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Frank and Ann Murphy

Frank and Ann Murphy at a Seniors’ Time at the Tea Rose.

Dancing at a Kitchen Party

Two women dance a step dance at a kitchen party. Kitchen parties were common throughout Newfoundland and are seeing a revival today. Weddings often were celebrated with a […]

Pancake Day in the Bight

Interviewer: What was it ye used to put in them [the pancakes]? Maureen: It was a penny for poverty, a dime for wealth, a needle, I think it […]

Mother’s Day Skits and Critics

Doreen: The Bingo Skit was about a woman who used go to Bingo very frequently, whatever nights there would be Bingo, could be down in the Bight or […]

Frank Murphy Talks about Trying His New Skates

[One year] I got a pair of skates. Now right after school opened in December, I never got the chance as we never had hardly any ice that […]

Families at a Garden Party

In this photo from the early 60s, families gather on a local meadow in Boat Harbour for a garden party celebration. The garden party was the highlight of […]

Alice Drake’s First Christmas Tree

I had my first Christmas tree, I think I was 12, somewhere around there. Said to mom “mom I’m gonna have a Christmas tree this Christmas. She said […]

Alice Drake’s Christmas Eve Trick

Alice: This is a true story, too. It was Christmas Eve and we had them all in bed but Ann Marie and Genevieve wouldn’t go to sleep. They […]

Frank and Ann Murphy on Mummering

Frank: That’s how you looked for a few drinks see. Dress up for mummering. Go to certain person’s house, 9 chances out of 10, they would have a […]

Frank Murphy Christmas Preparations

Frank: I don’t think I can remember a Christmas tree. You would hang a stocking yes but there was no Christmas tree. Mostly after you starting getting the […]

Peggy’s Christmas Gift

Elizabeth: What was the first thing you ever got for Christmas, Peggy? Peggy: A pair slippers. Elizabeth: A bought pair or knitted pair? Peggy: No not knitted a […]

Mary Whyte Lady Day

Interviewer: So nobody would fish on Lady day, would they ? Mary Whyte: Oh, my God, no. Well Lady day was a big holiday one time. It was […]