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The Board

Them days you sent a youngster up the road to say there was a game on. Now you send the code, and if a chair's still empty when you deal, one of the regulars takes it.

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Down the road

Well, Sunday after Mass we'd walk it. Start at the gate and go down, and every house along here I'll tell you who's in it.

Burin Burin Peninsula Hub

Burin is a historic town on the Burin Peninsula of southern Newfoundland with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It is one of the oldest European settlements in Newfoundland, with a natural harbour that attracted French and English fishing vessels for centuries. Burin town proper sits on a series of hills overlooking a sheltered cove — its geography is dramatic and its townscape character

Burin is a historic town on the Burin Peninsula of southern Newfoundland with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It is one of the oldest European settlements in Newfoundland, with a natural harbour that attracted French and English fishing vessels for centuries. Burin town proper sits on a series of hills overlooking a sheltered cove — its geography is dramatic and its townscape characteristically Newfoundland, with colourful houses clinging to rocky slopes. The town is famously associated with the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake and the tsunami that followed, which devastated Burin and surrounding communities on the south coast. The wave struck without warning on November 18, 1929, killing 28 people in total across the Burin Peninsula — the deadliest natural disaster in Newfoundland's modern history. A museum in the community of Lord's Cove commemorates the disaster. Burin was also a significant centre for the salt fish trade and is associated with the history of the French Shore and the fishing rights disputes between Britain and France that shaped Newfoundland's colonial history. Today Burin serves as an administrative and service centre for the peninsula. The Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre provides regional medical services. Route 221 connecting Burin to Marystown is the main artery of the peninsula. The community has strong Irish and English heritage and its place names reflect this mixed colonial background.

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On the go

Them days the garden party was the whole summer. Here's what's on the go now, and when.

The kitchen

Well, Sunday the pot was on before Mass and the smell of it met you at the gate. Here's what was in it, and how it's done.

The hall

Them days the hall had a dance Saturday and the kitchen had music the rest of the week. It's still playing. Come in and listen.

The yarns

He said, you know the one about the light on the water. I said, I do. That's a story, mind, and I'll tell you which parts.

Not the house

No, I said, that's not the house. It was down just below there. Go back up the road.

Back up the road