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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1998.51.7 |
Object Name |
Videotape |
Title |
Interview with Roland Hewer |
Date |
11 June 1998 |
Year Range from |
1998 |
Year Range to |
1998 |
Description |
Videotape of interview with Roland Hewer (born on November 16, 1919) on 11 June 1998 conducted by Charlie Pullen for the Guelph Social History Project. Hewerr shares memories of growing up in Guelph, school, social life, work, dating, The Depression, WWII, Italian community, sports, unions, and Downtown Guelph. Detailed Summary: Roland Hewer's maternal grandparents moved to Guelph from England after the First World War, where they would settle. Hewer's maternal grandfather worked as a road superintendent for many years. His father's family came over "from the old country" in the 1800s. Hewer's paternal grandfather was the Mayor of Guelph for a period, during the 1900s. His father was in the clothing business - as a boy, his father was water carrier, running water up to Keller and Henley's on Wyndham Street. Roland Hewer grew up at 163 Waterloo Avenue, near Ferguson Street. They lived in a nice, large house and his elementary school was right down the street. Hewer attended Guelph Collegiate (high school) and played a lot of hockey and baseball. In 1939, he was on the Junior Championship Hockey team who played at Exhibition Park. Hewer's family was very involved with the Guelph Musical Society (GMS); his grandfather played the drums. |
People |
Hewer, Nellie Dobson Hewer, Roland Hewer, Roland S. Lazzari, John Pullen, Charlie Stickland, Bev |
Search Terms |
Armco Canada Limited Cambridge Street Arena Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Central Apartments Central School Depression (The) (1930s) Downtown Guelph Eastern Star Hall Edinburgh Road Exhibition Park Federal Wire and Cable Company Limited Gordon Street Bridge Grand Trunk Railway Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) Guelph Musical Society Band Hall's Red Indians Hockey Team Hewer's Fashion Hall Hewer's Feed Store Howitt Park Pond Keleher and Hendley Tailors Kelly's Music Store Letter Carrier's Union of Canada (LCUC) Lowe Brothers Paint Store Macdonell Street Maple Leaf Baseball Club Mason's Arena (Cambridge Street) McDermid's Restaurant Ontario Reformatory Post Office Quebec Street Riverside Park Riverside Park - Dance Pavillion Royal City Rink Royal Knitting Company Ryan (G.B.) and Company Department Store Spire's Grocery Store St. Patrick's Ward Tantardini's Red and White Grocery Tolton Manufacturing Company Limited Top's Ladies Wear Torrance Public School Unions Ward (The) Waterloo Avenue World War II Wyndham Street YMCA Zephyr Loom and Textiles Company Ltd. |
Subjects |
AGRICULTURE - PARKS ARCHITECTURE - DOWNTOWN GUELPH ARTS - MUSIC ARTS - THEATRE COMMERCIAL - CLOTHING COMMERCIAL - FEED COMMERCIAL - FURNITURE COMMERCIAL - GROCERS COMMERCIAL - MUSIC COMMERCIAL - TAILORS EDUCATION - SCHOOLS ETHNIC - ITALIAN INTERVIEWS MILITARY MILITARY - AIR FORCE RELIGION - CHURCHES SOCIAL HISTORY SPORTS - BASEBALL SPORTS - FOOTBALL SPORTS - HOCKEY SPORTS - SWIMMING TRANSPORTATION - RAILWAYS TRANSPORTATION - ROADS UNIONS |
Collection |
Artifacts |