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Hunt, Robert J., 1949-
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Hunt, Robert J., 1949- -- Childhood and youth.
Hunt, Robert J., 1949- -- Friends and associates.
Students -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- Biography.
Brazil Street (St. John's, N.L.) -- Biography.
St. John's (N.L.) -- Biography.
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Hunt, Robert J., 1949-
Hunt, Robert J., 1949- -- Childhood and youth.
Hunt, Robert J., 1949- -- Friends and associates.
Students -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- Biography.
Brazil Street (St. John's, N.L.) -- Biography.
St. John's (N.L.) -- Biography.
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Brazil Street : a memoir / Robert Hunt.
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Hunt, Robert J., 1949-
Flanker Press Limited, 2017.
Call #:
971
.8
H942b
Subjects
Hunt, Robert J., 1949- -- Childhood and youth.
Hunt, Robert J., 1949- -- Friends and associates.
Students -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- Biography.
Brazil Street (St. John's, N.L.) -- Biography.
St. John's (N.L.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781771176019 (pbk.)
Description:
xvi, 219 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Preface -- Life in St. John's in the 1950s and 1960s -- Brazil Street and Brazil Square -- My family living on Brazil Street -- Charlie O'Day : master checker player -- Catholic and Protestant : ruled by religion -- N.J. Downey : store owner and champion prize fighter -- Joey Smallwood : a loved and hated Newfoundlander -- Mahers - our adventure away from home -- The Halloween caper -- Copper, sheet metal and car batteries -- Nasty Nancy -- Shorty and Conk -- Photos -- Gulliver's Cabs, Dickie and me -- The regatta -- Return to summer camp in Bay Bulls -- The Guy Fawkes adventure -- Fort Pepperell : another assignment -- My buddies and me and NHL hockey -- My Kodak camera -- Come Home Year 1966 -- Tommy Ricketts and Healy's Drugstore -- A man named Hey -- My last trips with Canadian National Railways -- The final chapter.
Summary:
In this final instalment of Robert Hunt's memoirs, following Corner Boys and Townies, we return to the alleys and street corners of St. John's in the 1950s and 1960s. Baby boomers coming of age in this growing city often faced difficult and sometimes frightening challenges, including daily threats from bullies and attending school under the oppressive yoke of the Irish Christian Brothers. But life in downtown St. John's wasn’t all bad. Together with his childhood friends, Robert Hunt explored the city and came to know first-hand some of its historical riches. With stories of World War I hero Tommy Ricketts, hockey greats Alex and George Faulkner,and working with Canadian National Railway employees on the "Newfie Bullet". Experience the lives of these townies and corner boys in the heyday of St. John's, the oldest city in North America.
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