| Summary: | Terra Barrett interviews Mary Corcoran in her home in St. John's about growing up in the west end of St. John's, children's games, local shops, and downtown St. John's. Mary is the mother of Colleen Jardine who was also interviewed. Both mother and daughter attended a St. John's themed Memory Mug Up at the Marjorie Mews Library. Mary (Bulger) Corcoran was born June 1, 1942 in St. John’s and grew up in the west end of St. John’s on Brine Street; children’s games; sliding; skipping; alleys; 2:55 – local shops -- O’Keefe’s, J.J. Savage and Company; 3:54 – downtown St. John’s; Christmas raffle; toyland; Bowring’s; Sally shops; London, New York and Paris; Royal Stores; Ayre’s; 8:09 – Woolworth’s and the escalator; Arcade; Bowring’s grocery store; [interruption where Mary’s husband and dog leave]; Wilansky’s; Irene Knitwear; 11:09 – Sweet Shop; Bank of Nova Scotia; Marty’s; 12:13 – Sally’s; Lewis Ferman and Wilansky’s on approval; 14:29 – wedding and wedding shower; 15:17 – changes in St. John’s over the years; larger supermarkets, chain stores, malls; Great Eastern Oil; 19:21 – Mary’s family; St. Patrick’s School; working with Provincial Government; Liquor Corporation; 24:45 - Newman Building; 25:47 – Christmas; 29:03 – Thanksgiving; New Year’s Eve; playing cards; buying five and ten cent fish on Water Street; Vale
|
|---|