The Whole Picture

I bought this place about 50 years ago and put up these buildings. But I got no help from the government. I didn’t look for it. And I wouldn’t get it anyhow. I suppose I was on the wrong side of the fence. You know, I was supposed to be a first-class carpenter. I was going all the time, more than I could do. So I didn’t have to bother them for anything. Well, I wouldn’t anyhow. I’d starve to death on the side of the damn road before I’d borrow any money. That’s the way I looked at it... . Yeah, that was the picture.

Courtesy Rose MacTavish

The MacTavish family: Left to rightAlexander, Gertie, Ella, father] ohn MacTavish, Harold, mother Catherine MacLellan MaeTavish, and Harry.

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