Vol. 18, No. 1

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Them Days Vol. 18 No. 1 – 1992

We are publishing excerpts from Joan Stedman’s letters home to her family in England. Beth Green Solis remembers trapping snowbirds and going to the island and fish. Richard Gear was a runaway because he was having a hard time getting there. Matt and Job was orphaned at an early age and was trained and were raised by their mom. Henry Belbin was building boats, and was working with Mike Normore off and on. Donald A. Smith worked for H.B.C arrived in Saglek Bay to do trading post. Happy-Valley, Labrador was advancing slowly as the isolating land accepting the military presence at Goose Bay, seven miles away.

Nursing at Cartwright- Joan Stedman
I Will Love Labrador Forever- Beth Green Solis
Gears of Labrador- Margaret Saunders
Lloyds of London- Leonard Budgell
Bangbelly- Henry Belbin

Lodge Bay- Gerald Pye

Cartwright- Leander Roberts

Postville- Caroline Jacque

Nain- Rosie Ford

The Finding of Fort Lampson- J. CAllum Thompson
Our Ways are Fading- Marion Crane Blake
Labrador Gallery– Gilbert Blake

Front cover: Margaret Gear (Aunt Maggie Saunders). Davis Inlet, c. 1926. Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Collection L-754a.

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