Sullivan, Yvonne. 2. Part two of interview about Pouch Cove.
Yvonne Sullivan continues describing her life from Silver Threads in Pouch Cove. She talks about shifting women's roles, childhood activities, university and her career; social landmarks, and community change. 00:13 – mother’s skills running household; cooking traditional meals; 1:10 – women’s...
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| Summary: | Yvonne Sullivan continues describing her life from Silver Threads in Pouch Cove. She talks about shifting women's roles, childhood activities, university and her career; social landmarks, and community change. 00:13 – mother’s skills running household; cooking traditional meals; 1:10 – women’s liberation in 1970s; resistance to women’s work; wanting to go to university; 2:30 – interest in reading; visiting library; social justice; outside influences entering community; putting on coffee houses at library; 4:22 – skating rink; softball league; first women’s hockey team; 6:25 – cobbying; playing with old dishes at cobby houses; 7:39 – bonfire night; 8:57 – influence of British culture; growing up with English products; 10:00 – supermarkets opening; buying groceries locally; going to town to shop; Bill Evans’ bus; 12:48 – taking bus to school in St. John’s; 13:15 – starting university in English; getting job at public library; 15:23 – librarian Violet Gould in Pouch Cove; Silver Threads building; 16:24 – uncommon interest in reading; 18:50 – interactions outside Pouch Cove; religious separation; Junior Auxiliary group; skating in St. John’s; Gruchy’s store; 20:54 – advantage of slower lifestyle; story about climbing ladder at stages; community safety; 22:30 – borrowing from neighbours; 23:06 – describing the landscape; vegetable gardens; shift in atmosphere; clapboard houses; 24:55 – family’s house; moving house from Cape St. Francis; 26:50 – liming fences; sliding in meadow; putting on outdoor concerts; children playing together; 29:00 – best friend Betty Lahey; fighting over luckies; hopscotch; 31:07 – no streetlights; kerosene lamps; 31:40 – neighbourhood scents; smell of woodstove; smell of baking bread; laundry; 34:54 – ironing; 35:42 – knitting; being left handed; 36:45 – women’s concerts; fundraising; 37:42 – siblings; brother Kevin Sullivan; sister moving to Bauline; brother Gary Sullivan; 39:05 – describing birth; community phone; 40:10 – first phones; party lines; 41:15 – Canada’s centennial; parade; ... |
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