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Living Heritage - Episode 73
Memories of Wabana - Exploring Bell Island
Living Heritage Podcast 
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Uploaded: 21 Apr, 2017
Recording Date: 19 Apr, 2017
Recording Location: CHMR-FM, St. John's, NL
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Language: English
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Program Title: Living Heritage - Episode 73
Description: Gail (Hussey) Weir is the author of The Miners of Wabana, published by Breakwater Books in 1989 and 2006. Her latest publication is a chapter on the history of Company Housing on Bell Island in the book Company Houses, Company Towns: Heritage and Conservation, published by Cape Breton University Press in 2016. A former archivist with Memorial University Library’s Archives & Special Collections, she is spending her retirement years constructing a website on Bell Island’s history and culture at www.historic-wabana.com. In this podcast, we talk about the history of mining on Bell Island, company housing and building styles, and Gail’s memories of growing up on the island.
Host(s): Dale Jarvis
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Regional > Canada > Newfoundland and Labrador
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Weekly Program
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