Snow, Joyce 1. Interview about life in Quidi Vidi.

• Main Author: Wilson, Lisa
• Other Authors: Snow, Joyce
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Personal experience narratives; Villages; Families; Snow; Joyce; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/5065

Snow shares memories of moving to Quidi Vidi Village as a young woman and starting a life there. Interview includes specific memories about family and hardship. Snow (nee Martin) born on Thorburn Rd.; Attending school on Parade; 1:00 - Provides work history; Had 9 children: 8 boys, 1 girl; How she met her husband; 2:05 - Husband leaving family; 2:45 - Untimely death of another partner; Changes to the house; Originally 3 bedrooms; 4:12 - 10 people in the house; Social atmosphere where people gathered and stayed the night; Happy family; No problems with children; 5:00 - Everybody knew everybody; Community protected each other; 6:20 - Daughter Glenda become Eric’s caregiver; Big families; Death of son Carl; 8:00 - Deaths of sons Robin and Randy; Eric’s accident; Death of Robin’s son Christopher; Impact on her life; 10:55 - Role of faith; Attending church; Son didn’t marry; 12:30 - Property and home; Description of yard; 13:10 - Hunting in QV; Information about Carl; Cabin in Markland; 15:30 - Farm on Thorburn; Father’s skills; Information about upbringing; 16:50 - Animals on the farm; House still standing; Farm became highway; 18:25 - Integrating into QV; Foster home; List of friends in QV; Playing cards; Games: 120, 45s, scat; Gambling for fun; 21:30 - Helping with kids; 22:15 - Description of Eric’s personality; Values and family; Had first child at 21; 25:40 - Templeton’s; 26:00 - House 110 years old; Wood stove; 28:20 - Charlie Martin built the house; Old ways of visiting; Christmas times and stories; Lively atmosphere Boxing Day; “White Christmas Gift”; 34:00 - Halloween; Homemade costumes; Childhood activities; 36:30 - Hockey and skating on Quidi Vidi Lake; Story about kids putting on skates in her porch; Ordering groceries; 38:50 - Living on social services; Father figure to her children; 40:20 - Children’s fathers death; Support from second partner; Mother from Bryant’s Cove; Family details; 44:00 - Special occasions; Role of family; 46:30 - House changes for Eric; 47:00 - Story of Eric’s accident on a ...