Hickey, Denis Daniel "Din". Interview about living in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove

• Main Author: Boland, Martin, 1943-
• Other Authors: Hickey, Denis Daniel "Din", 1908-?
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Work; Festive events and games; Dance; Commercial fishing; Fishing; Churches; Fishes; Farming; Christmas; Mummers; Ships; Schools; Fish processing; Parties; Hickey; Denis Daniel "Din"; 1908-?; Father Daniel O'Callaghan; 1875-1948; Fenessey; Din; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6202

An interview with Denis Daniel "Din" Hickey conducted in 2000 by Martin Boland for the Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum. Din Hickey talks about life in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, including stories about sealing and when Din Gennessey drowned when sealing, signalling using balls hoisted on Cabot Tower on Signal Hill, skipping school, St. Francis of Assisi Church, the sawmill in Outer Cove, rum and temperance, the fishery, capelin, cod, salmon and squid fishing, making cod liver oil, agriculture, Fort Pepperrell, the St. John's Regatta and the 9:23 Outer Cove Fishermen Crew, garden parties, christmas, mummers, dances, the Logy Bay spa, and the ships Resolute, Neptue and Viking.