Newfoundland and Labrador Road Map

When I was growing up we had a truck camper and every summer we would drive around Newfoundland. This map is from the 70's and I remember the cover of it. We explored almost every town in Newfoundland in our camper.

Newfoundland License Plate

1966 was Come Home Year in Newfoundland and also the year I was born. These license plates celebrated that (Come Home Year, not my birth). In the first photo you can just barely make out the words on the license plate, that's my 2 older sisters standing in front of the car.

Newfoundland Herald

Like most Newfoundlander's, the Herald was a common fixture in our home. It was/is a tv guide and entertainment magazine. These are from the late 70's and early 80's. They started out with drawings on the cover and then changed to pictures.

The Lure of the Labrador Wild Book

We had to read this book in high school, what torture! I think I was the only one in the class who read it through, most of my friends admitted that they didn't read it. It was so boring, I was just waiting for the main character to finish eating his boot leather and die already. At least then it would be over.

Trees of Newfoundland

We owned this book, Native Trees of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Newfie Joke Book

We had a couple of these around the house, my younger brother seemed to like them more than the rest of us.

Newfoundland Commemorative Cookbook

This cookbook was put out in 1974 to celebrate 25 years of confederation. Mom and Dad bought one for each of us. It was filled with traditional Newfoundland recipes and Mom used it often.

Newfoundland Penny

I remember seeing a couple of these when I was a kid. No, I am not that old, but Mom and Dad must have had a couple. Newfoundland had its own currency before it joined Canada in 1949.

I Chose Canada Book (by Joey Smallwood)

My father gave this to my older sister one year for Christmas. I am not sure if she read it, I know I didn't, I was too young to be interested in politics at the time (I'm not really interested in it now either).

The Face of Newfoundland Book

I think my oldest sister gave this book to Dad one year for Christmas. It was published in 1977 so I would have been around 11 years old when we got it. It was compiled by a former premier of Newfoundland, Joey Smallwood. The book was full of photos of Newfoundland places and people and was a beautiful book to look at, which we often did.

Corner Brook Coin

In 1981 the city of Corner Brook issued these commemorative coins. Corner Brook was the city closest to my hometown, just 50 kilometres away. We had a few of these coins around the house.

Dick Nolan's Atlantic Christmas Record

Another Christmas record we owned, Dick Nolan was a Newfoundland singer.

Dick Nolan

This was one of the few records we owned (my parents were not into music). Dick Nolan was a Newfoundland singer and this record included the songs "Aunt Martha's Sheep" and "CN Bus".