Being one of the shortest male students in the school did not inhibit this relative newcomer from the brook side of the harbour, near the brook brudge (slang for bridge), his becoming an aggres- sive force to be reckoned with and his invading the pointers, big guys’ turf, guys from the point side of the harbour. [...] Barry (Louise) Collins for their musical performance; to my niece, Natalie Spurrell for her rendition of “I Come To The Garden Alone” (This was a comfort to both me and my family, as it was one of my wife’s favourite hymns); to Deborah Collins who sang at the gravesite to provide the setting for our final earthly goodbye; to the many from far and near who donated bibles to the Gideons Internationa [...] The economy of Hant’s Harbour was, from the beginning, based on the fisheries and it is quite evident that it played a role in my life, as our family was dependent on the “riches of the sea” or the lack thereof. [...] In the early years the purpose of the plant was curing salt cod, but this was converted first to a fresh cod processing plant, and in 1967 to a plant for the processing of main- ly crab. [...] The good part of that story is that, with the help of a witness, they found the money and the boys out- side the mall sharing the wealth.
Authors
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.8
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-nf
- ISBN
- 9781459310957 1894463099
- LCCN
- CT310.S45
- LCCN Item number
- A3 2000eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xviii, 154 p.)
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00601709 (OCoLC)288063871 (CaOOCEL)417079
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- HAPTER 19
- Where it Started 19
- HAPTER 36
- Growing Up in Hants Harbour 36
- HAPTER 59
- School Days 59
- HAPTER 66
- An Outport Christmas 66
- HAPTER 73
- Living on the Dole 73
- HAPTER 79
- Teenage Years Early Manhood 79
- HAPTER 93
- The Folk of Hants Harbour 93
- HAPTER 107
- Interim Employment 107
- HAPTER 111
- Hunting 111
- HAPTER 114
- Start of a New Career 114
- HAPTER 124
- Eighteen Happy Years in Toronto 124
- HAPTER 128
- Business Relationships 1953-1967 128
- HAPTER 133
- Back Home to Newfoundland 1967 133
- HAPTER 138
- Greener Grass 138
- HAPTER 140
- Reactivating Nu-Way Kitchens Limited 140
- HAPTER 147
- Retirement is Inevitable 147
- HAPTER 156
- In Loving Memory of My Darling Wife Jean 156
