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Recording Details: Helen Cudmore T2 [Tape Two]:

***This interview appears on

SIDE B of a Francis McIntosh tape.

SIDE B 00:00:06 -- 00:02:39 Discussion about January 1956; 1956, freezing rain, silver thaw, power outages, ice cream truck, snowstorm. 

SIDE B 00:02:39 -- 00:04:00 Discussion about February 1956; 1956, snowstorm, telephone, telephone crew, Maritime Electric. 

SIDE B 00:04:00 -- 00:04:56 Discussion about April and May 1957; 1957, beef, beef prices, snowstorm. 

SIDE B 00:04:56 -- 00:06:47 Discussion about July 1957; 1957, Wendell Barber, Edward Gallant, truck, neighbours, 1950s, dances, horse races, trout fishing. 

SIDE B 00:06:47 -- 00:07:52 Discussion about July 1958; Louie Armstrong, 1958, Charlottetown. 

SIDE B 00:07:52 -- 00:08:30 Discussion about June 1955; 1955. 

SIDE B 00:08:30 -- 00:09:56 Discussion about March 1943 and 1942; 1943, French school, Air Force, WWII. 

SIDE B 00:09:56 -- 00:10:56 Discussion about May 1945; V-E Day, 1945, WWII, Churchill, Truman, riot, postage prices. 

SIDE B 00:10:56 -- 00:11:39 Discussion about October 1930; 1930, hospital, hospital fees. 

SIDE B 00:11:39 -- 00:13:03 Discussion about July 1932; 1932, hospital fees. 

SIDE B 00:13:03 -- 00:15:30 Discussion about various dates in the 1940s; 1940s. 

SIDE B 00:15:30 -- 00:16:30 Discussion about August 1945; 1945, hay. 

SIDE B 00:16:30 -- 00:19:30 Discussion about various dates in 1947 and mention of traveling to Boston; 1947, Milford, plowing roads, traveling. 

SIDE B 00:19:30 -- 00:22:09 Discussion about her diaries, with mention of hockey games; diaries, 1950s, hockey games, Charlottetown Islanders. 
 ***The remainder of the tape, 00:22:09 -- 00:31:58, is blank. Tape ends at 00:31:58.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Cudmore, Helen

Playing Time:
00:22:09

Interview Date(s):
1996-04-11

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Helen Cudmore. In this interview Helen reads from her diary that spans from the 1930s to the late 1950s. There is mention of storms, WWII, prices, power outages, hockey, and traveling.

Place(s) Discussed:
Charlottetown, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s

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