Material Type

Recording

Date Range

1985

Physical Condition

Excellent

History Biographical

Local.

Acquisition Source

priestly, anne mossey

Scope and Content

1 Sony LNX 60 90 Minute Cassette Tape. See Attached For Summary of interview With Anne Mossey Priestly. TAPE 1, SIDE "A" 003 - 021 Family history - father, Michael Homulos 022 - 024 Czechoslovakia community in Lethbridge. 025 - 047 Fathers mining career. 048 - 050 Family residence - 701 - 12th Street "B" North, Lethbridge. 136 - 147 Schools attended. ,.-lv,...,;.\,,,, 148 - 216 Attended St. Pauls & St. Peters Church. Life revolved around the church and its traditions. 219 - 291 Traditional church celebrations: weddings, christenings, teas, Easter, Christmas, funerals 303 - 323 Discussion of teas and bazaars and different Ukranian foods. 326 - 398 Traditional Easter celebrations. 410 - 529 Christmas celebrations. 531 - 734 Anne's birth - July 12, 1914. Discusses family, childhood games, education TAPE 1. SIDE "B" 005 - 047 Employed at the "Nifty Nook", duties and food discussed. 050 - 100 Employed at "Logan Knit Co." located between 3rd & 4th Avenue on 8th Street. 100 - 144 Lions Ice Carnival - queen candidate. 146 - 197 Life at home. Met and married George Mossey (1941). Looking after ailing mother. One daughter born (1950). Mother died (1961). 195 - 231 New house built (1966). Neighbourhood discussed. 232 - 244 South/Northside rivalry. 245 - 250 Catholic/Protestant rivalry. 251 - 293 Consumer Hardware sold, husband bought "9th Avenue Hardware" 294 - 299 Husband died 1971. Hardware sold. 297 - 299 Daughter trained and graduated Foothills Hospital. 304 - 315 Worked at Thriftway Drug, 13th Street North for 5 years. 316 - 320 Married Mr. Priestley (1981). 321 - 334 Travelled to the Holy Land 1977. 340 - 350 Renewed old friendship with Doug Priestley (1980), rrlarried 1981. 351 - 407 Travelled to Europe. 415 - 452 Daily routine life of the family in a miner's home. 452 - 508 Miner's Library, lending library for miner's children. Clubhouse for miners. 509 - 540 Miner's picnics (annual) began in the 1920's. 541 - 589 City cleaning of outhouses.

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

19871095000

Collection

Archive

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