We have a month full of events, workshops, and all-around fun stuff planned for July!
Saturday July 13th - Heritage Day in New Perlican
2pm, Veteran's Memorial Community Centre, New Perlican
12th Annual Heritage day! New designations, winners of the photo contest, and Dale Jarvis will present (briefly!) on the ongoing St. Mark's Cemetery research.
Sunday July 14th - Memory Mug Up at the Market - Southside Memories!
2pm, St. John's Farmers Market Community Room
We are hoping that the lovely Helen Fogwill Porter will be with us to share memories of growing up on the Southside of St. John's. If you're from that part of town or not, come listen and share your memories of earlier times.
Monday July 15th - Old Christmas Photo Scanning Party
2pm-5pm, SUF Hall, Heart's Delight-Islington
Bring along your scrapbooks and photo albums and we'll scan your Heart's Delight-Islington Christmas photos for you. We'd love to see photos of your old Christmas tree, family shots, concerts and times, jannies, your favourite gift, and especially photos of the old SUF and Orange parades!
Facebook event.
Wednesday, July 17th - Heritage Craft Show-And-Tell
7pm, Wesley Gosse Heritage Museum, Spaniard's Bay
Bring something you or your ancestors made to the Heritage Craft Show-And-Tell at the Wesley Gosse Heritage Museum. Folklorist Dale Jarvis with Heritage NL will be on site to chat with you about your object, and Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador researcher Rachael Green will answer your questions about the Craft-at-Risk project. Mug up to follow.
Facebook event
Thursday, July 18th - Remembering the old SUF hall
7:30pm, Anglican Church Hall, Pouch Cove
Do you remember the concerts and times at the old SUF hall in Pouch Cove? Did you dance there, or have a reception there? Do you know someone who was a member, or remember parades? Come celebrate the history of the SUF, meet former members, and maybe even taste some fudge. Bring any old photos, certificates, or SUF memorabilia, and the Pouch Cove heritage society will take photos or scan it, to help record the important place of the SUF in Pouch Cove history.
Monday, July 22nd - Cemetery Transcription and Best Practices Workshop
9:15am - 4pm, Logy Bay Middle Cove Outer Cove Museum
This combination workshop/documentation project will instruct participants in how to transcribe grave markers, and provide advice for towns or heritage groups thinking about planning a historic cemetery project.
$35 - Register here
Wednesday, July 24th - Tea With Hookers!
1pm, Livyer's Lot and Tea Rose, Placentia West Heritage Committee
Bring your favourite hooked mat for a show-and-tell, and have tea and a conversation with some of Placentia West's best rug and mat makers.
Facebook event
Saturday, July 27th - Traditional Boat Launch
2pm, on the South West Side of Heart's Delight,
between George Reid's wharf and Richard Hebbes wharf.
Join the folks of Heart's Delight-Islington for the traditional boat launch of local heritage boatbuilder Edwin Bishop's new wooden motorboat. Also, if you have a boat that was built by Edwin Bishop, we'd like you to bring it out, and have it in the harbour for the launch on that day.
Facebook event
Thursday, August 1st - 275 Duckworth Street Reunion
7pm, 275 Duckworth, Craft Council of NL Gallery
Did you or one of your relatives work at 275 Duckworth Street? If so, you are invited to a party! To celebrate the history of their new home at 275 Duckworth Street, the Craft Council of NL is hosting a building reunion in partnership with Heritage NL.
Free, tickets available here. or through the Facebook event here
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