Peddle, Susan. Interview about living in Spaniard's Bay and raising a family.

• Main Author: Lane, Thomas
• Other Authors: Peddle, Susan
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Towns; Families; Communities; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6598

Thomas Lane interviews Susan Peddle about the changes in Spaniard's Bay and raising a family in the community. Susan Peddle moved to Tilton in 1947; changes to the community; Susan Peddle’s children and grandchildren; loss of her husband Joe Peddle; loss of her son Greg Peddle captain of the Sir Wilfred Grenfell; loss of her mother; 6:07 - Tilton when Susan Peddle moved there in the 1940s; berry picking; Peddle’s store; Susan Peddle’s family; 9:10 - winter weather; cars parking in Susan Peddle’s yard in the winter; running snack bar in the building where the Catholic School used to be; new houses; 10:53 - close knit community; snack bar building turned into apartment building; 12:20 - Joe Peddle’s work with Mark Gosse and sons trucking; working in the shops and in the gardens; growing vegetables; 13:39 - knitting, sewing, and keeping a home; 14:50 - growth of Tilton; 16:02 - Christmas; social activities today; 19:11 - changes in religion and church; loss of the church in Spaniard’s Bay; aging; Thomas’ family; 22:52 - Air Raid Alarm and blackouts in World War Two; cousins who fought in World War Two; 25:12 - Joe Peddle’s family; Susan Peddle’s children and grandchildren.