| Summary: | 98 year old Gus Menchions of Bay Roberts, and his daughter Olive, share reflections and stories about growing up in the Bay Roberts area and making model boats. Born 1915; Family information; Work grandmother did; Father was a boat builder; 2:20 - Built boat models; First built a schooner from a stump; 5:20 - Built 98 models; Spent time on the water; 7:05 - Getting sick with shingles; Helped father with boat building work; 11:00 - Olive discusses her grandfather; Olive introduces herself; When Olive was born; Cultural changes; 12:40 - Gifts she received; Describing grandmother’s generosity; Information about family; 16:25 - Crafted wooden eagles; Olive assisting with model making; Reflecting on age; 18:00 - Change in Bay Roberts; Three coal sheds; Home in French’s Cove; 19:30 - Reflecting on busy lifestyle and building house; Living with daughter; How he met his wife; 21:35 - Use of home remedy for mumps; Hard work in past; Traditional farming skills; Grandmother’s cooking; 26:25 - Mother losing wedding band in the garden; Values and helping others; Kite making and flying story; Describing making a kite; Winter activities; Heating house and water; 31:55 - Storytelling practices; Seal fishery survival story; Role of belief; No work on Sundays; First boat model Effie M. Morrissey, Bob Bartlett; 39:00 - Worked on Cape Spear lighthouse, 1955; Details of structure and work; Buildings Gus worked on; Olive’s textile hobbies; Models for donation; 46:25 - Olive’s childhood activities; Reflecting on Easter traditions; 49:30 - Berry picking story; Christmas memories and traditions; Mr. Snow giving candy; 56:40 - Getting first bicycle; Buying her mother a gift; Role of memories; 60:50 - Mother knit 500 sweaters; Religiosity and belief; 67:30 - Taxidermy deer head; Pets in the house; Classic boats; 73:00 - Accident where Gus lost two fingers in 1953; 74:20 - Premonition story about accident; Gus’ recollections of accident; 81:30 - Cure for nosebleeds; Family photographs.
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