Menchions, Gus and Olive Strickland 1. Interview about life in Bay Roberts.

• Main Author: Wilson, Lisa
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Objects; Model building (hobbies); Towns; Communities; Menchions; Gus; Strickland; Olive; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/412

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.