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Recording Details: Gill Bros. T3 [Tape Three]:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:12:36 Discussion about his father, his blacksmith workshop, and being self-sufficient, with mention of wind power; blacksmith, Gill, baseball bats, dance floor, self-sufficiency, wind power, windmill. 

SIDE A 00:12:36 -- 00:20:20 Discussion about types of wood, wheelwright's work, and how to make hubs; wood, wheelwright, yellow birch, rock maple, wheels, tires, hubs, wheel prices, wagon wheels, cartwheels. 

SIDE A 00:20:20 -- 00:31:52 Discussion about painting the sleighs and wagons; painting, paint, wagons, sleighs, box sleigh, sleigh prices, paint shop, painter. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:52. ***The beginning of

SIDE B, 00:00:05 -- 00:10:00, is an interview with Ann Wooton and Eric Arbuckle about home remedies.

SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:34:35 Discussion about his father's mechanic work and Johnny's blacksmith course; blacksmith, mechanic, stationary engines, cars, farm machinery. 

SIDE B 00:34:35 -- 00:35:53 Discussion about their the Farmall Cub tractor; tractors, Farmall Cub. 

SIDE B 00:35:53 -- 00:44:35 Discussion about wind power, a wood lathe, a manual jigsaw, and other aspects of the shop and the trade; wind power, windmills, blacksmiths, blacksmith shop, jigsaw, wood lathe, hearth, horses, wheels, tires. 

SIDE B 00:44:35 -- 00:50:21 Discussion about the forge, stoves, wheels and tires, and the drill press; forge, stoves, blacksmiths, drill press, wheels, tires. 

SIDE B 00:50:21 -- 00:53:45 Discussion about bells on sleighs, blacksmith apprentices, and the introduction of cars; cars, blacksmiths, apprentices, sleigh bells, Lem Hughes, Pat Welch, Aneis Curran, horse and sleigh, John L. Sullivan. 
 Tape ends at 00:53:45.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Gill, Johnny

Playing Time:
00:53:45

Interview Date(s):
1999-09-30

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Johnny Gill of Elliotvale, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny talks about his father's blacksmith shop, the work he did, sleighs and wagons, wheels and tires, painting, horses, machine work, their blacksmith shop and their equipment, apprentices, and the introduction of cars.

Place(s) Discussed:
Elliotvale, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1920s, 1930s

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