by Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson
When Dad left [Inverness], it was February of ‘52. and he stayed for our anniversary, but I don’t know when after that he left, shortly after. We had a bad winter. We were snowed in; they had to shovel us out one time.
I was there [...]
by Hughie Ferguson and Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson
Greet: When Roddie was really sick, we made a point of going. We always stopped to see them anyway as we drove down and back. But the last year we were going to stay two or three days in Antigonish.
And we were going [...]
by Hughie Ferguson and Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson
David: Do you remember your grandparents?
Hughie: My grandfather was Hughie.
Greet: And his grandmother lived with them after the grandfather died. She couldn’t speak English.
Hughie: With the Gaelic, oh, yeah. They did a lot of talking about it.
David: What did he do?
Hughie: He was [...]
by Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson
[I talked to my mother tonight and told her about Rose getting her own room when she was a baby. Mom pointed out that I did once have a room of my own. -- Dave]
[It was] at Bertie’s house [on MacIsaac Street in Inverness], the one we bought, [...]
by Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson
[Hughie Ferguson's brother Johnny] died before John [Ferguson] was born [April, 1948]. I went home from Halifax because we didn’t have any money to have a baby in Halifax, and it would be cheaper at home. So I went home to Inverness in March, and Johnny Ferguson [...]
David: You never told me how it was you guys decided to come to the States, which I never knew.
Greet: You never knew how we decided?
David: No, well, you probably didn’t ask my opinion back then.
Greet: I’ll tell you. There was no jobs in Inverness.
Hughie: That was it.
Greet: We were down to just a few [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Art • Ferguson, David • Ferguson, Hughie • Macdonald, Frank • Macdonald, Freddie • Macdonald, Greet • Macdonald, Jackie • Stories • Storytellers • told by David Ferguson • told by Greet Macdonald | Dave Ferguson March 14, 2006 | 
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