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Recording Details: Kay Wood T1 [Tape One]:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:41 Discussion about school and picking potatoes; school, potato picking. 

SIDE A 00:01:41 -- 00:03:34 Discussion about her family and the home she grew up in; Hampton. 

SIDE A 00:03:34 -- 00:05:45 Discussion about Christmas and Easter; Christmas, presents, Easter, Christmas tree. 

SIDE A 00:05:45 -- 00:07:18 Discussion about WWI and the Halifax Explosion; WWI, Halifax Explosion, Pleasant View Hotel. 

SIDE A 00:07:18 -- 00:08:30 Discussion about her brother Boyd; Boyd MacQuarrie. 

SIDE A 00:08:30 -- 00:12:13 Discussion about school and her family; school, school subjects, Robert McVittie, calligraphy, John MacQuarrie, William MacQuarrie, teachers, Hampton. 

SIDE A 00:12:13 -- 00:15:36 Discussion about going to Prince of Wales College, teaching in Knutsford, and going to O'Leary; Knutsford, Prince of Wales College, boarding, O'Leary, Dr. Dewar, skating. 

SIDE A 00:15:36 -- 00:17:10 Discussion about farming; farming. 

SIDE A 00:17:10 -- 00:18:06 Discussion about her husband's brother serving in WWI; WWI, Acadia, Lyman Wood. 

SIDE A 00:18:06 -- 00:20:24 Discussion about farming continues, with mention of horses and chores; horses, chores, farming, William Alexander MacQuarrie, eggs, cattle. 

SIDE A 00:20:24 -- 00:22:00 Discussion about blacksmiths and money; blacksmiths, Victoria, Joe MacLeod, money, candy, egg trading, cock-a-ninny, Hughie MacKinnon. 

SIDE A 00:22:00 -- 00:29:12 Discussion about her sister's general store, the community hall in Hampton, entertainment, and church services; general store, Hampton, plays, box socials, entertainment, Rev. MacDougall, church service, Church of Scotland, took the works, Presbyterian church, church union, 1925. 

SIDE A 00:29:12 -- 00:31:31 Discussion about courting and her diary; courting, eavesdropping, diary, writing. 

SIDE A 00:31:31 -- 00:31:43 Discussion about her sister's store continues; general store.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:43.

SIDE B 00:31:49 -- 00:35:49 Discussion about her sister's store continues, with mention of transportation; mail, store clerk, eggs, general store, SS Harland, sleigh bells, sleighs, jaunting sleighs, wood sleighs.

SIDE B 00:35:49 -- 00:37:59 Discussion about courting; courting, marriage, Victoria, Hampton, rink, carnivals, 1800s. 

SIDE B 00:37:59 -- 00:39:23 Discussion about lantern slide shows; Hampton, lantern slide shows. 

SIDE B 00:39:23 -- 00:49:54 Discussion about pack peddlers and a story about a ghost at Todd's Hollow; pack peddlers, Downey, Todd's Hollow, ghost, ghost story, murder, Crapaud, Christopher Smith, Mac MacDonald. 

SIDE B 00:49:54 -- 01:01:43 Discussion about the Victoria rink, skating, and hockey; Victoria rink, hockey, Victoria Unions, hockey players, rink, hockey teams, 1800s, 1941, 1955, 1884, carnival, 1928, rink-a-phone, 1920s, Maritime Championship, MacLeod, Lester MacLeod, Geordie Drillon, ice. 

SIDE B 01:01:43 -- 01:03:31 Discussion about Kay playing hockey, with mention of Betty MacLean; hockey, hockey players, female hockey players, Betty MacLean, MacNevin. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:31. ***Tape ends mid-sentence.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam

Playing Time:
01:03:31

Interview Date(s):
1996-04-05

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Katherine "Kay" Haslam Wood of Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about school, farming, her family, WWI and the Halifax Explosion, holidays, the general store, money, blacksmiths, transportation, courting, entertainment, church, pack peddlers, ghosts, skating, and hockey.

Place(s) Discussed:
Victoria, PE; Hampton, PE; Crapaud, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1800s, WWI, 1920s, 1925, 1941, 1955, 1928

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