| Interviewee(s): Clow, Roy |
| Playing Time: 01:02:53 |
| Interview Date(s): 2006-09-04 |
| Interview Summary: This interview with Roy Clow begins with stories about Roy's service in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He begins by telling about joining the navy and being given the duty of instructing new recruits due to his experience at sea. Roy then tells about his friend, Lester MacKeeman, and his experience as a Prisoner of War in Germany. Roy continues the interview by telling about his ranks and duties in the navy, his time in Halifax, rationing during the war, and the riots that broke out in Halifax on V.E. Day. Roy then goes on to tell about his friends and their involvement in the war effort and Roy's duty with the navy after the war. On side B of the tape, Roy begins by telling about building and selling fishing boats, and the house he built himself. Next he tells about family farms in Montague, and then goes on to tell stories about making moonshine and buying pigs with Dolphie White. Roy then talks about Georgetown, a home remedy for wet eczema concocted by Dr. Barnes, and finishes by beginning a story about piloting ships into Georgetown harbour. |
| Place(s) Discussed: Halifax, NS; Georgetown, PE; Murray Harbour, PE; Montague, PE; Montreal, QC |
| Time(s) Discussed: WWII, 1947, 1948, 1940s |
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