Quinton Premises. Interview #001 with Dorothy Quinton and Hilda Quinton, Red Cliffe, Bonavista Bay.

• Main Author: Barras, Maryssa
• Other Authors: Quinton, Hilda; Quinton, Dorothy
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Houses; Fishing; Quinton; Hilda; Dorothy; Bonavista Bay; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_en/id/1188

"A recorded phone interview conducted by Heritage NL researcher Maryssa Barras with Hilda Quinton and Dorothy Quinton about the historic Quinton Premises in Red Cliffe, Bonavista Bay. Topics covered include Salmon fishery; the Labrador fishery; the commercial shop - how things were sold; Premises as a social hub; Dorothy and Hilda at the shop; Herring Store/Ice House. " 0:00 Maryssa Barras introduces herself; 0:19 Dorothy Quinton introduces herself, born in St.John’s in 1935 and married to Charles Quinton; 0:35 Hilda Quinton introduces herself, born in 1927 in Open hall, she worked for the Quinton business for 26 years; 1:03 Maryssa asks Dorothy and Hilda to describe their earliest recollections of the premises as a whole; 1:53 Dorothy arrived in 1956, business was big at the time, both her and Hilda worked for the Quinton premises for a time; 2:33 Hilda worked in the office and Dorothy was a clerk, stacking shelves etc.; 3:01 Dorothy explains the shop itself is quite small; 3:18 Uncle Johnny was the only one who consistently worked out of the shop, in his small office, the fishing store was used to store fishing supplies on the upper level and dry goods for the shop in the understore; 4:13 Dorothy describes a row of stools behind the counter for the clerks, mentions there was a cheese cutter, and that all parcels were wrapped in paper and twine; 4:56 Hilda explains that things were sold in large paper bags, and that people would buy their winter sugar, bean, pea, etc. supplies in bulk; 5:10 Everything was sold by weight; 5:45 Dorothy and Hilda say people used to come in boats from all over to sell fish and get supplies for the winter; 6:05 Maryssa asks for more detail; 6:25 Dorothy and Hilda explain that people used to come from all over Bonavista Bay, including Eastport, Happy Adventure, Summerville, and past Keels; 7:07 People came from all over for dances held in the community, while the local church was being built they held dances in the salt store to help raise money for its construction; 7:50 dances ...