Hanlon, Anne. Interview about life in Grand Falls-Windsor.

• Other Authors: Hanlon, Anne
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Social beliefs; practices and customs; Work; Towns; Churches; Schools; Entertainment and recreation; Communities; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/1088

Oral interview with Anne Hanlon about her family, growing up in Grand Falls-Windsor, the churches and schools, social events, and her work at the post office. Anne Hanlon discusses her family’s move to Grand Falls-Windsor; the families that were living in Grand Falls at the time; discussion of her birth and family doctors in Grand Falls; 1:38 – discussion of the early workers at the mill in Grand Falls; first child born in Grand Falls; the story of her birth; 3:10 – location of her family and her grandfather’s home; hauling water; early settlers; 6:18 – the first store in Grand Falls; the Royal Stores; 7:07 – first Roman Catholic Church, school, and priest; Christenings and the names of her siblings; The first doctor in Grand Falls; 9:45 – growth of the town; going to school; the school and church burning down; 12:09 – the architecture of the town; playing billiards; 13:03 – living on Queen’s Street; 13:38 – Social life when Anne was growing up; knitting and quilting; 15:00 – the ice rink; the skates; dancing; the first radio; 16:30 – cold winters; living in her home while it was being built; 17:38 – description of the post office; working at the post office; salary, hours, and leave; 20:07 – Christmas at the post office; stories about customers at the post office; money orders; stories about the post office work; the postmaster; 24:45 – Anne’s trip to Spruce Brook on the west coast; delivering the mail in Spruce Brook; 26:02 – her uncle Martin Gardiner as the first mail carrier and her grandfather Martin Gardiner as the first carpenter; moving to Vancouver as a child; her father’s job as an electrical engineer; the trip across the country; 30:25 - silence on the tape; 30:40 – description of where her father’s siblings moved across the country; moving back to Grand Falls from Vancouver; travelling; description of her trip to Ireland; 33:35 – big changes in Grand Falls.