Young, Sylvia. Interview with Sylvia Young, the past administrator for the Lewis Porte Nursing Home, 1975.

Interview with Sylvia Young, past administrator for the Lewisporte Northhaven Seniors' Home. Interview with Lady May about her 100lb cake. Interview with Ellen Chynne, the oldest resident of Northhaven Seniors' Home; born in Exploits; reminiscing about the days before the relocation; launc...

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Format: Audio
Language:English
Subjects:
Oral traditions
expressions and the written word
Migration/settlement
People
Personal experience narratives
Churches
Boats
Cemeteries
Knitting
Crocheting
Quilts
Young
Sylvia
Beothuk
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/634
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Summary:Interview with Sylvia Young, past administrator for the Lewisporte Northhaven Seniors' Home. Interview with Lady May about her 100lb cake. Interview with Ellen Chynne, the oldest resident of Northhaven Seniors' Home; born in Exploits; reminiscing about the days before the relocation; launching of the schooners in Spring; summer banquet; building of the schooners; Beothuk gravesites; trade with M'iqmaw. Ellen Chynne recalls living in Kite Cove (Lawrencetown); memories of Methodist Church in Lower Harbour and others; crocheting, knitting, quilts; letter from President Ford of the United States of America on her 94th birthday. Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Noble about their wedding, he in his 80s and she in her 70s; residents of the Northaven Manor.

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