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Recording Details: Violet MacEachern:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:17 Discussion about her family and a story about an old swimming outfit; swimming, early 1900s. 

SIDE A 00:02:17 -- 00:06:09 Discussion about WWI, with mention of the Halifax Explosion; WWI, Halifax Explosion, parades. 

SIDE A 00:06:09 -- 00:08:04 Discussion about school; Prince Street School, Annie MacDonald, teachers, school. 

SIDE A 00:08:04 -- 00:14:26 Discussion about growing up in Charlottetown and the SS Harland; Charlottetown, walking, Inkerman, SS Harland, Harland, Long Creek, Robert MacCannell, ferry fare, birth. 

SIDE A 00:14:26 -- 00:19:10 Discussion about her grandfather and her family history; ancestors, Long Creek, Malcolm MacCannell, carpenter, diphtheria, 1819, immigration, Scottish, 1826. 

SIDE A 00:19:10 -- 00:26:37 Discussion about William Drake, his meat shop, Sydney Street, and Drake's ice; Drake, meat shop, William Drake, Marion Drake, slaughterhouse, butcher, meat packing plant, Maritime Christian College, candy factory, ice, iceman, dray, ice box. 

SIDE A 00:26:37 -- 00:28:37 Discussion about coal and milk; coal, milk, milkman, Roper, Jim Walker. 

SIDE A 00:28:37 -- 00:31:46 Discussion about ships in the harbour, cows and pigs in Charlottetown, manure collection, and Edgar Whitlock; 1922, Charlottetown, Great George Street, Edgar Whitlock. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:46.

SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:37:15 Discussion about working at White's Restaurant while attending Prince of Wales College and teaching in New Dominion; Prince of Wales College, White's Restaurant, Prince Street School, teacher, professors, school subjects, Peggy Blanchard, Billy Archie MacDonald, Dr. Robertson, Lilly Seaman, Eleanor Lowe, teacher's salary, teaching supplement, New Dominion, teaching. 

SIDE B 00:37:15 -- 00:39:31 Discussion about entertainment when she was growing up; entertainment, YMCA, skating, Governor's Pond. 

SIDE B 00:39:31 -- 00:41:44 Discussion about the Spanish Flu and tuberculosis; 1918, 1919, Spanish Flu, tuberculosis, polio. 

SIDE B 00:41:44 -- 00:43:31 Discussion about radio and radio programs; radio, radio programs, Don Messer, Hamm MacCannell, Keith Rogers. 

SIDE B 00:43:31 -- 00:44:26 Discussion about the Charlottetown Exhibition and airplanes; Charlottetown Exhibition, Charlottetown, exhibition, airplanes. 

SIDE B 00:44:26 -- 00:46:50 Discussion about teaching; 1927, Nine Mile Creek, teaching, teacher, school, Elizabeth MacEwan, class sizes, discipline, strap. 

SIDE B 00:46:50 -- 00:48:42 Discussion about how she met her husband and Baptist picnics; Long Creek, Baptist picnic, games. 

SIDE B 00:48:42 -- 00:50:37 Discussion about religious feuds and her ancestors; Roman Catholic, Protestant, religion. 

SIDE B 00:50:37 -- 00:53:21 Discussion about Tom Henderson the blacksmith; Tom Henderson, blacksmith. 

SIDE B 00:53:21 -- 00:59:37 Discussion about life during The Great Depression, with mention of groceries, bad wheat, and livery stables; The Great Depression, 1930s, money, self-sufficiency, MacPhail's store, groceries, wheat, gristmill, livery stable, Large, Walker. 

SIDE B 00:59:37 -- 01:01:04 Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, Christmas tree, books, games, presents. 

SIDE B 01:01:04 -- 01:02:24 Discussion about family names; MacCannell, Hamm MacCannell. 

SIDE B 01:02:24 -- 01:03:13 Discussion about Sunnyside; Sunnyside. 

SIDE B 01:03:13 -- 01:03:34 Discussion about White's Restuarant; White's Restuarant. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:34.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
MacEachern (MacCannell), Violet

Playing Time:
01:03:34

Interview Date(s):
1996-04-16

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Violet MacEachern (nee MacCannell) of Long Creek and Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Violet talks about her family, WWI, growing up in Charlottetown, the SS Harland, William Drake and his meat shop, coal, milk, ships in the harbour, White's Restaurant, Prince of Wales College, Prince Street School, teaching, radio, entertainment, the Spanish Flu, The Great Depression, Christmas, Sunnyside, and religion.

Place(s) Discussed:
Charlottetown, PE; Long Creek, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1918, 1922, early 1900s

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