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Recording Details: Syd Clay T2 [Tape Two]:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:03:24 Discussion about Syd's arrival in Charlottetown with the Royal Air Force, the navigational school there, and the planes they used; Charlottetown, 1940, RAF, taxi fare, entertainment, alcohol, prohibition, WWII, aircraft, aircraft assembly, navigational school. 

SIDE A 00:03:24 -- 00:05:14 Discussion about entertainment for the RAF men; RAF, entertainment, WWII, dance halls, legion, armouries. 

SIDE A 00:05:14 -- 00:08:23 Discussion about how he and his wife Minnie met, with mention of meeting her family; Rankin MacLean, cars, car prices, Minnie Clay, roads. 

SIDE A 00:08:23 -- 00:12:43 Discussion about how Minnie met Syd; RAF airmen, entertainment, cars, courting. 

SIDE A 00:12:43 -- 00:15:32 Discussion about their wedding and life during WWII; wedding, WWII. 

SIDE A 00:15:32 -- 00:22:32 Discussion about what it was like when Syd first came to P.E.I. and how it compared to Nottingham where he grew up; WWII, RAF, German blitzes, Charlottetown, kindness, hospitality, summer, Nottingham, transportation, summer. 

SIDE A 00:22:32 -- 00:31:51 Discussion about joining the RAF, his engagement to Minnie, returning to England in 1944, and coming back to Canada after the war; 1936, RAF, aircrew, pilot, 1944, WWII, engagement, 1947, 1946, war brides. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:51.

SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:32:53 Discussion about the start of WWII; WWII, Russia. 

SIDE B 00:32:53 -- 00:34:48 Discussion about coming back to Canada after the war; WWII, war grooms. 

SIDE B 00:34:48 -- 00:57:04 Discussion about war grooms and airmen Syd worked with; Art Love, Charlottetown, RAF, Maritime Central Airways, Paddy Griffiths, Taffy Evans, plane crash, WWII, war grooms, Tommy Hunter, Cliff Field, Eddy Mills, Jimmy Rainer, Johnny White, Jacques Sutherland, Bill Woods, Coffee Pot, Atkinson, Favel, airmen, WWII, WWII veterans, Garden City, Dave Conkey, Johnny Denim, Bob Dodds, Tommy Hunter, Wilf Knowles, Cyril Lambron, Garrison theater, Dickie Over, Jack Smethurst, Chuck Sutherland, Bill Woods, Weir, Wildish. 

SIDE B 00:57:04 -- 01:00:36 Discussion about his life and service in the RAF; RAF, aircrew, WWII. 

SIDE B 01:00:36 -- 01:02:58 Discussion with Minnie about her marriage to Syd and her memories of the war; WWII, war grooms. 

SIDE B 01:02:58 -- 01:03:45 Discussion about their wedding; wedding. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:45.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Clay, Sydney "Syd" and Minnie

Playing Time:
01:03:45

Interview Date(s):
1996-04-25

Interview Summary:
This is the second of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd and his wife Minnie talk about Syd's arrival in Charlottetown with the RAF, how they met, their wedding, entertainment for the RAF men in Charlottetown, Syd's life in England, Sid's return to Canada after WWII, and war grooms and airmen Syd served with.

Place(s) Discussed:
Charlottetown, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
WWII, 1936, 1946, 1947

Rights Information:
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