I was like 12, 13 years old when I first came over and came to Canada, but that's where we were. So yeah, that's where I-I was fairly young. There's four, or five, six towns within seven, eight, ten miles that are right on the coast, and they cater to tourists-bed and breakfast mainly, now especially, but even before. The name of the town is (unclear) It's quite a well-known town. NC Northern part, actually, on the coast close to the Italian border, on the Adriatic. SG So where are you from in Croatia? What part of Croatia actually? SG Just because some some teacher decided that you had to have two Rs. You got to have two Rs in there.' So, she said, 'Okay, two Rs.' And ever since then,1938,I kept C-A double R. The person that took me there because there was none of the family could speak English, it was a friend.

NC When I got here into school, at Seymour School, they signed me in as C-A-R. NC It would be C-A-R surname, just one R. SG That's where you're from? What would it have been in Croatian?

SG Okay, so that's a name of originally of Croatian origin, is it? NC The last name is spelled in Anglicized C- A-R-R. NC My full name is Nicholas John Paul Carr. SG So first of all, Nick, can you give me your full name? Nick Carr passed away in 2021., Monday, April 4, 2016, Interview: Nick Carr (NC)

He became President of Local 1 of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, and was a key player in the development of the union’s Benefit Fund. Nick was born in Croatia (former Yugoslavia) before moving to Canada as a young boy, where he spent his career as a fisherman. This is an audio-only interview with Nick Carr.

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