This interview with Brent Heffron focuses on two major topics, one being the idyllic nature of growing up on Sullivan’s Island during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and the other being the long history of the family home known as Waveland. Heffron details the way the house looked and the summers that were spent there. He tells many of his father’s memories passed down through the family, such as the outdoor rainwater shower, the two-holer outhouse, the Atlantic Beach Hotel that existed then, and the ferries that served the island. Heffron notes such figures as Henry, the vegetable man, and the iceman, both of whom made regular deliveries. He relates summer activities such as crabbing, swimming, exploring the old forts, and riding horses on the beach. He describes the few businesses that existed during that time. The interviewee goes on to detail the total devastation of the family home by Hurricane Hugo and the efforts to restore it.
