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“Something I cannot define, not put into words, a feeling that it must not end with an old worn-out building. Its loved ones gathered about the country. We were a people, 43 children and adults. We shared a very special and important time together, the common language of survival.” -Audrey Newton Currie
The French Block was an “apartment” building that existed from 1920 to 1956 on South Street in the coal mining and fishing town of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. This exhibit is the story of six families, living in their four-room apartments, who became a tight-knit community.
We wish to thank the following people:
– Audrey Currie Newton for her stories, photographs and wonderful painting of the French Block
– Neena Whalen Fowler for the use of her photographs and her great stories
– Lucy Whalen Jackson
– Lewis G. Billard for his well-documented photographs
– Wayne Howie for the use of his photographs
– The estate of Wally Buchanan for the newspaper clippings
– The Beaton Institute for their photographs
– M. Isabelle Harris
– Those who supplied audio
