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Recording Details: Roland Pickering T2 [Tape Two]:

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:11:34 The SS Trongate and a very nice Canadian captain; SS Trongate, WWII. 

SIDE A 00:11:34 -- 00:21:30 Convoys, ports in Britain, cargo, airplanes, rough towns, how much he was paid, the end of the war, well armed ships, ships sunk off of Ireland; convoys, WWII, airplanes, wages, ships, sunken ships. 

SIDE A 00:21:30 -- 00:31:35 The SS Chamady, the Lady Nelson, burials at sea, working on a hospital ship, shooting at German planes, spitfires, adding guns to ships, and Captain Pike; SS Chamady, burials at sea, hospital ships, Germans, spitfires, airplanes, Captain Pike, WWII. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:35.

SIDE B 00:31:46 -- 00:45:07 The Merchant Marines getting no recognition after the war, sinking of the hood, the last bombing of England, buzzbombs, trips up the St. Laurence, Goosebay and a map of sunken ships off of Newfoundland; sunken ships, WWII, Merchant Marines, bombing, bombs, Newfoundland. 

SIDE B 00:45:07 -- 00:49:25 Rum running, the 3 mile limit, kegs in Malpeque, and a story about a keg and a hired man; rum running, rum runners, three mile limit, Malpeque, rum kegs. 

SIDE B 00:49:25 -- 00:56:00 French river drownings, the general store, egg circles, the cheese factory, sawmills, cold storage, the lobster cannery, and his father selling milk to the cheese factory; milk, cheese factories, sawmills, lobster canneries, general stores, French River, drownings, egg circles, cold storage. 

SIDE B 00:56:00 -- 01:03:10 Paved roads, radios, Christmas, gum boots, picking potatoes and an interview with his wife Edith; Edith Pickering, roads, radios, Christmas, potato picking, WWII. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:10.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Pickering, Roland

Playing Time:
01:03:10

Interview Date(s):
0000-00-00

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Roland Pickering. In this interview Roland talks about WWII, convoys, ships, burials at sea, Captain Pike, the Merchant Marines, rum running, sunken ships, drownings, French River, Christmas, potatoes, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
Malpeque, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
WWII

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