Lee, Annie; Payne, Mary Ann. Interview about life in Petty Harbour.

• Main Author: Barrett, Terra
• Other Authors: Lee, Annie; Payne, Mary Ann
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Music and song; Towns; Communities; Lee; Annie; Payne; Mary Ann; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/5347

Interview with Annie Lee and Ann Payne focuses on growing up in Petty Harbour, important places in the community, and the concerts and activities in the community. Introductions; Annie Francis St. George Lee was born June 10, 1919 in Heart’s Desire, Trinity Bay; Mary Ann Payne was born April 16, 1954 in St. Clare’s Hospital in St. John’s; Payne grew up in Petty Harbour and lived there her whole life; Lee grew up in Heart’s Desire and moved to St. John’s for work at the age of nineteen; Lee then moved to Petty Harbour to work in Chafe’s shop at the insistence of her sister; 3:06 - Lee and Payne explain how Lee married Ambrose; 3:46 - Discussion of Chafe’s shop and what was sold in the shop; 7:14 - Washing clothes on Mondays; Hauling water from the river for washing and to water the garden; 8:00 - The river as a place to play; River’s development; Fairy stories surrounding the river; 10:17 - Story about Ann’s uncle's encounter with fairies; 11:43 - River as a magical place after dark; Graveyards another place you would not visit after dark; 13:31 - Changes in Petty Harbour; Change in the separation between religions; 16:47 - Story about Tom Whitten the cobbler; 19:46 - Which priest was on the alter when Lee came to Petty Harbour; 20:15 - Places in Petty Harbour which stand out; Stories surrounding Indian Rock; 23:33 - Importance of the church; 23:59 - Forms of entertainment; 26:30 - The fishery; 27:53 – Boarders at Lee’s house; 29:11 - Funerals; 30:31 - Dances; Wartime; 38:46 - Ambrose Lee’s jobs; 39:24 – Payne making pea soup; Household chores; 44:14 - Agricultural fair; Foodways; 46:17 - Childhood activities and toys; Holidays; 51:49 - Supper customs; 53:29 - Childhood games; 57:37 - Agriculture; 1:01:27 - Foodways; 1:03:32 - Seasonal activities as a child; 1:04:34 - Washing in the pond during the summertime; 1:05:14 - Family vacations; 1:07:17 - Christmas visiting; 1:10:50 - Advances since the 1960s; Children in the fishery; 1:12:18 - Mummering/Janneying; Christmas visits; 1:15:19 - Card playing; Gambling.