holidays
Doug Clark - Holiday Memories (clip)
Doug Clark describes attending a holiday party at a UNC fraternity where he got the idea to start his band, which eventually became Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts.To hear more from Doug Clark, listen to his full oral history "Doug Clark, Sr. - On growing up in Chapel Hill and high school."
Doug Clark - Holiday Memories (clip)
Gracie Webb - Holiday Memories (clip)
Interviewer: Who does the cooking for Christmas and Thanksgiving?
Gracie Webb (GW): All of us do. All us carried a covered dish.
Interviewer: Oh.
GW: Then it’s – so it’s not hard on nobody. One would cook ham, one would cook the turkey. And then, cook pies, whatever they want to. Everybody had…
Gracie Webb - Holiday Memories (clip)
Gracie Webb - On her family, growing up in Northside, and changes in Northside
“On Sundays everybody would come after church and come there and eat, the pastors and all [of them]. We weren’t the wealthiest, but we were always full.”
- Gracie Webb
Throughout Gracie Webb’s life she has seemingly always been in the Northside and Cedar Groves area of Chapel Hill-Carrboro.…
Gracie Webb - On her family, growing up in Northside, and changes in Northside
Katherine Council - Holiday Memories (clip)
Katherine "Mama Kat" Council recalls students and neighbors at the holidays.To hear more from Katherine Council, listen to her full oral history "Katherine Council - On growing up in Chapel Hill and changes in the neighborhood."
Katherine Council - Holiday Memories (clip)
Lillie Edwards and Juanita Washington - On food and cooking
Lillie recounts on her first experiences with cooking bread as a young girl. She was the designated cook of the family. She also talks about her mother’s cooking style since her mother does not use standard recipes to cook. Juanita speaks about Mama Dip (her aunt) being the head cook in her family.…
Lillie Edwards and Juanita Washington - On food and cooking
Mary Norwood Jones - Holiday Memories (clip)
Mary Norwood Jones shares her memories of Santa.To hear more from Mary Norwood Jones, listen to her full oral history "Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School."
Mary Norwood Jones - Holiday Memories (clip)
Velma Perry - Holiday Memories (clip)
Velma Perry tells about holiday dances in Northside.To hear more from Velma Perry, listen to her full oral history "Velma Perry - On the history and future of Northside."
Velma Perry - Holiday Memories (clip)
Willistine McClain - Holiday Memories (clip)
Willistine McClain (WM): [The] thing that sticks out most in my mind is her fruitcakes.
Monica Palmeira (MP): Fruitcakes? She made really good fruitcakes?
WM: She would always make fruitcakes at Christmas. And she would make fruitcakes for just about everybody in the neighborhood.
MP: Oh really? She…
Willistine McClain - Holiday Memories (clip)
