Newhook, Herbert. Interview about gowing up in Trinity Bay and Moving to Mount Pearl in the 1950's.

• Main Author: Abbott, Lisa
• Other Authors: Newhook, Hubert
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Towns; Communities; Newhook; Herbert; Morris; Roland C. Knight; Jerry; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6212

Herbert Newhook talks about growing up in Trinity Bay and moving to Mount Pearl in the 1950's. 00:00 - Hubert Newhook talks about being born and raised in Trinity Bay and moving to St. John's to work as a welfare officer; 03:32 - Moved to Mount Pearl in 1953 purchasing land from Roland C. Morris on Teasdale Street in what was Glendale. Talks about what the area was like. Cost of building in Glendale; 06:48 - Games they played in Trinity Bay during his childhood; playing outdoors on the beaches; 09:12 - Chores and his role in the family; 10:29 - The Depression years; 11:52 - His grandparents; 13:00 - Discipline in the family; 16:55 - Tells story about an accident with a fish hook when he was young; 20:00 - Talks about seeing airplanes when he was a kid; 22:18 - Talks about superstitions. The Devil's tracks in Norman's Cove; Being warned the fairies would take you away. Turning your coat inside out; Lights on water at night a sign of a storm coming; 25:41 - Talks about songs growing up. Singing and dancing for entertainment. Chin music, singing without any accompaniment, which the mummers danced to; When his father went to the lumber camps he would come back with a new songs; School concerts. Remembers singing Star of Logy Bay; 28:35 - Talks about dancing in the schools for concerts and Christmas; 30:04 - Talks about his childhood home in Norman's Cove, and his uncles all had houses around them. The families would build houses near each other, which they called Rooms; Describes the home; 34:50 - Newhook talks about building materials; Wells and cellars; 38:32 - Talks about outhouses and what they used for toilet paper; 39:25 - When he first moved to Mount Pearl in 1953 and it was mostly summer homes, one church and one school; 40:35 - Talks about a grocery store called Rose's Grocery on the corner of Park Ave and Topsail Road. Occasionally they would go to Jackman and Green's on Cookstown Road in St. John's to get additional groceries; 41:31 - Cooking and food; 43:14 - Religion's role in his life and the ...