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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.

Cabot Tower Signal Hill

Cabot Tower is the iconic stone tower that crowns Signal Hill above St. John's harbour, and is one of the most recognized landmarks in Newfoundland. The tower was built in 1898 to commemorate two events: the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's 1497 voyage to Newfoundland (though historians debate the exact landing site) and the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. It is a Victorian-era tower

Cabot Tower is the iconic stone tower that crowns Signal Hill above St. John's harbour, and is one of the most recognized landmarks in Newfoundland. The tower was built in 1898 to commemorate two events: the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's 1497 voyage to Newfoundland (though historians debate the exact landing site) and the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. It is a Victorian-era tower built of Newfoundland stone with a castellated roofline, rising several storeys and affording panoramic views of the harbour entrance, the city of St. John's, and the open North Atlantic. Cabot Tower is most famous as the location where Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal in 1901, using a kite-suspended antenna. A small museum inside the tower tells the story of the Marconi transmission and the history of radio and telecommunications. Amateur radio operators still operate from Cabot Tower on special occasions, continuing the wireless tradition. The tower is accessible via a steep walk from the parking area at Signal Hill, and it sits at the end of a network of walking trails that traverse the headland. The combination of Cabot Tower, the military fortifications, the walking trails, and the dramatic coastal scenery makes Signal Hill one of the most visited destinations in Newfoundland. The tower appears on numerous Newfoundland tourism promotions and is a symbol of the province's deep connections to exploration, communications history, and the North Atlantic.

Fact

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