Images of people, communities and events of bygone years are few and far between, making them all the more precious today as we strive to instill a sense of history in our youth and the generations to come. Many of our loyal readers have recognized this need and have submitted old photographs to Downhome magazine from their personal collections. Scroll through to see these images for yourself and take a walk down memory lane.
St. Bon's Hockey Champions, St. John's (1951)
My late husband David MacDonald is pictured in this photo. Enjoy your magazine. Sent the booklet on Labrador to my son in Melbourne, Australia, who works for Rio Tinto as a metalologist.
Shirley MacDonald Fredericton, NB
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St. Bon's Track Champs, St. John's (1947)
My late husband David MacDonald is pictured in the photo. He is third from left in the second row of track champs, next to David (Sammy) Molly. Sorry I couldn't name the others. Enjoy your magazine. Sent the booklet on Labrador to my son in Melbourne, Australia, who works for Rio Tinto as a metalologist.
Shirley MacDonald Fredericton, NB
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St. Andrews School, Glenwood (1955-1956)
This picture was taken at St. Andrews School in Glenwood in either 1955 or 1956. I can only name a few people including myself. Back row, first on left: Bob Ball. Middle row: fifth from left: Garry Francis, sixth from left, Reg Marsh (me). There are several other names I know, but can't quite place them: Reggie Vivian, Judy Prichart, Louise Thistle. Names may not have the proper spelling.
This is an old photograph of my aunt, Geraldine, her mother and her sister Betty (going from right to left). I think they look so simplistic and stylish. They were such beautiful women. Also, I found the old model of radio in Betty's hand particularly interesting!
This is another photograph taken from my great Aunt Alice Granter's old photo albums. The woman on the right I'm fairly sure is my great aunt Lucy, and the other woman may be one of my aunt's as well but I can't ... click to read moreThis is another photograph taken from my great Aunt Alice Granter's old photo albums. The woman on the right I'm fairly sure is my great aunt Lucy, and the other woman may be one of my aunt's as well but I can't remember if we figured it out or not. It was a mystery for a bit until my dad, her and I were sitting around looking at these pictures the other night and she remembered the faces. This was when they were fairly young. They looked happy at least. ... Hide full submission
This was one of the photos taken from my great Aunt Alice's photo albums, and from my Aunt Bernice Case's Facebook. She wasn't sure who these men were, but there sure is a lot of fish. Does anyone out there recognize these men? I'm sort of curious myself.
On the far left (wearing glasses) is the submitter's father, Kevin Neary. He owned a bus company, which did many runs to Portugal Cove and Argentia. The submitter assumes this photo was taken at a meeting of some sort - & he's curious to find out who the rest of the men were.
