Godwin, Bill, Part 2. Interview with Bill Godwin, Barr'd Islands.

Bill Godwin discusses life and social mores as it was in the outport of Barr'd Islands, Newfoundland in the past; work that was done raising vegetables, cutting and hauling wood, building homes; fishing, salting cod; storytelling, ghost stories and other tales.00:00 Would the men go fishing alone? (No.) -- 00:20 The pregnancy of a young girl would be the talk of the community -- 00:30 Story about his sister getting pregnant -- 01:15 "Hard times, but everybody was happy." -- 01:25 No snowplows, could go across the harbor on the snow -- 01:35 Pigs and sheeps and goats and vegetables -- 01:45 "We lived like kings." -- 01:50 Pig's bladder into a football -- 02:25 Where they got the wood for the stages -- 03:00 Dad had thirteen dogs, hauled the wood -- 03:30 Gave away a saw, house made with spikes -- 03:45 History of the house -- 04:00 A man from Chicago comes a calling, says he was born there -- 04:35 Tells Bill about where it was moved from. Man called Steve Caul. -- 05:10 House over 130 years old -- 05:25 Never touched the roof, 15 to 20 layers of felt (?) -- 05:34 Discussion about the roof, other rooms in the house -- 07:30 Wedding traditions - shooting off guns -- 07:55 "If the girl was pregnant before they got married, it was called a shotgun wedding." -- 08:20 "It was flakes and stages years ago, there weren't a bit of land to be seen." -- 08:30 Reminiscing about the days back then, the way things were years ago -- 09:05 What they would do when it would rain (they would run) - the old fellers could forecast -- 09:20 Story about their old radio they had - big battery, wire from radio to battery -- 10:00 What they would listen to -- 10:20 "My dad used to have a violin..." -- 10:50 Family history and family professions -- 11:30 Discussion on building of stage, sons in Labrador, making their money -- 13:15 "That's [stage] only a shell compared to the rest." -- 13:35 "Every year I used to lose one..." -- 13:45 "The ice'd come in." -- 14:00 Used twelve-inch nails -- 14:20 "But I wouldn't change it for the world... This is the life." -- 14:35 Downfall is money, the "fish is a failure" -- 14:55 Current process for selling fish -- 15:20 800 pounds salt fish = $700 -- 15:55 Beer, darts, pool, going out with the boys -- 16:05 Salt fish, pounds or crab boxes -- 16:45 Salted vs. dried - dried makes more money -- 18:15 Making it heavier with a rubber hose, not allowed to do that -- 18:30 More salt today or less salt today -- 18:40 Description of salt usage in the past - boat, wharf, chute, wheelbarrow, "hog's head of salt" -- 19:15 The family would come down to help with the salt -- 19:30 One pound in the stage purposed for salt -- 19:55 Discussion of surrounding area -- 20:30 No shelter at all from the wind -- 20:45 All stages still being used -- 21:10 Salting differences, now and then -- 21:25 Helping his dad with fish, getting money for Christmas, 50 cents for each child -- 22:15 Killing seals in the spring - four dollars for a quintal of seals (4 to 5 pelts) -- 22:55 Buying a whole round of cheese, or a barrel of apples -- 24:15 Men hid imported rum in the store -- 24:45 Herring factory, visitors -- 25:30 "A lot of stories told years ago, ghost --stories, things they seen when they were boys, and they'd have you beleive this!" -- 25:50 No lights, just an old lamp on the wall, -- 26:00 Storytelling - pirate ships -- 26:30 Once the mayor for three years, he invited the governor general Dr. Patton (?) over -- 27:20 Gave a speech: The Story of how Joe Batt's Arm got its name *** -- 28:35 "Joey Smallwood was their man." -- 29:05 Ghost stories down at the stag