Tubrett, Ida. Interview about life in Grand Falls-Windsor.

• Main Author: Whiffen, Adrien
• Other Authors: Tubrett, Ida
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Work; Towns; Families; Stores; Roads; Architecture; building and construction; Houses; Churches; Religion; Sports; Employment; Companies; Communities; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/1084

Oral interview with Ida Tubrett, recorded by Adrian Whiffen at 10 Lyall Street, Grand Falls-Windsor, January 28th, 1999. Discussion includes: family origins and moving to GFW; raising children; the Royal Stores; Fourth Avenue; Campbell's Tailor Shop; her father's work; keeping boarders; standard of living; building a home; bringing water; school; working as a seamstress; religion; church; Reverand Bishop; Andy Gump; the mill; Grand Falls Motors; Windsor Fire Brigade; the Goodyears; sports - baseball, cricket, swimming; Sanger's Memorial Park; Main Street; Girl Guides; Lemoines; the post office; A.N.D Company; crime; the police; fires; holidays; the Royal Stores; amalgamation of GF and Windsor; the 166th Regiment; the 59th Regiment; the Newfie Bullet; skating and sliding;