Re: Ted Russell's Pigeion Inlet stories -- a digital archive
David Dalton <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:40:21 -0230
| Newsgroups | alt.arts.storytelling, alt.folklore, nf.general, nf.arts, can.media.radio, alt.radio.networks.cbc |
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| Organization | Eternal September |
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On Mar 27, 2025, David Dalton wrote (in article<[email protected]>): > https://kellyrussell.ca/ted-russells-pigeon-inlet/ > > "Welcome to Ted Russell's Pigeon Inlet > a digital archive > > Introduction > > Pigeon Inlet is the setting for Ted Russell’s stories, written for radio > between 1953 and 1961. Here you will meet not only Uncle Mose, but other > characters whose names have become synonymous with traditional outport life: > Grampa and Grandma Walcott, Skipper Joe, Aunt Sophy, Jethro Noddy and, of > course, King David. Told with a combination of humour and respect and in a > manner that captures the essence of folk narrative, these stories stand as a > monument to the dignity of the outport Newfoundlander.” Oops, I misspelled Pigeon in the Subject line. My newsreader Hogwasher flags misspelled words in the body but not in the Subject line. Feel free to pass this on. -- David Dalton [email protected] https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill; And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)