The approach to St. John's in 1813, by Chappell. Dale Jarvis, Heritage NL I love placenames, and over the past decade of intang...

Helen Fogwill Porter. Photo courtesy of CBC NL:  https://bit.ly/2XGNTtK . Do you have memories of growing up in St. John's? Have...

Hi! It’s me again, Rachael, Craft Researcher for the Craft Council and Heritage NL! In my last post I mentioned a little about the ...

Solomon's Lane, 2009. Photo by Alex Pierson/The Scope. Last week, my friend Karen's father,  Dr. Joseph A. "Joe" Moo...

Claudia Earle and Nancy Knight On October 23, 2017, as part of the Collective Memories project, I interviewed Nancy Knight and Claudia ...

View of the St. John's Court House from wharf [1954]. Photograph courtesy of the Portugal Cove St. Philip's Archives (Allen and Pe...

Photo by Kelly Drover. Today's folklore photo comes from the General Protestant Cemetery which is located between Waterford Bridge R...

Photograph of Water Street in downtown St. John's in 1962. Shows the Bank of Montreal, VOCM, Ayres, Royal Bank of Canada, and a St. J...

Exterior of Yellowbelly. Photo by Katie Harvey. 2017. Yellowbelly Brewery and Public House is located on the corner of Water Street and...

People at the 1962 St. John's Regatta. Identified (l to r): Theresa, Edna Tucker, Delcie, Jake Tucker, Jimmy King, Al Squires, and ...

On July 12, I interviewed Ed Murphy about the W.J. Murphy store in St. John’s, which operated from 1895-2000 on Rawlin’s Cross (in the spa...

Daphne Gillingham. 2017. Photo by Terra Barrett. On May 29, 2017 as part of the Collective Memories project, I interviewed Daphne Gillin...

(01 02 004) Water Street, St. John's. View looking east with Ayre and Sons to the right. Photo courtesy of Geography Collection of His...

Yesterday, we went to the Marjorie Mews Public Library for our Merchants and Memories Mug Up. As it was our third Mug Up event at the lib...

Marjorie Mews Public Library. Share Your Stories at the Memory Mug Up! Which of your memories would you like to preserve for future ge...

A collection of tools from the 1900's to 1950's is displayed on shelves in Charlie Pearcey's Twine Store. The photograph was ...

Photo of young Aloysius with two puppies in 1921 Many people in St. John's will have memories of Aly O'Brien and the O'Bri...

Lossie Trask, Linda Furey, Marie Ryall, Ruby Hann, Terra Barrett, Dale Jarvis, and Mayor Dennis O'Keefe at the booklet launch.  On T...

City of St. John's Volunteers and Heritage Foundation employees. Booklet Launch - Memories of City of St. John’s Volunteers The Her...

Lossie Trask was born and raised in Port Blandford. She moved to Grand Falls at age 15, where she met her husband and started a family. Ev...