Summary: | Interview with Jack Brown about the early days of Grand Falls. Jack Brown's father, Tom Brown, built Grand Falls House; construction of Grand Falls house; memories of Lord Northcliffe; childhood memories in New Harbour; travelling to Whitbourne; Grand-Falls orchestra in 1916; concerts during WWI; first church in Grand Falls, the Presbyterian; Memories of dances, the Firemen's Ball, St. Patrick's Day, Burn's Night, St. George's Night; playing and refereeing hockey; bobsliding on Cabot road; Skating on school pond on High Street; rabbit snares and boil ups; boy scouts; construction of the first hospital; pictures shows on Sundays in the Town Hall; old buildings in Grand Falls; first school in 1910; fox farms; strike in 1921; memories of fishing trout; carribou hunting near Red Cliff; origins of street names; the Grand-Falls Club; construction of Lord Northcliffe's log cabin and Grand Falls House.
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