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Recording Details: Gill Bros. T2 [Tape Two]:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:07:10 Discussion Johnny's job his father's shop continues from Tape 1, with mention of the decline of blacksmithing; blacksmithing, blacksmith, Johnny Gill, 1940s, Farm Improvement Act, 1950s, 1947, tractors, welding, 1861, 1957. 

SIDE A 00:07:10 -- 00:10:09 Discussion about the first piece of work Eddy did in their father's shop; Eddy Gill, lumber mill, pulper, 1937, blacksmithing. 

SIDE A 00:10:09 -- 00:14:49 Discussion about welding and hammering; sledgehammer, sledge, hammering, welding, coal, blacksmithing. 

SIDE A 00:14:49 -- 00:17:33 Discussion about their father and handling horses; horses, broncos, horseshoes, blacksmith. 

SIDE A 00:17:35 -- 00:23:00 Discussion about different types of sleighs and wagons; sleighs, wagons, steam runner, sleigh prices, potatoes, sloven, blacksmithing, freight wagons. 

SIDE A 00:23:00 -- 00:25:00 Discussion about thrashers; Ambrose Monahaghn, Monahaghn thrasher, John MacEachern, thrashers, Pierce thrashers, thrashing mill. 

SIDE A 00:25:00 -- 00:26:18 Discussion about farm machinery; tractor, farm machinery. 

SIDE A 00:26:18 -- 00:29:15 Discussion about local sawmills and gristmills; Vernon River, Stuart's mill, McRae's mill, Ross' mill, Mooney's mill, overshot wheel, water mills, lumber mill, water turbines, gristmill. 

SIDE A 00:29:15 -- 00:31:27 Discussion about a woolen mill in Dromore; woolen mill, Dromore, Callaghan's mill, Addie Hamm, wool, sheep, drugget. 

SIDE A 00:31:27 -- 00:33:38 Discussion about a tailor shop and general stores in Elliotvale; Elliotvale, tailor shop, general store, Brothers' Road, James Bennett, Alvin Brothers, tailor. 

SIDE A 00:33:39 -- 00:36:13 Discussion about train stations and going to Charlottetown; train stations, Hermitage, Charlottetown, Cardigan, train, train fare, blacksmith. 

SIDE A 00:36:13 -- 00:44:20 Discussion about their father being caught in a snowstorm; snowstorm, Bill Gill, Lem Hughes, Devine's General Store, John McInnis. 

SIDE A 00:44:20 -- 00:46:35 Discussion about ships and schooners; ships, schooners, Mt. Stewart, Vernon River, juniper roots, shipbuilding. 

SIDE B 00:46:35 -- 00:47:44 Discussion about transportation and the mail route; transportation, mail route, mailman, mail. 

SIDE A ends at 00:47:44. ***Side A ends mid-sentence.

SIDE B 00:47:50 -- 00:49:54 Discussion about transportation and the mail route continues, with mention of early roads; transportation, mail route, roads, hay truck, truck wagon, wagons. 

SIDE B 00:49:54 -- 00:51:18 Discussion about barrels, flour, and coal; coopers, coal, barrels, flour, Ivan Kennedy, shipping. 

SIDE B 00:51:18 -- 00:53:12 Discussion about getting flour from a ship in Montague; Boon Thompson's Wharf, Jim Kelly, Montague, flour, shipping. 

SIDE B 00:53:12 -- 00:54:52 Discussion about the phantom ship; phantom ship, ghost ship. 

SIDE B 00:54:52 -- 00:57:56 Discussion about ghost stories and fairies riding horses; ghost stories, fairies. 

SIDE B 00:57:56 -- 01:00:01 Discussion about Christmas presents and food; homemade, presents, Christmas, gifts, toys, Christmas dinner. 

SIDE B 01:00:01 -- 01:08:01 Discussion about family and religion; family, Raymond Gill, William Gill, Leo Gill, England, Devonshire, army, WWII, Catholic, Protestant, religion, Murphy, Thompson, John T. Gill, Richard Gill. 
 ***Tape blips at 01:06:26 and 01:07:11.

SIDE B 01:08:06 -- 01:10:09 Discussion about changes in their father's life; John T. Gill, transportation, communication. 

SIDE B 01:10:09 -- 01:15:30 Discussion about wakes, funerals, hearses and building coffins; coffins, wakes, funerals, hearses, funeral prices, parish, St. Joachim's, MacKinnon's Funeral Home, Acorn's Funeral Home. 

SIDE B 01:15:30 -- 01:23:32 Discussion about tuberculosis; cures, Johnny, T.B., tuberculosis, Mary McInnis, Johnny Palmer, coffin, wake, McHearn, McWade, 1926, Gordon Gill, sanitorium. 

SIDE B 01:23:32 -- 01:28:21 Discussion about trains stuck in the snow for weeks in 1926 and a conductor being killed by a train; accident, train, snowstorm, Charlottetown, 1926, Conductor Murray. 

SIDE B 01:28:21 -- 01:31:28 Discussion about the Halifax Explosion and ice boats; Halifax Explosion, 1918, John MacKenzie, ice boats. 
 ***Tape blips at 01:03:03.

SIDE B 01:31:28 -- 01:35:37 Discussion about Minnie McGee murdering her six children, and the sheriff Robert Cairn; murder, sulphur poisoning, Minnie McGee, sheriff, Robert Cairn. 

SIDE B ends at 01:35:37 ***Tape ends mid-sentence.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Gill, Eddy and Johnny

Playing Time:
01:35:37

Interview Date(s):
1995-03-08

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Johnny and Eddy Gill, and continues on from Tape 1. They talk about working in their father's shop, blacksmithing, farm machinery, mills, and a local tailor shop. They then tell a story of their father caught in a snowstorm, they talk about ships and schooners, and tell about how transportation has changed over the years. There are a few ghost stories, with mention of the phantom ship, and the Gill brothers discuss family and religion. They then talk about funerals, tuberculosis, trains stuck in the snow, and finally Minnie Magee who murdered her six children.

Place(s) Discussed:
Cardigan, PE; Charlottetown, PE; Elliotvale, PE; Devonshire, England; Halifax, NS; Vernon River, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1918, 1937, 1926, 1930s

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