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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 […]

Ruby and Tom King on their Wedding Day

This photo shows Ruby and Tom King on their wedding day , July 20, 1956.

Mummer’s Costume for the Parker’s Cove Mummers’ Parade

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 […]

At a Mummers’ Parade

This photo was taken at the St. John’s Mummers’ Parade, a daytime family event.

Accordion Player

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 […]

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 […]

Mother’s Day Concert Skit

A group of women perform a skit in a Mother’s Day concert in Parker’s Cove.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ruby King talks of Pancake Day

Interviewer: Use ye do pancake day. Ruby: Oh, Yes. We used to make and serve them lots of times. Interviewer: Did ye put things in them for Pancake […]