Reid, Brian. Interview about growing up in Grand Falls, and stories about Main Street in Windsor.

• Main Author: Barrett, Terra.
• Other Authors: Reid, Brian.
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Work; People; Businesses; Stores; Stewart; George; Northcliffe; Lady; Reid; Harry; William; Lillian (Pardy); Cohen; Riff; Connolly; Becker; Tuma; Peddle; Murphy; Hiscock; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/1140

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.