Godwin, Bill, Part 1. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands.
Bill Godwin discusses fishing and fish splitting and salting as it was done in the past on Barr'd Islands; discusses working on the flakes, drying and salting fish; the role of women in the work; the need to bring fresh water from Joe Batt's Arm. Includes Godwin's own experience worki...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_cn/982 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 Godwin, Bill, Part 1. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands. Pocius, Gerald L. Ferguson, Mark Godwin, Bill Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Fogo Island-Barr'd Islands 1989-11-10 audio/mp3 18:47 minutes; 21.4 MB http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/982 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Central Newfoundland http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/982 CC BY-NC 2.0 CA Memorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Work Social beliefs practices and customs Cod fishing Fishers Commercial fishing Fishing equipment Personal experience narratives Salt-curing Employment Families Bully boats Cod filleting Codfish Fish processing Fishing premises Fishing stages Fishing stores Flakes Salt cod Split cod Splitting knives Splitting tables Stageheads Godwin Bill Barr'd Island (N.L.)--Social life and customs Fishers--Family relationships--Newfoundland and Labrador Personal narratives Youth--Newfoundland and Labrador Sound Audio 1989 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z Bill Godwin discusses fishing and fish splitting and salting as it was done in the past on Barr'd Islands; discusses working on the flakes, drying and salting fish; the role of women in the work; the need to bring fresh water from Joe Batt's Arm. Includes Godwin's own experience working in the woods, moving to Toronto and later Montreal, where he worked several different jobs; returning to Barr'd Island where he fished for many years. Discusses family and life in the community. 00:00 Stage built in late 1920, by Arthur Godwin -- 00:20 There used to be flakes. a hundred feet long -- 00:55 Wharf put in 12-14 years ago -- 01:20 When you were young, did you make salt fish? -- 01:25 "I remember when I was ten years old." -- 01:40 Bullies (boats) -- 01:55 The big storm -- 02:10 Bill's role in fish cleaning when a child (cut-throat) -- 02:30 Picked up fish that had fallen through the flakes -- 02:45 112 pounds = 1 quintal fish = $1.40 then, $200 now -- 03:05 Transportation of fish -- 03:10 The Liver Man -- 03:35 The women woudl get the liver money -- 03:50 The women were the workers, the men going fishing -- 04:00 200 or 300 quintals of fish, every rock, every flake -- 04:15 Fish guts on gardens -- 04:25 "Worked like dogs! But they didn't mind." -- 04:35 "My mom only had 8 children." -- 04:40 Getting water (had to go to Joe Batt's Arm) -- 05:05 Pump for the bathroom now -- 05:15 Nine or ten buckets for a shower or bath -- 05:30 A lot of deaths, young boys drowning -- 05:45 Hanging around, throwing fish at each other, helping dad -- 06:00 No hang-outs for youngsters -- 06:10 Story about being punished at school, clothes-pin on nose, strap across hand -- 06:50 How he started off, beginning of personal history -- 07:00 $400 for 6 months logging -- 07:10 Born in '37 -- 07:30 Professions of rest of family -- 07:50 Train travel to Toronto -- 08:20 Four years in Toronto, then to Detroit -- 08:40 Willard's Chocolate Factory -- 08:55 Hospital in Montreal -- 09:10 All together, twenty years on Toronto -- 09:25 Came back twenty ... Audio Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Work Social beliefs practices and customs Cod fishing Fishers Commercial fishing Fishing equipment Personal experience narratives Salt-curing Employment Families Bully boats Cod filleting Codfish Fish processing Fishing premises Fishing stages Fishing stores Flakes Salt cod Split cod Splitting knives Splitting tables Stageheads Godwin Bill Barr'd Island (N.L.)--Social life and customs Fishers--Family relationships--Newfoundland and Labrador Personal narratives Youth--Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Work Social beliefs practices and customs Cod fishing Fishers Commercial fishing Fishing equipment Personal experience narratives Salt-curing Employment Families Bully boats Cod filleting Codfish Fish processing Fishing premises Fishing stages Fishing stores Flakes Salt cod Split cod Splitting knives Splitting tables Stageheads Godwin Bill Barr'd Island (N.L.)--Social life and customs Fishers--Family relationships--Newfoundland and Labrador Personal narratives Youth--Newfoundland and Labrador Pocius, Gerald L. Ferguson, Mark Godwin, Bill, Part 1. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands. |
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Work Social beliefs practices and customs Cod fishing Fishers Commercial fishing Fishing equipment Personal experience narratives Salt-curing Employment Families Bully boats Cod filleting Codfish Fish processing Fishing premises Fishing stages Fishing stores Flakes Salt cod Split cod Splitting knives Splitting tables Stageheads Godwin Bill Barr'd Island (N.L.)--Social life and customs Fishers--Family relationships--Newfoundland and Labrador Personal narratives Youth--Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Bill Godwin discusses fishing and fish splitting and salting as it was done in the past on Barr'd Islands; discusses working on the flakes, drying and salting fish; the role of women in the work; the need to bring fresh water from Joe Batt's Arm. Includes Godwin's own experience working in the woods, moving to Toronto and later Montreal, where he worked several different jobs; returning to Barr'd Island where he fished for many years. Discusses family and life in the community. 00:00 Stage built in late 1920, by Arthur Godwin -- 00:20 There used to be flakes. a hundred feet long -- 00:55 Wharf put in 12-14 years ago -- 01:20 When you were young, did you make salt fish? -- 01:25 "I remember when I was ten years old." -- 01:40 Bullies (boats) -- 01:55 The big storm -- 02:10 Bill's role in fish cleaning when a child (cut-throat) -- 02:30 Picked up fish that had fallen through the flakes -- 02:45 112 pounds = 1 quintal fish = $1.40 then, $200 now -- 03:05 Transportation of fish -- 03:10 The Liver Man -- 03:35 The women woudl get the liver money -- 03:50 The women were the workers, the men going fishing -- 04:00 200 or 300 quintals of fish, every rock, every flake -- 04:15 Fish guts on gardens -- 04:25 "Worked like dogs! But they didn't mind." -- 04:35 "My mom only had 8 children." -- 04:40 Getting water (had to go to Joe Batt's Arm) -- 05:05 Pump for the bathroom now -- 05:15 Nine or ten buckets for a shower or bath -- 05:30 A lot of deaths, young boys drowning -- 05:45 Hanging around, throwing fish at each other, helping dad -- 06:00 No hang-outs for youngsters -- 06:10 Story about being punished at school, clothes-pin on nose, strap across hand -- 06:50 How he started off, beginning of personal history -- 07:00 $400 for 6 months logging -- 07:10 Born in '37 -- 07:30 Professions of rest of family -- 07:50 Train travel to Toronto -- 08:20 Four years in Toronto, then to Detroit -- 08:40 Willard's Chocolate Factory -- 08:55 Hospital in Montreal -- 09:10 All together, twenty years on Toronto -- 09:25 Came back twenty ... |
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Pocius, Gerald L. Ferguson, Mark |
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Pocius, Gerald L. |
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Godwin, Bill, Part 1. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands. |
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Godwin, Bill, Part 1. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands. |
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Godwin, Bill, Part 1. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands. |
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Godwin, Bill, Part 1. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands. |
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Godwin, Bill, Part 1. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands. |
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godwin, bill, part 1. interview with bill godwin, barr'd islands. |
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1989 |
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http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/982 |
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Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Fogo Island-Barr'd Islands |
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Newfoundland |
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Newfoundland |
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Memorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory |
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Intangible Cultural Heritage - Central Newfoundland http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/982 |
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CC BY-NC 2.0 CA |
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