| Summary: | Interview with Mike Hearn focuses on growing up in Petty Harbour, children's games and activities, community events, and the fishery. Introductions; Hearn turns off the dishwasher; Michael Joseph Hearn was born on September 3, 1943 in Petty Harbour; Hearn grew up in a large family of twelve children; Hearn’s father was a fisherman who was born in Nova Scotia; Growing up in Petty Harbour; 3:28 - Life as a fisherman; 4:53 - Description of fishing; Making fish; 6:25 - Teachers were lenient with students’ attendance due to the fishery; Shift in the fishery from cod to crab fishing; 8:53 – Description of the different fishing methods; Cod stay close to Petty Harbour; Stories of dragging nets and destroying the ecosystem; Fishing different species in the same water; 13:29 - Children’s games; 18:07 - Chores; 18:53 - Children’s activities--sliding, skating; Children indoors today as compared to Hearn’s childhood; Skating/Hockey; 21:25 - Chores; Modern conveniences; Washing clothes; 22:13 - Making their own fun; Raiding crab apple trees or a clubhouse; Different lifestyles; Hearn’s grandchildren playing and doing chores; 25:10 - Hardships of growing up combined with the fun of playing; Lots of work to do; 26:27 - The fisherman’s union meant the start of a set price for their fish; The difference between fishing in Hearn’s father days with the merchants compared to the fisherman’s union today; Barter system with the merchants; 32:52 - Major changes in the fishery; 35:10 - Machine paused while Hearn’s wife Gen gets ready to leave and puts some refreshments on the table; 35:12 - Explanation of children’s games such as rounders, pidley; 37:50 - Catching tomcods; Making flickers; 39:11 - Cutting and selling cod tongues; Making fish; 42:48 - Folk beliefs on the water; Fairy beliefs; 51:45 - Community concerts; 53:11 - Garden parties; 56:38 - Influence of the Doyle family; 58:21 - Community concerts; 59:20 - Recitations; 1:00:28 - Talent in Petty Harbour; 1:01:29 - Christmas celebrations; Mummering; 1:03:59 - Hearn goes to ...
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