pig farming; Government rations; Keeping chickens; 26:45 - Mother was seamstress and knitter; 27:20 - Rug hooking; Photographing Quidi Vidi rug; 30:00 - Rug hooking in lonely times; 33:00 - People visited Mallard Cottage; 34:15 - Sold rugs at Mallard; 35:55 - Reads “When Fishermen Meet”; 37:35 - Story of Marconi; Grandfather sailed on Guinness’ yacht; Specific memory age 9; Meeting Marconi; 44:28 - Reluctance to tell story; 45:20 - Reflects on Mallard Cottage; 46:00 - Reads “Thoughts on Mallard Cottage”; 49:30 - Changes to the pace; 50:10 - Location of roman numerals; 51:50 - Building changing hands; 53:19 - Social club critique; 1989 poem; 55:00 - Heating in winter; Appreciating winter; 56:30 - Living in ...