Peckford, Bruce. Interview about family connections in downtown St. John's, and growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte.

Bruce Peckford shares his memories of growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte. His parents and extended family were all from St. John's, and had many connections to downtown businesses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGuire, Andrea
Other Authors: Peckford, Bruce, 1940-, Bruce Peckford was born in Whitbourne, where he lived with his family until age 10. His father, who had been employed with the Newfoundland Ranger Force, switched careers and became a social worker, which took the family to Marystown for five years. Then, the family relocated to Lewisporte, and Bruce moved to Toronto at 18 to study Information Technology. Bruce spent his career working for the provincial government, and has been married to his wife, Shirley (Rossiter) Peckford, since 1966. They have two children.
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Migration/settlement
Towns
Families
Communities
Peckford
Brian
1940-
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/724
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_oral/724 2023-12-31T10:09:53+01:00 Peckford, Bruce. Interview about family connections in downtown St. John's, and growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte. McGuire, Andrea Peckford, Bruce, 1940- Bruce Peckford was born in Whitbourne, where he lived with his family until age 10. His father, who had been employed with the Newfoundland Ranger Force, switched careers and became a social worker, which took the family to Marystown for five years. Then, the family relocated to Lewisporte, and Bruce moved to Toronto at 18 to study Information Technology. Bruce spent his career working for the provincial government, and has been married to his wife, Shirley (Rossiter) Peckford, since 1966. They have two children. Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- St. John's; Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- Whitbourne; Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- Marystown; Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- Lewisporte Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- St. John's 2017-20-05 Audio/mp3 62:45 minutes; 71.8 MB http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/724 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Oral Traditions and Expressions http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/724 CC BY-NC 4.0 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Migration/settlement Towns Families Communities Peckford Brian 1940- Sound Audio 2017 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z Bruce Peckford shares his memories of growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte. His parents and extended family were all from St. John's, and had many connections to downtown businesses. Audio Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic Migration/settlement
Towns
Families
Communities
Peckford
Brian
1940-
spellingShingle Migration/settlement
Towns
Families
Communities
Peckford
Brian
1940-
McGuire, Andrea
Peckford, Bruce. Interview about family connections in downtown St. John's, and growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte.
topic_facet Migration/settlement
Towns
Families
Communities
Peckford
Brian
1940-
description Bruce Peckford shares his memories of growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte. His parents and extended family were all from St. John's, and had many connections to downtown businesses.
author2 Peckford, Bruce, 1940-
Bruce Peckford was born in Whitbourne, where he lived with his family until age 10. His father, who had been employed with the Newfoundland Ranger Force, switched careers and became a social worker, which took the family to Marystown for five years. Then, the family relocated to Lewisporte, and Bruce moved to Toronto at 18 to study Information Technology. Bruce spent his career working for the provincial government, and has been married to his wife, Shirley (Rossiter) Peckford, since 1966. They have two children.
format Audio
author McGuire, Andrea
author_facet McGuire, Andrea
author_sort McGuire, Andrea
title Peckford, Bruce. Interview about family connections in downtown St. John's, and growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte.
title_short Peckford, Bruce. Interview about family connections in downtown St. John's, and growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte.
title_full Peckford, Bruce. Interview about family connections in downtown St. John's, and growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte.
title_fullStr Peckford, Bruce. Interview about family connections in downtown St. John's, and growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte.
title_full_unstemmed Peckford, Bruce. Interview about family connections in downtown St. John's, and growing up in Whitbourne, Marystown and Lewisporte.
title_sort peckford, bruce. interview about family connections in downtown st. john's, and growing up in whitbourne, marystown and lewisporte.
publishDate 2017
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/724
op_coverage Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- St. John's; Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- Whitbourne; Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- Marystown; Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- Lewisporte
Canada-- Newfoundland and Labrador-- St. John's
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory
op_relation Intangible Cultural Heritage - Oral Traditions and Expressions
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