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Ruby King with Her Wedding Party

This photo shows Ruby King and her husband Tom with their bridal party on their wedding day in July 1956. They are standing outside the old school where […]

Bake Sale at Monkstown

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.

Mother’s Day Concert

Two members of the concert group perform a skit in a recent Mother’s Day concert in Parker’s Cove.

Mummers in Parker’s Cove

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 […]

Food for the Time

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 […]

Baby Shower Game

Baby showers and other celebrations related to the birth of a child were rare in this area until the 1970’s. Here some women from Petite Forte play a […]

More Concert Photos

Bridal Party

The bride and groom and the “bridesboy” and “bridesgirl” at Alice Drake’s wedding on December 27, 1952.

Preparations for the Bishop’s Visit

When the bishop came to the communities, arches were created throughout the community. Evergreen boughs were used to create these arches and young people and others gathered around […]

Frank and Ann Murphy

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

Skit in Rushoon Paddy’s Day Concert

The Paddy’s Day concert has a long tradition as an adult concert in Rushoon. For a brief period in the early 70s, adults stopped having the concert and […]

Ready for the Pancake Race

This picture is from a pancake day race in Parker’s Cove . The event is celebrated with a pancake breakfast and fortune telling pancakes. Traditionally, the pancakes were […]