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Recording Details: Web Hayman T1 [Tape One]:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:05 Discussion about lobster canneries; lobster canneries. 

SIDE A 00:01:05 -- 00:09:55 Discussion about Ed Mason, bootleggers, and local connections to him; Ed Mason, bootleggers, rum runners, Walter Cunningham, Tiny Mason, Haywood Fraser, Harold Mason, Hubert Davidge, Ken Mason, Thurston Cook. 

SIDE A 00:09:55 -- 00:14:27 Discussion about working with Thurston Cook, trucking, and driving horses and cattle; trucking, Thurston Cook, Diamond T trucks, driving, horses, driving horses, driving cattle. 

SIDE A 00:14:27 -- 00:19:57 Discussion about butchering and working with horses, with mention of Sobey's; butchering, Sobey's, horses, Rude's Butcher Shop, driving cattle. 

SIDE A 00:19:57 -- 00:25:01 Discussion about herding cattle in Saskatchewan, with mention of the death of his father; 1927, herding cattle, driving cattle, Henry Quick, Bill Somerville, wagons. 

SIDE A 00:25:01 -- 00:26:43 Discussion about learning to be a butcher; butchers, butchering, meat peddlers, wages. 

SIDE A 00:26:43 -- 00:31:31 Discussion about working on trams and trains in New Glasgow; trams, trains, New Glasgow, wages, 1930s, jitneys. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:31.

SIDE B 00:31:40 -- 00:39:20 Discussion about working on trains continues, with mention of robbers; trains, train routes, railway, railroad, train fare, robbers. 

SIDE B 00:39:20 -- 01:03:21 Discussion about Tiny Mason, bootleggers, and rum runners; bootlegging, rum running, Tiny Mason, liquor, prohibition, liquor inspectors, Hubert Davidge, Clifford Rose, kegs of rum, rum, rum prices, John Doyle, 1930s, Sinclair, Fraser, MacGregor, Daphne, Louis The Lord, MacDougall. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:21.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Hayman, Web

Playing Time:
01:03:21

Interview Date(s):
1993-05-19

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Web Hayman of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview Web talks about Ed Mason, bootleggers, Thurston Cook, trucking, driving cattle and horses, working in Saskatchewan, trains, butchering, Tiny Mason, rum running, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
New Glasgow, NS; Pictou County, NS

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1927, 1920s

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