Reid, Brian. Interview about growing up in Grand Falls, and stories about Main Street in Windsor.
Oral history interview with Brian Reid, conducted by Terra Barrett. Interview about growing up in Grand Falls, and the shops and business people of Main Street in Windsor. Introduction; Brian Reid was born in Grand Falls in 1955 at the Lady Northcliffe Hospital; Brian lived in Badger until the age o...
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| Format: | Audio |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/1140 |
| Summary: | Oral history interview with Brian Reid, conducted by Terra Barrett. Interview about growing up in Grand Falls, and the shops and business people of Main Street in Windsor. Introduction; Brian Reid was born in Grand Falls in 1955 at the Lady Northcliffe Hospital; Brian lived in Badger until the age of 6 when the family moved to Grand Falls area; Parents William Reid from Sunnyside, Trinity Bay who came to central for work in the logging industry and Lillian (Pardy) Reid from Badger; Brother Harry Reid; 2:23 – Growing up in Grand Falls/Botwood Highway; Busing into Grand Falls; School; 4:33 – businessman George Stewart giving a bike to Brian; 7:49 – Stewart’s store; 9:50 – Christmas on Main Street; Christmas raffles; buses; Main Street businesses; 13:02 – Eating lunch at the bake shop at Cabot Bread on High Street; 15:05 – Cohen’s; Tuxedo rental from Cohen’s; Riff’s; Connolly’s; Becker’s; Tuma’s; 20:25 – Watching the coming and going of Main Street; Peddle’s; Murphy’s; Globe; Hiscock’s; Cozy Chat; Brown Derby; 28:47 – Cafes; Economy Store; 30:50 – Cyril’s Chips on the Botwood Highway; Holidays; 33:45 – Labour day parades; George Stewart; [Telephone ringing]; Movie Theatres; 38:04 – Post Office; Train Station. |
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