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Recording Details: Johnny Wilson :

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:01:39 Discussion about his early jobs on Donald Cameron's farm; Donald Cameron, George Rocky. 

SIDE A 00:01:39 -- 00:06:23 Discussion about his job cooking at a lobster factory, mentions that's where he met his wife; cooks, lobster factories, John Doyle, Lismore, prunes. 

SIDE A 00:06:23 -- 00:08:39 Discussion about molasses and how it was made into moonshine and beer in the lumber camps; molasses, lumber camps, moonshine, beer. 

SIDE A 00:08:39 -- 00:11:50 Discussion about working in the lumber camps and how he learned to cook and bake; baking, lumber camps. 

SIDE A 00:11:50 -- 00:12:19 Discussion about pulp mills and how they cut down trees; cross-cut saws, saws, pulp mills, trees, lumber camps. 

SIDE A 00:00:12:19 -- 00:14:49 Discussion about coal mines, with mention of accidents in the mines; coal mines, mining, accidents, Acadian mines, coal. 

SIDE A 00:14:49 -- 00:17:06 Discussion about working for John "Bull" MacDonald as a cook, with mention of immigrant workers; John Bull MacDonald, lumber camps, immigrants. 

SIDE A 00:17:06 -- 00:24:10 Discussion about bootlegging; bootlegging, lumber camps, Tiny Mason, liquor prices, bootleggers. 

SIDE A 00:24:10 -- 00:25:54 Discussion about working in the lumber camps continues, with mention of entertainment at the camps; lumber camps, entertainment, dances, fiddlers. 

SIDE A 00:25:54 -- 00:27:09 Discussion about Angus "The Bank" MacGillivray, with mention of fights; Angus MacGillivray, Angus The Bank MacGillivray. 

SIDE A 00:27:09 -- 00:29:21 Discussion about working in the lumber camps continues, with mention of horses; lumber camps, wages, horses. 

SIDE A 00:29:21 -- 00:30:30 Discussion about his first car ride; cars, Model-T Fords. 

SIDE A 00:30:30 -- 00:32:01 Discussion about products and vegetables that were delivered to the camps, with mention of money; lumber camps, money, Fen Thompson. 

SIDE A ends at 00:32:01

SIDE B 00:32:11 -- 00:33:14 Discussion about chewing tobacco, with mention of money; chewing tobacco, money, tobacco prices, twist tobacco, liquor prices. 

SIDE B 00:33:14 -- 00:35:52 Discussion about various topics including working in the coal mines, raising chickens, and hard times; coal mining, coal mines, coal miners, chickens, hard times, wages, self-sufficiency. 

SIDE B 00:35:52 -- 00:41:25 Discussion about stories that go along with his photographs; Pat McGee, Angus MacDonald Bridge. 

SIDE B 00:41:25 -- 00:46:42 Discussion about various topics including flour bag clothes, bears, horse, and shipping coal; flour bag clothes, fish, fish prices, hard times, lumber camps, shipping coal, bears, horses. 

SIDE B 00:46:42 -- 00:49:01 Discussion about being a hobo and traveling on the train looking for work; hobos, traveling, train fare. 

SIDE B 00:49:01 -- 00:52:36 Discussion about his memories of Westville and his family; Westville. 

SIDE B 00:52:36 -- 00:58:12 Discussion about his working in the coal mines, with mention of horses; coal mines, coal mining, coal miners, miners, horses. 

SIDE B 00:58:12 -- 00:59:20 Discussion about The Pictou County Creamery; Pictou County Creamery, Stellarton, creameries. 

SIDE B 00:59:20 -- 01:04:03 Discussion about his family and life in the old days; education. 
 Tape ends at 01:04:03.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Wilson, John

Playing Time:
01:04:03

Interview Date(s):
1993-04-15

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Johnny Wilson of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Johnny talks about cooking at lobster factories and lumber camps, life in the lumber camps, coal mining, bootlegging, money, hard times, horses, creameries, Westville, his family, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
Westville, NS; Pictou County, NS; Stellaron, NS

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s

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