Archive for January 2016

Our cousin Jacqui recently posted a photo on Facebook which depicted 4 of our Grandmother McCarthy’s cousins who served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.     I had never heard of these young men and was intrigued enough to question my father and our Aunt Aggie about the relationship. Aggie has…

A post by Regina McCarthy: We are so pleased to share this story about our Mother and the many charitable works she performs in our community. Along with the many members of her quilting guild they have been creating these wonderful gifts for the Palliative Care Unit at Brother Jason’s hospital here in St. John’s…

A post by Mark McCarthy: Perhaps my favorite story from this Christmas involves a bottle of Newfoundland ‘Screech’; an empty bottle at that. Last week we had more then a few people over to help celebrate the season and while I wasn’t surprised to see so many rum drinkers – I was rather taken aback…