Balsom, Georgina and Bob 1. An interview about living and working in Heart's Content.

Georgina Balsom introduces herself, born in Heart’s Content; Lived in Jersey Side and came back for high school; oldest of 8 children; Met husband Bob and married after school; Bob introduces himself; Discusses property they live on, purchased before they married; Georgina’s mother and father from Southern Cove; Gina’s Father was window-washer on the base in Argentia at 14 years old; Father became chef for Officer’s Club; Father died in an accident; Mother worked in Purity factory in St. John’s and then as a telephone operator; 4:30- Mother’s work at telephone switchboard; Bob’s father was a fisherman and carpenter; Father, grandfather and uncles all fishermen; Women would spread fish on the flakes, make hay, do work in the gardens; Bob had chores--children were expected to help out; 7:30 -- Men in family asked him to not become a fisherman, too much hard work; Bob’s family lived 2 kms on Carbonear Rd. (“In the road”); Family history and realities of living in the road; 10:30 - Original house moved to town; Self-sufficiency in the past; Cutting wood with the horse; 12:00 - Heating the house; Details about living in the house in the winter and using a salt-water rock in the bed; Class difference between Bob and Gina; Gina had running water as a child; Had to revert to old way in Heart’s Content after having modern conveniences in Placentia; Bob’s discusses class distinction around cable station; Bob taught in school to tip his hat to cable operators; 18:00 - Women became housecleaners in Heart’s Content and became operators; Gina began working at cable station, and other jobs; Wedding proposals at the cable station; Bob’s involvement with the station; Wedding proposal at the cable station; Couple from California eloping to Heart’s Content (because of the town name); 25:00 - Cable station ghost story; Art Cumby’s fear of fairies; Bob’s experience attending Lakeview High school; Bob’s career history; Local women were hired in H.C.; Heritage society formed in 1994; Information about the Mizzen Heritage Society; Square-dancers of Heart’s Content; 36:00 - Collected photographs and created archives; Heyfield United Church; Local concerts and town involvement; Idea for the two houses behind the Cable Station to show how people lived (expansion of the station museum); 41:00 - Vision for heritage district; Sunny Bray: the original name of Sam Bailey’s house, the first Newfoundland operator; Ezra Weedon; Bob wishes for community enhancement through fixing up old homes; Meaning of ‘home’; 45:00 - Used to know all the people in the community; People used to help each other out more; How Bob and Gina met; Used to hang out on the crossroads (snackbar amusement place); Together 44 years; 52:00 - Future of Heart’s Content; Smaller families and young people leaving; Collective rearing of children; Impact of technology, distance from nature.