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Recording Details: Roy Dickieson T1 [Tape One]:

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:14:59 Roy talks about various topics including his family, midwives, The Spanish Flu, the big snow in 1923, changes in the weather, going to school, and joining the army reserves; midwives, Spanish Flu, 1923, 1918, weather, snow, deep snow, school, school subjects, army reserves. 

SIDE A 00:14:59 -- 00:26:30 Roy talks about his Dickieson grandparents, funerals, the Yankee Gail, and The Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, Yankee Gail, funerals, hearses, Dickieson. 

SIDE A 00:26:30 -- 00:31:35 Discussion about the tenant league, rights for renters, his son Herb Dickieson and his political leanings; politics, Herb Dickieson, tenant league. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:35.

SIDE B 00:31:48 -- 00:44:14 Discussion about doctors, home remedies, the family farm, potato varieties, the 1930s, and the hired man that worked with them; 1930s, home remedies, doctors, farming, potato varieties. 

SIDE B 00:44:14 -- 00:54:18 Discussion about the traveling man and breeding horses, courting, blacksmiths, and raising a herd of Holsteins; cattle, blacksmiths, traveling man, horse breeding, stallions, courting, Holsteins. 

SIDE B 00:54:18 -- 01:03:23 Discussion about raising cattle, a story about his dad not taking him to an Amherst fair, pig breeds, and the fox trade; pigs, Amherst, exhibitions, cattle, foxes, fox ranching. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:23.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Dickieson, Roy

Playing Time:
01:03:23

Interview Date(s):
0000-00-00

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Roy Dickieson. In this interview Roy talks about his family, deep snow, the Spanish Flu, school, funerals, politics, doctors, home remedies, potatoes, horses, blacksmiths, cattle, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
Amherst, NS

Time(s) Discussed:
1923, 1930s, 1918

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