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Recording Details: Elton Sharpe:

***This interview is

SIDE A only.

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:08:23 Discussion about blacksmiths, his apprenticeship with Frank Marks, carriage making, and sleighs; blacksmiths, forge, wages, apprentice, Margate, Frank Marks, carriage maker, carriages, sleighs, sleigh prices, truck wagon, Francis sleigh, Bowness, Howard, sleigh maker, Francis cutter. 

SIDE A 00:08:23 -- 00:10:26 Discussion about the history carriage makers in Margate; carriage maker, William Tuplin, William Pound, 1864, 1867, 1905, Frank Marks, 1947, Elton Sharpe, New London United Church, Edward Andrews, Margate. 

SIDE A 00:10:26 -- 00:13:07 Discussion about his blacksmith shop; coal, blacksmith, forge, Springhill coal, Sydney coal, welding coal, blacksmith coal, welding, wind power. 

SIDE A 00:13:07 -- 00:17:05 Discussion about his first jobs as an apprentice and different sleighs; apprentice, blacksmith, Marks sleigh, Francis sleigh, Horne sleigh, Bowness sleigh. 

SIDE A 00:17:05 -- 00:17:45 Discussion about shoeing horses; Kensington, horseshoeing, Jim Mulally. 

SIDE A 00:17:45 -- 00:19:57 Discussion about how to make sleighs; sleighs, sleigh making, Frank Marks. 

SIDE A 00:19:57 -- 00:21:25 Discussion about odd jobs he did; blacksmiths, welding. 

SIDE A 00:21:25 -- 00:24:52 Discussion about his life growing up, businesses in Margate, and going to Kensington; Margate, Norboro, mill, tanner, cobbler, 1930s, Christmas, general store, Kensington, entertainment, movies, theater, movie tickets. 

SIDE A 00:24:52 -- 00:31:45 Discussion about his blacksmith shop and sleighs he made while looking at photographs; blacksmith, Margate, Schurman, anvil, Marks sleigh, sleigh prices, driving sleigh. 
 Tape ends at 00:31:45.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Sharpe, Elton R.

Playing Time:
00:31:45

Interview Date(s):
1996-02-22

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Elton R. Sharpe of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Elton talks about his work as a blacksmith. He talks about his apprenticeship with Frank Marks, sleighs, carriages, coal, other sleigh and carriage makers, Margate and Kensington, and his blacksmith shop.

Place(s) Discussed:
Margate, PE; Kensington, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1867, 1864, 1905, 1947,

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