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Recording Details: Russell Bernard:

***This tape is

SIDE A only,

SIDE B is blank.

SIDE A 00:00:13 -- 00:10:34 Discussion about growing up in Hunter River and their family farm, with mention of horses; Hunter River, stores, banks, Dr. Douglas, general stores, George McGuigan, George S. MacLeod, George MacLeod, mixed farms, Cutliffe's store, tailors, MacRae, undertakers, horses, Globe Hotel, boarding houses, Henry Bernard. 

SIDE A 00:10:34 -- 00:12:54 Discussion about WWI and the Spanish Flu; WWI, Spanish Flu. 

SIDE A 00:12:54 -- 00:14:00 Discussion about egg grading; egg grading, egg trading, eggs, McGuigan's store, Boyle's store. 

SIDE A 00:14:00 -- 00:14:34 Discussion about his mother; Ezmirelda Hill, Essie Hill, Essie Bernard. 

SIDE A 00:14:34 -- 00:19:01 Discussion about the local starch factory; starch factories, George McGuigan, Eliot McGuigan, Col. Full, potato prices, Henry Bernard. 

SIDE A 00:19:01 -- 00:21:12 Discussion about foxes and his old home; foxes, tripe, fox feed, George S. MacLeod, George MacLeod, Hunter River. 

SIDE A 00:21:12 -- 00:21:58 Discussion about his first tractor; tractors, farm machinery, 1948. 

SIDE A 00:21:58 -- 00:22:45 Discussion about cars; cars, Dan MacLeod, Everett Whitlock. 

SIDE A 00:22:45 -- 00:23:50 Discussion about blacksmiths; blacksmiths, Bill Smith. 

SIDE A 00:23:50 -- 00:24:22 Discussion about the potato warehouse; potato warehouses, Eldon Seaman. 

SIDE A 00:24:22 -- 00:25:08 Discussion about the first radio he remembers; radios, Percy Noye. 

SIDE A 00:25:08 -- 00:27:09 Discussion about the railroad and his first job as a section man; section man, railroad, railway, wages, 1904, Hunter River Station. 
 ***The remainder of the tape, 00:27:09 -- 00:31:52 is blank. Tape ends at 00:31:52.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Bernard, Russell Daniel Henry

Playing Time:
00:31:52

Interview Date(s):
2001-01-08

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Russell Daniel Henry Bernard of Hunter, PEI. In this interview Russell talks about growing up in Hunter River, local businesses, WWI and the Spanish Flu, eggs, the starch factory, tractors and cars, blacksmiths, radios, working for the railroad, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
Hunter River, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1904, 1948, WWI

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