Primmer, Doug, Part 3. Interview with Doug Primmer, Barr'd Islands.

• Main Authors: Pocius, Gerald L., Ferguson, Mark
• Other Authors: Primmer, Doug
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Work; Vernacular architecture; Cod fishing; Fish culture; Fishers; Fishes; Fishing; Commercial fishing; Fishing nets; Fishing equipment; Knives (cutting tools); Cod; Cod filleting; Codfish; Fish processing; Fishing premises; Fishing stages; Fishing stores; Flakes; Salt cod; Split cod; Splitting knives; Splitting tables; Stageheads; Primmer; Doug; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/997

Doug Primmer discusses flakes, stages, and fishing in Newfoundland 00:00 Discussion of fish and how dry they are 00:30 Cleaning the punt 00:50 Old style wheelbarrow? 01:10 Paddles 01:40 Sailing 02:35 Scallop drag 03:15 Who knit that nylon net? 03:55 Glen's old horse 04:15 Modern flakes 04:30 How long do they keep for? 04:55 Squid jigger 05:10 Car horn (?) 06:00 Blacksmith, cooperage, forge, story about a horse (?) 08:30 St. Peter's line (?) trawl line "Putting the grin on 'er" 09:55 Taking a look at the other store (no key) 10:05 Discussion about the weather 10:35 Wharves, ramps, stages, mention of Deep Bay and Leslie Cole 11:15 Awful lot of birds in Deep Bay