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Recording Details: Edwin Clay:

***Disclaimer - This interview contains language some may find inappropriate.

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:02:00 Discussion about the Clay family history and Bridgetown; Bridgetown, Clay, Savile and Clay's Store, Matthew and MacLean's Store. 

SIDE A 00:02:00 -- 00:03:14 Discussion about school; school, Bridgetown. 

SIDE A 00:03:14 -- 00:04:28 Discussion about local place names; Annandale, Flambo, Dundas, Upper Point, Big Run, Edwin Layton. 

SIDE A 00:04:28 -- 00:06:01 Discussion about working at Matthew and MacLean's store; Matthew and MacLean's, caskets, MacKinnon's, general stores, 1950s. 

SIDE A 00:06:01 -- 00:07:08 Discussion about shipbuilding around Boughton River; McKeen and Vickerson, schooners, shipbuilding, Boughton River, draw bridge. 

SIDE A 00:07:08 -- 00:08:07 Discussion about McKeen and Vickerson's store; McKeen and Vickerson's, general store. 

SIDE A 00:08:07 -- 00:11:24 Discussion about local wharves, shipbuilding, and tree knees; 1930s, 1940s, schooners, wharves, MacLean's wharf, Gaudet's whatf, cattle, shipbuilding, shipping, tree knees. 

SIDE A 00:11:24 -- 00:19:12 Discussion about a cheese factory, with brief mention of starch and butter factories; cheese factory, cheese, starch factory, butter factory, milk, rennet, wages, 1940s, cheddar cheese. 

SIDE A 00:19:12 -- 00:22:17 Discussion about blacksmiths in the area; MacKay's, sleighs, wagons, carriages, sleigh prices, Sterling MacDonald, blacksmiths. 

SIDE A 00:22:17 -- 00:23:48 Discussion about the history of his house and other local buildings; Dundas, Vickerson, Orange Lodge, court house, Bridgetown. 

SIDE A 00:23:48 -- 00:24:40 Discussion about saw and grist mills; Ross, sawmill, gristmill, Hayden, Morrison, carding mill. 
 ***Side A 00:24:40 -- 00:28:13 This portion of the tape is almost completely inaudible. Dutch's notes mention the topics of ice and snow, and there are a few small periods where they can be heard discussing these topics. 

SIDE A 00:28:13 -- 00:30:11 Discussion about Ms. Fair's Beer and Livery; Ms. Fair's Beer and Livery, Nindy Fair, 1925, 1930, liquor, beer, livery, stable, moonshine. 
 ***Side A 00:30:11 -- 00:30:46 This portion of the tape is mostly inaudible. It seems to be a discussion about changes over the years, and Dutch's notes indicate the topic of a big snowstorm. 

SIDE A ends at 00:30:46. ***Side B 00:30:50 -- 00:32:33 The discussion about a big snowstorm continues from Side A, but is mostly inaudible; snowstorm. 

SIDE B 00:32:33 -- 00:36:08 Discussion about wharves, rum runners, and rum; wharves, rum, rum runners, bootlegging, Poplar Point Wharf, Chapel Wharf, Shore Acres Wharf, Annandale, Souris, black rum, moonshine. 

SIDE B 00:36:08 -- 00:39:17 Discussion about general stores and the goods they carried; Matthew and MacLean's, general stores, groceries, trading eggs, bartering, molasses, molasses pump, raisins, eggs, sticky sugar, puncheon, molasses barrel, 1950s. 

SIDE B 00:39:17 -- 00:45:17 Discussion about fishing on the Boughton River; mussels, lobsters, fish, Boughton River, hake, Bruce Lewellen, Reggie Banks, Joe MacKinnon, lobster prices, 1940s, cod, trout, fishing, flat fish, Annandale, Milford Robison, Lans O'Reilly. 

SIDE B 00:45:17 -- 00:47:29 Discussion about rum and moonshine, with a brief mention of fishing boundaries; East Point, rum, moonshine, fishing boundaries. 

SIDE B 00:47:29 -- 00:49:10 Discussion about railroads and transportation; Cardigan, trains, Cardigan train station, railroads, shipping, trucking, freight, roads. 

SIDE B 00:49:10 -- 00:51:23 Discussion about Dr. Clay fixing a man's face after being kicked by a horse; Dr. Clay, horses, accident, doctor. 

SIDE B 00:51:24 -- 00:56:11 Discussion about horses, ploughing, his first tractor, and thrashing mills; gang plow, single plow, horsepower, sawmill, International tractor, gas engines, thrashing mill, grain toll, wood toll, pulp, pit props, Cardigan, cords of wood, tractor, ploughing, horses. 

SIDE B 00:56:11 -- 00:58:33 Discussion about the biggest changes in his time; tractors, blacksmiths, chains. 

SIDE B 00:58:33 -- 01:02:00 Discussion about shipwrecks, house fires, and horses; shipwrecks, East Point, land prices, house prices, Clay, housefire, 1930s, wages, horses. 

SIDE B 01:02:00 -- 01:03:11 Discussion about fox ranches; Edwin Clay, Souris, fox prices, fox ranches, fox feed, foxes, rabbits. 

SIDE B 01:03:11 -- 01:03:42 Brief discussion about radio; radio, Don Messer, boxing, entertainment. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:42. ***Tape ends mid-sentence.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Clay, Edwin

Playing Time:
01:03:42

Interview Date(s):
1995-03-23

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Edwin Clay of Bridgetown, P.E.I. Edwin begins by telling about his family and the Bridgetown area. He then tells about his school years, general stores, wharves, and working at a cheese factory. He then goes on to talk about blacksmiths, the history of his house, saw and grist mills, and Ms. Fair's Beer and Livery. Discussion of general stores continues, and Edwin tells about fishing on the Boughton River. He talks about transportation, ploughing, mills, and briefly mentions rum and fox ranching.

Place(s) Discussed:
Cardigan, PE; Bridgetown, PE; Annandale, PE; Souris, PE; East Point, PE; Boughton River, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s

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