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Recording Details: Ray Brooks T2 [Tape Two]:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:48 Discussion about his mother's eggs and egg circles, with mention of foxes, skunks and raccoons;

SIDE A 00:01:48 -- 00:03:54 Discussion about sleighs and local blacksmiths, with a story about his uncle Jim Brooks;

SIDE A 00:03:54 -- 00:04:33 Brief discussion about the Harvest Excursion;

SIDE A 00:04:33 -- 00:07:15 Discussion about travel, with mention of ice travel and a story about falling through the ice;

SIDE A 00:07:15 -- 00:10:06 Discussion about animals in Murray Harbour, with mention of cows and pigs;

SIDE A 00:10:06 -- 00:12:49 Discussion about farming and butchering by the phases of the moon;

SIDE A 00:12:49 -- 00:13:41 Discussion about the Nellie J. Banks;

SIDE A 00:13:41 -- 00:16:34 Discussion about sea captains around Murray Harbour;

SIDE A 00:16:34 -- 00:21:16 Discussion about his honey, with mention of Captain Tom Trenholm;

SIDE A 00:21:16 -- 00:27:05 Discussion about lobster fishing with Horace White;

SIDE A 00:27:05 -- 00:29:00 Discussion about fertilizer, with mention of lobster shells and mussel mud;

SIDE A 00:29:00 -- 00:30:00 Brief discussion about the engine from the MacDonald Consolidated School being moved to the starch factory;

SIDE A 00:30:00 -- 00:31:52 Discussion about fertilizer and mussel mud continues, with mention of fish and pig manure;

SIDE A ends at 00:31:52.

SIDE B 00:31:59 -- 00:33:07 Brief discussion about using fish for fertilizer, with a story about a dogfish in the bushes;

SIDE B 00:33:07 -- 00:37:41 Discussion about cutting ice, with mention of ice houses;

SIDE B 00:37:41 -- 00:41:53 Discussion about cars, Ray's first drive in one, and the first one he owned; ***The tape appears to have stopped at 00:41:53.

SIDE B 00:41:53 -- 00:43:01 Discussion about the first radio he remembers;

SIDE B 00:43:01 -- 00:44:34 Brief discussion about entertainment, with mention of dances and parties;

SIDE B 00:44:34 -- 00:45:12 Brief discussion about telephones;

SIDE B 00:45:12 -- 00:54:04 Discussion about the starch factory and how it worked;

SIDE B 00:54:04 -- 00:54:58 Brief discussion about trains, with mention of going to Charlottetown on the train;

SIDE B 00:54:58 -- 00:58:31 Discussion about traveling and transportation, with mention of taxis and coal;

SIDE B 00:58:31 -- 01:01:55 Discussion about his first time off the Island, with mention of farming on the Tantramar Marsh;

SIDE B 01:01:55 -- 01:03:51 Discussion about Pictou Island, with mention of lobster canneries and a story about a long snake; Tape ends at 01:03:51.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Brooks, David "Ray"

Playing Time:
01:03:51

Interview Date(s):
2003-11-07

Interview Summary:
This is the second of four tapes with David "Ray" Brooks of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. In this interview Ray talks about eggs, blacksmiths, travel, farming, sea captains, fishing, and fertilizer. He also talks about ice cutting, radios and telephones, trains, starch factories, and his honey business.

Place(s) Discussed:
Murrary Harbour, PE; Pictou Island, NS; Charlottetown, PE; Sackville, NB

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1960, 1938, WWII

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