| Summary: | 00:00 - Clifford Gordon Reid born in Deer Lake grew up in Reidville, NL; 00:50 - Reid talks about his family history; grandparents William Thomas Reid and Mary Ann Major first settlers of Reidville; 01:50 - How Reidville and Junction Brook began; 03:52 - 1933 William Reid built a cabin on the river bank where the Reidville Community Park is now. Relatives built around that area; 04:25 - Talks Children of William Reid and his death in 1947; 05:40 - Describes development and locations of lots of land in the area, sons of William Reid and other families; 08:38 - Allocation of land by the Commission of Government; 9:29 - Farming in Reidville; 11:40 - Reid talks about his memories of Reidville as a child in the 1950’s and 60’s. Riding horses and swimming; Talks about the use of various beaches; 16:40 - 1953 heavy rainstorm which created a sandbar that required houses to be moved; 19:00 - Bowater, Newfoundland Pulp and Paper and logging in the area; 26:47 - Process of woods work, logging; 30:30 - Road development in the 1950’s and the changes in logging, the tramway, and the area; 34:08 - Logging in Reidville today; Sawmills; 36:55 - Moving logs by river, trucks, and dog team. 40:15 - Talks about when his grandfather cabin by the river. When he built a permanent house, the cabin became a school for 18 years. 41:05 - Talks about The Cache, the first set of rapids on the Humber River; layout of the area in and around Reidville. 44:08 - Talks about travel on the river and the Bonne Bay wharf; tells story about his Aunt going into labour and giving birth in a canoe; 46:15 - Where local families were from before they moved to Reidville. 46:44 - Local religion; the lack of a church and a cemetery in Reidville; a Minister coming to preach at the school; 48:19 - Talks about local teachers; Closure of the school; 51:33 - The oldest buildings in the community; 54:42 - Tells story about being at the cabin and a bear snoring; Talks about bears and other animals in the area; Salmon fishing and trouting.
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