Bragg, Shirley. 2. Part two of interview about Pouch Cove.

• Main Author: Rubin, Dan
• Other Authors: Bragg, Shirley
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Subjects: Towns; Families; Stores; Fishing; Wars; Marriage; Langmead; Harry; Noseworthy; Lloyd; Smallwood; Joey; Gruchy; Mr.; Bell Island; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/8687

Shirley Bragg describes growing up in Pouch Cove from her home. She discusses her family, sharing with neighbours, stores, her marriage, fishing, and WWII. 00:00 – schools; 1:02 – large family size; Harry Langmead; double house; sharing beds; 2:58 – Llloyd Noseworthy; relationship with neighbours; 4:12 – sharing with neighbours; 4:22 – great aunt giving woman piece of salt meat; fishermen sharing fish; 6:07 – co-op store; Joey Smallwood; building store; 7:39 – Mr. Gruchy forgiving fishermen’s debts; start of Gruchy store; purchasing goods; 10:30 – losing money investing in co-op store; 10:55 - Mr. Gruchy driving pregnant women to hospital; wife giving out aspirin; treating customers well; 12:35 – husband training as painter, plastering, paper hanging; 13:00 – leaving school to care for mother; 13:35 – no fish in 1937; hauling in boats and going berry picking for income; cabbage leaves for storage in root cellar; 15:24 – father walking to St. John’s and back to fix boat motor; losing toenails from walking; 17:15 – family working fishery; size of cod; 17:45 – pew fish on stage; describing cod traps; 19:15 – memorable events; father and uncle rescuing three men from drowning while mooring boat; public nurse; 22:20 – marrying husband; wedding in Anglican church 1944; husband working construction; trying to enlist during WWII; 24:18 – wartime in Pouch Cove; blacking out windows; security guards checking; fines or jail time; Germans torpedoing ships at Bell Island; 25:55 – rationing sugar and tea; food coupons; making marmalade with extra sugar rations from boarding teachers; 27:28 – place names; Sullivan’s Loop; Cod’s Hill; Langmead’s Lane; The Pinch; Diamond’s Turn; The Boot Shack.