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“It's a memoir history about growing up on the South Side of St. John's in the 1930s and 1940s.”
Porter's own statement, quoted by CBC News at her death and by Breakwater's author bio, anchors the book to a single named district within St. John's; CBC's obit confirms 'Southside Road' as the working-class neighbourhood at the heart of the memoir.
Helen Fogwill Porter, Below the Bridge (Breakwater Books, 1979), author quote via Tara Bradbury, CBC Newfoundland & Labrador (Feb 2023) — source
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- Set atSouthside Road↗
CBC obituary for Helen Porter describes Below the Bridge (1979) as her memoir of growing up on Southside Road in St. John's. The earlier passage was a journalist's paraphrase, not a Porter verbatim — the place anchor itself stands.
Helen Porter, Below the Bridge: Memories of the South Side of St. John's (Breakwater Books, 1979); place anchor via CBC News obituary. — source
