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Recording Details: The Newports T1 [Tape One]:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:21 Discussion about Bagnall's mill where Ruby's cousin drowned; drowning, Bagnall's mill. 

SIDE A 00:01:21 -- 00:07:42 Discussion about the starch factory in Hunter River; Hunter River, starch factories, starch, potato flour, wages. 

SIDE A 00:07:42 -- 00:13:31 Discussion about potato farming and Anthony's work as a farmhand for Fred MacRae; potato farming, 1930s, potato prices, wages, turnips, turnip prices, farm chores, 1928, farmhand, Fred MacRae, milk, buter, butter prices, egg prices, egg trading. 

SIDE A 00:13:31 -- 00:18:40 Discussion about the starch factory in Hunter River continues; Hunter River, starch factories, starch, Ralph MacFadyen, Justanother Farm, Colonel Full, George E. Full, coal. 

SIDE A 00:18:40 -- 00:27:28 Discussion about people and businesses in Hunter River, with mention of school, a jitney, and Ruby's grandfather; Hunter River, Percy Boyle, Ivan Bowman, P. J. Noye, Clarence McGuigan, Lem Sullivan, Fulton Robinson, general stores, jitney, Jimmy Murphy, school inspectors, Fanning School, Malpeque, sidewalks, slaughterhouses, Walter Whitlock, ice cream parlour, electricity, lights. 

SIDE A 00:27:28 -- 00:29:43 Discussion about washing clothes; washing clothes, washing machines, washboards, laundry. 

SIDE A 00:29:43 -- 00:31:52 Discussion about the first radio and working for Merton Bagnall; radio, wages, 1929, Pope Bagnall, Merton Bagnall. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:52.

SIDE B 00:31:57 -- 00:46:40 Discussion about Anthony's family history, coming to Canada, and his life in England; immigrants, immigration, Wales, Welsh, Indians, Charles Newport, Sissy Newport, Hazelgrove House, school, HMS Cythia, Queen Victoria, Aubrey Newport. 

SIDE B 00:46:40 -- 00:48:55 Discussion about the Newport family farm; Newport, Brookfield, 1928. 

SIDE B 00:48:55 -- 00:51:19 Discussion about Anthony's father's service in the Boer War and WWI, with mention of his brother; WWI, Boer War, South African War. 

SIDE B 00:51:19 -- 00:56:40 Discussion about Anthony's service as a mechanic in the Air Force during WWII and his work in Summerside afterward; WWII, Air Force, instrument mechanics, mechanics, RAF. 

SIDE B 00:56:40 -- 01:03:46 Discussion about how they met, their wedding, and courting; Bob Sullivan, weddings, courting, 1930s, Rev. Boothroyd, movies, Bruce Yeo, church, 1933. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:46.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Newport, Anthony Charles and Ruby Muriel (Whitlock)

Playing Time:
01:03:46

Interview Date(s):
1998-01-30

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Anthony Charles and Ruby Muriel (nee Whitlock) Newport of Mount Edward Road in Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Anthony and Ruby talk about Hunter River, starch factories, potato farming, school, family, radio, Anthony's family history and their immigration to Canada from Wales, Anthony's service in WWII, and how they met.

Place(s) Discussed:
Hunter River, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1928, 1929, 1928, 1933, WWI, WWII

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