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Recording Details: Henry Bishop:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:08:32 Discussion about Bishop's Foundry; Bishop's Foundry, foundries, George Meacle, iron workers, iron, machine shops, cast iron, waterfront, shipping, scufflers, horseshoes, lathes, Tom Bishop, Elias Bishop, machinists. 

SIDE A 00:08:32 -- 00:10:09 Discussion about his father's death and his childhood; Henry Dingwell, Marie School, Kyler Dingwell. 

SIDE A 00:10:09 -- 00:17:46 Discussion about Bishop's Foundry continues, with stories about his cousin Ralph Bishop; Bishop's Foundry, foundries, iron, machine shops, cast iron, Tom Bishop, Elias Bishop, machinists, iron workers, furnaces, George Arsenault, Ralph Bishop. 

SIDE A 00:17:46 -- 00:27:19 Discussion about WWII; WWII, Ralph Bishop, Camp Borden, kit stores, D-Day, 1 VRD. 

SIDE A 00:27:19 -- 00:30:33 Discussion about various topics including his father and family; 1917, Roland Bishop, Bearisto, Bishop's Foundry, George Bishop. 

SIDE A 00:30:33 -- 00:31:50 Discussion about the Summerside waterfront; Summerside, waterfront, schooners, lumber, Schurman's, Read's Wharf. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:50.

SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:36:55 Discussion about various topics including Summerside, school, church, and racetracks; Marie, Marie School, school, Everett Webster, Roy Webster, teachers, church, Hooper's racetrack, racetracks, Glover, Brick School, Summerside. 

SIDE B 00:36:55 -- 00:46:14 Discussion about his first job and working on Jack MacLeod's farm; Brace MacKay's, wages, work hours, K. O. Sullivan, 1930s, Jack MacLeod, Bill Morrison, farming, farmhand, horses, cattle, cows, thrashing, ploughing, plowing, walking. 

SIDE B 00:46:14 -- 00:47:09 Discussion about how he met his wife Lucy; Lucy Bishop, courting, Lucy MacLeod. 

SIDE B 00:47:09 -- 00:48:18 Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, burdock leaves, burdocks. 

SIDE B 00:48:18 -- 00:51:57 Discussion about the first car he drove; cars, Dr. Downing. 

SIDE B 00:51:57 -- 00:53:18 Discussion about the first time he heard a radio; radio, radios. 

SIDE B 00:53:18 -- 00:59:59 Discussion about stores and businesses in Summerside; Summerside, Sinclair and Stewart's, Brace MacKay's, Holman's, stores, grocery stores, blacksmiths, livery stables, MacNeill's livery stable, horse sheds, delivery men, Bill MacNeill, coal, milk, ice, ice man, milkman, coal man, milk prices, horse and cart, Joe Read and Co., Soviet. 

SIDE B 00:59:59 -- 01:02:29 Discussion about Christmas, skating, and electricity; Christmas, electricity, skating,

SIDE B 01:02:29 -- 01:03:50 Discussion about the first airplane he saw and paved roads; airplanes, paved roads. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:50.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Bishop, Henry L.

Playing Time:
01:03:50

Interview Date(s):
1998-01-29

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Henry L. Bishop of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Henry talks about Bishop's Foundry, his family, his childhood, Summerside and local businesses, WWII, school, cars, his first job, working as a farmhand, radio, Christmas, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
Summerside, PE; Marie, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1917, WWII

Rights Information:
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