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Recording Details: Frank Woodside :

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:03:44 Frank was once in a play with Lucille Ball when her production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" came to Summerside; 1924, 1910, Lucille Ball, Summerside, dogs, theatre. 

SIDE A 00:03:44 -- 00:05:36 Skating at the age of 85 to keep fit and how he started skating early in life when his father made him his first pair of skates; skates, blacksmiths, skating. 

SIDE A 00:05:36 -- 00:06:37 Learning to skate on the Summerside Harbour and helping out in his father's blacksmith shop; skates, skating, Summerside, blacksmiths, horseshoes. 

SIDE A 00:06:37 -- 00:09:04 His father's work as a blacksmith; blacksmiths, horseshoeing, sleighs, anchors. 

SIDE A 00:09:04 -- 00:09:56 Horses and his father buying his coal from the dealers at the wharf; WWII, horses, coal, blacksmiths. 

SIDE A 00:09:56 -- 00:11:30 The Queen's Wharf Rink in Summerside and his father's work shoeing horses; rinks, skating, hockey, Summerside, Queen's Wharf Rink. 


SIDE A 00:11:30 -- 00:12:57 His father Albert Woodside; Albert Woodside. 

SIDE A 00:12:57 -- 00:15:25 Frank talks about hockey and gear; hockey gloves, hockey, hockey gear, hockey equipment. 

SIDE A 00:15:25 -- 00:17:24 The rivalry between the Abbies and the Crystals, Tic Williams, special hockey trains, and a story about a five dollar goal; hockey, Charlottetwon Abbies, Summerside Crystals, pucks, hockey, hockey teams, hockey players, Tic Williams, hockey trains. 

SIDE A 00:17:24 -- 00:20:10 Frank's father won a car race on "Dominion Day", July 1st; 1917, cars, racing, races, Dominion Day. 

SIDE A 00:20:10 -- 00:21:24 Discussion and a song about Phil the Barber who owned the Queen's Wharf Rink; songs, singing, Phil the Barber, bootleggers, rinks, skating, Queen's Wharf Rink, Summerside. 

SIDE A 00:21:24 -- 00:22:35 The ice boats in the Summerside Harbour; ice, winter, ice boats, Summerside. 

SIDE A 00:22:35 -- 00:24:11 Schooners in the harbor; Maud Wesson, ships, schooners, Summerside. 

SIDE A 00:24:11 -- 00:25:30 Jack "Holman" Gallant and other rum runners; bootlegging, rum, alcohol, Jack Gallant, Holman Gallant, bootleggers, rum running, rum runners. 

SIDE A 00:25:30 -- 00:29:05 Frank talks about police work and his first arrest in Summerside; Summerside, police officers, police, policemen. 

SIDE A 00:29:05 -- 00:31:31 Joining the army, going overseas in 1943, seeing one German plane and witnessing it drop a bomb; army, bombs, Germans, airplanes, 1943, WWII, soldiers. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:31.

SIDE B 00:31:42 -- 00:32:50 Coming back from WWII and being treated poorly; WWII, veterans. 

SIDE B 00:32:50 -- 00:34:30 His service in WWII as a mechanic and he advancing to corporal; mechanics, WWII, soldiers. 

SIDE B 00:34:30 -- 00:37:15 Whales in the Summerside Harbour in 1918 being shot and dragged on land for fox feed; whales, fishing, 1918, fox feed, Summerside. 

SIDE B 00:37:15 -- 00:39:28 Frank fished with his father in the Dunk river, he tells a story about the biggest trout he ever caught, and the competition he had with his brother and father for the biggest catch; Albert Woodside, fishing, Dunk River. 

SIDE B 00:39:28 -- 00:42:34 Being storm stayed in Wilmot; storms, winter, Wilmot. 

SIDE B 00:42:34 -- 00:44:05 Frank talks about the best places to go fishing in PEI; fishing, capelin, fish, mackerel, nets, Dunk River. 

SIDE B 00:44:05 -- 00:47:03 Being a fireman for 20 years and some of the big fires he saw; fires, fireman, firemen. 

SIDE B 00:47:03 -- 00:47:59 The first radio Frank heard was sold from Holman's store, Frank talks about his five trades, and helping his father as a blacksmith; radio, Holman's, mechanics, welders, police, blacksmiths, Albert Woodside. 

SIDE B 00:47:59 -- 00:49:37 Making a pair of eel spears as a child and his father fixing wagon wheels; eels, blacksmiths, spears, wagon wheels, iron. 

SIDE B 00:49:37 -- 00:51:23 How rum runners would hide rum in tires and a story of a woman who hid rum in a hot water bottle; rum, rum runners, bootleggers, bootlegging, hidden rum. 

SIDE B 00:51:23 -- 00:53:34 The Perry brothers and Jack "Holman" Gallant; bootleggers, bootlegging, rum runners, rum running, Holman Gallant, Perry, Jack Gallant. 

SIDE B 00:53:34 -- 00:55:16 The Nelly J. Banks and his friend Ray Clark who worked on the rum runner; schooners, Ray Clark, Nellie J. Banks, rum running, rum runners. 

SIDE B 00:55:16 -- 00:57:07 Discussion and a poem about The Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion, poems, poetry. 

SIDE B 00:57:07 -- 00:59:46 Frank recites "The Cremation of Sam McGee" from memory; poems, Sam McGee, poetry. 

SIDE B 00:59:46 -- 01:00:41 His education; school, high school. 

SIDE B 01:00:41 -- 01:02:15 His father was very smart and he once figured out how much wheat was in a bottle to win a contest; contests, smart, Albert Woodside. 

SIDE B 01:02:15 -- 01:03:22 His father; Summerside, blacksmiths, fishing, Albert Woodside. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:22.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Woodside, Frank

Playing Time:
01:03:22

Interview Date(s):
0000-00-00

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Frank Wooside, from Western PEI, talking about skating on Summderside Harbour, his family, blacksmiths, playing hockey, rink owners, rum runners, being a policeman in Summerside, and joining the army and seeing German planes. He goes on to talk about coming home from the war and being treated poorly, going fishing and the best places, being a fireman for twenty years, the Halifax Explosion, and stories about his father.

Place(s) Discussed:
Summerside, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1924, 1910, WWII, 1917, 1943, 1918

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