Winter 2010/11, Volume 103 Number 3

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Feature Articles ...

Blaze of Heaven 2010, by Gerald Squires. Oil on canvas, 48" x 36".

Recordings of Newfoundland and Labrador: 1970-1979 By Wayne Tucker
In the 1970s, as Canadian Content Regulations took effect, local recording studios were established, and recording artists improved their musicianship and business skills, home-grown music poured into the record bins. This article chronicles the highlights of that decade... [ Read Online ]

The Belbin Family of Trunk Lane By Suzanne Sexty
While automation may have taken over the production of trunks in most places, one Newfoundland family, the Belbins of St. John's, made trunks and suitcases by hand until the 1970s. Many a Memorial University student set out from home with a trunk made by the Belbins, bought from a Water Street mercantile establishment or through their local Riff's, Royal Stores, or The Big 6...

The Year of the Chevette By Bob Hallett
Well into the 90s, I am embarrassed to say, I was driving around St. John’s in a series of unbelievably crap automobiles. Despite covering a wide variety of makes and models, almost all of them had one thing in common – they all were manufactured in one of the doldrum years of the North American auto industry: 1978...

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