TRANSCRIPT
Excerpt of an interview with Henry Vokey that was completed by a Student Researcher, Hazel Janes. Henry's wife (Carrie) and daughter (Bonnie) were also present for the interview.
Hazel: Was it a family tradition?
Henry: I spose you would call it way back because me grandfather he build boats and they built their own schooners and they fished in Labrador.
Hazel: Ok.
Henry: You know ahh they never done it not ahh for a living. They only just build their own boats.
Hazel: Ok. Who taught you how to build boats?
Henry: No one
Hazel: You use to learn on your own did yah?
Henry: Yeah fellow asked me that in St. John's one time, I said no one never taught me I just started it just come to me I spose and I just started on my own and he said you never had to learn from, you never learned from someone I said no, no I spose he said you never had to learn how to walk. [ laughter ]
Hazel: So your father and grandfather never built boats either?
Henry: Oh yes.
Hazel: Oh they built them too.
Bonnie: Not for a living.
Hazel: Not for a living.
Henry: Not for a livin. No.
Bonnie: What was the first one your ever built? You were how old when you built the very first one, like ahh model or
Henry: Oh ahh I was, I was only about, about 12 I spose when I build the first small boat.
Hazel: Was it built for anyone?
Henry: No, no.
Hazel: Just for yourself.
Henry: Yeah.
Hazel: How big was it, it was a model?
Henry: Yeah, about 6 feet long.
Hazel: Ok. So you built boats before you moved to Trinity?
Henry: Yeah.