Labrador Patella: The Archie Rumbolt story

Patella: a bony cap that covers the knee joint; a family unit.

For seven-year-old Archie Rumbolt and his thirty-four-year-old mother Fanny, the years between 1946 and 1954 were wrought with grief and despair, brought on by a terrible sickness that ravaged the windswept coast of Labrador. 

When sliding with friends in December 1946, Archie punctured his kneecap, and for the next six years his life took a series of dramatic turns that changed the fate of his entire family. 

A story of the turmoil of life on a harsh unforgiving coast during difficult times, and the heartbreak of a parent separated from her child.