The Old Post Office Site story is read by Betty Mansfield, and told from the perspective of "Maude" while she is knitting, in 1943.

This story recalls the old Post Office as a place that connected the community to the wider world. Residents waited in the post office for news, mail and telegrams, and women sent their NONIA knitting into St. John’s to make a little extra money for their families. During the Second World War, the building also played a quiet but vital role, as aircraft sightings were reported from here by morse code, linking this small harbour to the wider war effort.

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Thanks to the many people who helped bring The Willow Tree Walk to life:

• ​Produced and recorded by Stéphane Dandeneau
• ​Story scripts written by Sharon King-Campbell
• ​Graphic design by Katie Hardy
• ​Original music by Brad Tuck
• ​Executive Producer Marlayne Hardy

Special thanks to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Cultural Economic Development Program, for their investment and the Town of Hant’s Harbour for their continual support.

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