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.
Little Bay Islands
Little Bay Islands in Notre Dame Bay, taken July 1949.
The reader is interested in finding out information and others' memories of this school. Reid Elementary, a Salvation Army School, was located on Mundy Pond Road, St. John's, NL. Here is a photo of a 1957 Kindergarten class.
Back Row L-R: ?, ... click to read moreThe reader is interested in finding out information and others' memories of this school. Reid Elementary, a Salvation Army School, was located on Mundy Pond Road, St. John's, NL. Here is a photo of a 1957 Kindergarten class.
Back Row L-R: ?, ? Squires, Wayne Squires, George Mercer, William Brown, Andrew Murray, Charlie White, Francis Windsor, Robert Coveyduck.
School children and teachers outside of school in Tilt Cove - sorry, don't know the year etc. Picture shared with me by Garfield Roberts of Grand Falls-Windsor.
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Porte St. Louis
To celebrate Newfoundlands 25th anniversary into Confederation, two Naval Reserve vessels, Porte St. Louis and Porte St. Jean visited ports in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1974. This picture was taken at dusk from Porte St. Jean of Porte St. Louis at anchor near Roddickton, NL.
This photo of HMCS Cabots patrol vessel Standoff was taken in Freshwater Bay, just outside St. John's Harbour around 1997 just before retirement from service. Standoff was previously owned by the RCMP and was stationed in Burin. Her sister ship Centennial was stationed in Fortune.
This is a picture of my play school class in Rocky Harbour I think. It would have been in the early 1980's. I'm front first on the left and the only other person I know is Steve Huddlestone who is back row first on the right. Can anyone help identify the rest. I moved away to Ontario soon after this.
Old picture taken in Botwood during the War years-looks like a Christmas/New Year's party. Note Christmas tree in background. I found the picture among my Aunt Elsie's belongings.
