Peyton, Eleanor; MacClouter, Edna; and Phillips, Hannah. Looking Back, Christmas Special with Hiram Silk.

Hiram Silk's series Looking Back episode features interviews with Eleanor Peyton, Edna MacClouter and Hannah Pillips. Interview with Eleanor Peyton, 86 years old, about her memories of Georgina Stirling, the opera singer; Georgina Stirling's famous sisters and family; her home and furnishi...

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Language:English
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/654
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Summary:Hiram Silk's series Looking Back episode features interviews with Eleanor Peyton, Edna MacClouter and Hannah Pillips. Interview with Eleanor Peyton, 86 years old, about her memories of Georgina Stirling, the opera singer; Georgina Stirling's famous sisters and family; her home and furnishings; hobbies; pets and her death in 1935. Eleanor Peyton shares memories of Christmas as a child in Twillingate; mummering; traditions; tea, food, games and gifts; Christmas Eve traditions.; Norma May Clouter shares memories of the twelve days of Christmas mummering; Christmas Eve dinner; Hannah Phllips shares memories of Christmas as a child in Salvage, Bonavista Bay.