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The annual bonfire is a quiet event these days, with hot chocolate and marshmallows. Wood is collected from residents in preparation for the event and families come together […]
Ladies line up around the table of goodies at a bake sale in Monkstown. There is good natured jostling as they position themselves to get their special items.
Bobbing for apples used to be a central activity at the school Halloween party. There were no costumes or haunted houses in those days.
In recent years a night time mummers parade was held in Parker’s Cove. Participants in the parade visited homes of seniors along the way. Local accordion players popped […]
This photo was taken at the St. John’s Mummers’ Parade, a daytime family event.
When people go mummering these days, it is usually a daytime family affair with visiting being confined to the homes of friends and relatives. There is something of […]
Gerald: I remember we used to have to go around pick up boilers of soup and this kind of stuff. Then we’d say “The last boiler see, you […]
Music for most dances came from a single accordion player, though sometimes various people would take turns. In this photo, Ray Hepditch of South East Bight plays the […]
Mrs. Min Miller dances with a relative at a time in Rushoon. Mrs. Min loved to dance and enjoyed going to the times, well into her senior years. […]
Three young people perform a skit in a Paddy’s Day concert in 1971.
A group of women perform a skit in a Mother’s Day concert in Parker’s Cove.