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Recording Details: Donald MacKay T2 [Tape Two]:

SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:02:33 Discussion about coming home from WWII and a story about toilet paper; 1944, WWII, 1943, toilet paper. 

SIDE A 00:02:23 -- 00:08:14 Discussion about school; Pleasant Valley, school, Jean Ross, teacher, 1923. 

SIDE A 00:08:14 -- 00:11:59 Discussion about horses and plowing; horses, horse breeding, plowing, horse trading, blood horses, horse breeds. 

SIDE A 00:11:59 -- 00:14:18 Discussion about blacksmiths, with mention of a car accident; Allan Cummings, 1930s, blacksmiths, car accident. 

SIDE A 00:14:18 -- 00:18:09 Discussion about businesses in Fredericton and Breadlabane, with mention of three men with wooden legs and a fire in 1939; 1930s, Roddy MacKay, Gordon MacKay, Kennedy's store, Lockey Mark, 1939, fire, robbery, Palmroy Murray. 

SIDE A 00:18:09 -- 00:18:47 Discussion about an electric light plant in Bredalbane; electric light plant, 1930s, Bredalbane, Palmroy Murray,

SIDE A 00:18:47 -- 00:26:13 Discussion about working at the post office; post office, Breadalbane, trains, wages, Hugh Forbes MacKay, postman, mail, Willy Hickox, mailman, Christmas, trains, holidays. 

SIDE A 00:26:13 -- 00:31:47 A story about one cent stamps and Christmas cards, with mention of electric lights; one cent stamps, Christmas cards, 1936, lights, kerosene lantern, Palmroy Murray, Breadalbane. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.

SIDE B 00: -- 00:39:02 Discussion about his father's political stance and his job at the post office, with mention of paved roads; Hugh Forbes MacKay, post office, politics, Tories, John Myers, 1935, Chester MacLure, postmaster, Liberals, election, horse and wagon, pavement, paved roads, Lester Hickox, wages. 

SIDE B 00:39:02 -- 00:40:43 Discussion about his father dying of cancer; 1947, post office, cancer. 

SIDE B 00:40:43 -- 00:47:48 Discussion about attending Prince of Wales College in 1933, with mention of religion and a story about the first car on the Island; 1931, 1933, Prince of Wales College, Dr. Robertson, Dr. Steele, Rev. Donald Nicholson, Rev. John MacKay, grade 11, St. Dunstan's, Protestants, Catholics, religion, Methodists, Hope River, Albert Gallant, Rustico, insurance, car, first car, Stanley Steamer, Ches Cooper, Buss Jones, Heath MacQuarrie. 

SIDE B 00:47:48 -- 00:51:06 Discussion about J. Walter Jones and the first hay baler; J. Walter Jones, hay baler. 

SIDE B 00:51:06 -- 01:00:02 Discussion about his first car and stories about trying to get his driver's licence, a broken water pump, and trips; car, 1929 Durant, driver's licence, Willis Warren, Model-A Ford, car prices, Hughes Corner, Headley Woodside. 

SIDE B 01:00:02 -- 01:03:40 Discussion about the post office in Breadalbane; Shoemaker Matheson, Breadalbane, post office, postmaster, Allan MacKay, Kensey Mathseon, Hugh Forbes MacKay, wages, 1947. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:40.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
MacKay, Donald B.

Playing Time:
01:03:40

Interview Date(s):
1995-12-13

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Donald B. MacKay of Cornwall and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about coming home from WWII, school, horses and plowing, blacksmiths, businesses in Breadalbane and area, electric lights, his father's work as a postmaster, the post office, politics, Prince of Wales College and his classmates there, J. Walter Jones, cars, and postmen.

Place(s) Discussed:
Breadalbane, PE; Fredericton, PE; Pleasant Valley, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1943, 1944, 1923, 1939, 1930s, 1936, 1947, 1931, 1933, 1937

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