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Recording Details: Addie Hamm T1 [Tape One]:

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:04:01 Addie talks about the origin of her family name and where babies were born in the 1900s; birth, family, doctors, 1900s. 

SIDE A 00:04:01 -- 00:05:57 Addie talks about her first memories as a child, most notably the time she and her younger brother Frank had a funeral for a dead chick and she recites the poem they said for the dead bird; poetry, children, death, funerals, chickens, poems. 

SIDE A 00:05:57 -- 00:07:37 Her mother was a Horton and they took the train many times to go visit her family; family, Horton, trains, railroad, traveling, railway. 

SIDE A 00:07:37 -- 00:10:08 Trips on the train and the nice dog that would come meet her; dogs, trains, traveling. 

SIDE A 00:10:08 -- 00:13:30 Discussion about her grandparents; family. 

SIDE A 00:13:30 -- 00:15:02 What women did on the farm; farming, women's work, chores. 

SIDE A 00:15:02 -- 00:17:23 Stories of travels to Charlottetown and a puncheon of molasses; horses, molasses, candy, sugar, Charlottetown, traveling. 

SIDE A 00:17:23 -- 00:19:25 Addie talks about her old neighbour Mr. Solomon Mutch who would offer her money for kisses; children, money, neighbours, friend. 

SIDE A 00:19:25 -- 00:21:06 The west farm and the Jones family; farms, neighbours, Jones. 

SIDE A 00:21:06 -- 00:22:48 Pork, killing pigs, and doing the same for beef by storing it in a central creamery food locker; pork, slaughtering, beef, freezers, cold storage. 

SIDE A 00:22:48 -- 00:24:14 The local mills; mills, grain, wheat, Gates' Mill, Ings' Mill. 

SIDE A 00:24:14 -- 00:29:48 John Baker and Mrs. Henry and their house in Bunbury; neighbours, Bunbury, John Baker, Henry. 

SIDE A 00:29:48 -- 00:31:50 WWI veteran Mr. Darry and his wooden leg; wooden legs, veterans, WWI. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:50.

SIDE B 00:31:50 -- 00:35:30 Rationing in WWII and care packages for the her brothers with a story about the packages being given to a different soldier and getting a nice letter from him; rationing, war packages, war parcels, WWII, soldiers, war letters. 

SIDE B 00:35:30 -- 00:37:31 Selling milk to the central creamery and getting it separated there; milk, creameries, butter, Charlottetown. 

SIDE B 00:37:31 -- 00:39:05 Oysters in the Hillsborough River; oysters, seaweed, painting, Hillsborough River. 

SIDE B 00:39:05 -- 00:42:45 Boats traveling up and down the Hillsborough River and the old Hillsborough River bridge; bridges, ships, boats, Hillsborough River, railway bridges. 

SIDE B 00:42:45 -- 00:46:21 "Indians" in Bunbury and a story about Mildred Mason; Native Canadians, First Nations People, Indians, pack peddlers, Bunbury, Mildred Mason. 

SIDE B 00:46:21 -- 00:47:54 Trains in old Bunbury and how Bunbury has built up over the years; Bunbury, trains, houses. 

SIDE B 00:47:54 -- 00:51:05 The old railroad bridge that spanned across the Hillsborough River; bridges, Stratford, Bunbury, Charlottetown, railroad, railway, Hillsborough River. 

SIDE B 00:51:05 -- 00:53:37 Streets in Charlottetown and the pork factory that was very close to the old bridge; Charlottetown, pork, factories, slaughterhouses. 

SIDE B 00:53:37 -- 00:56:00 Making jams and preserves and selling strawberries; strawberries, preserve, jam, tea, sugar, prices. 

SIDE B 00:56:00 -- 01:00:45 Going to church and a story about how Addie almost froze to death in the local parish; church, cold weather, Southport, Stratford, Protestant. 
 01:00:45 -- 01:03:45 Having concerts and plays during WWI to raise money for the troops; concerts, music, plays, fundraising, money, WWI. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:45.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Hamm, Addie

Playing Time:
01:03:45

Interview Date(s):
1995-02-24

Interview Summary:
Addie Hamm of Bunbury, PEI talks about growing up in the 1920s and 1930s. She and Dutch chat about her first memories when she and her younger brother had a funeral for a dead chicken, sending care packages to the wrong soldier, and "Indians" in Bunberry. Mrs. Hamm also touches on other topics such as her family name, trains, the Hillsborough River railroad bridge, slaughtering pigs, street cleaning in Chatlottetown, jams, strawberry picking, painting the family house using seaweed, molasses, nice dogs, socials, performing plays, concerts and care packages.

Place(s) Discussed:
Charlottetown, PE; Bunbury, PE; Stratford, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
WWI, WWII, 1930s, 1920s

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