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Recording Details: Wylie Barrett:

00:00:00 -- 00:04:38 Discussion about how Summerside Waterfront has changed over the years; Summerside, ships, sailing ships, waterfront, breakwater, wharves, Queen Hotel, Holman’s Wharf, railway wharf, Joseph Reid and Co., Jess Huestis, 1909, stenographers, coal, shipping. 
 00:04:38 -- 00:05:39 Discussion about coal; coal, coal heat, wood, Joseph Reid and Co., coal sheds, coal delivery. 
 00:05:39 -- 00:06:18 Discussion about ferries to the mainland; ferries. 
 00:06:18 -- 00:19:28 Discussion about working at Holman’s, with mention of radios, electricity, departments, and people he worked with; Holman’s, radios, radio repairman, CHGS, radio stations, RCA Victor, Marconi, radio prices, Stanley Linkletter, KDKA, radio programs, Summerside, power, electricity, 1940, china, soda fountains. 
 00:19:28 -- 00:20:37 Discussion about hardware stores in Summerside; Summerside, Jack Cobb, Sinclair McKay, hardware stores, stores, Bob Mollison, Brace McKay’s. 
 00:20:37 -- 00:21:50 Discussion about barbers in Summerside; Gordon Ramsay, Preston Noonan, barbers, Summerside, barbershops, Gus Blackear, barber prices, prices. 
 00:21:50 -- 00:23:30 Discussion about harness shops and local singers; harnesses, harness shops, George Bowness, Summerside, singers, barbershop quartets. 
 00:23:30 -- 00:25:56 Discussion about courting and inflation; courting, Happyland, theatres, prices, ticket prices, movie prices, restaurants, Capitol Theatre, inflation. 
 *The tape is blank from 00:25:56 -- 00:26:42. 00:26:42 -- 00:29:07 Discussion about blacksmiths and bicycles; blacksmiths, Ed Woodside, tricycles, bicycles, 1938. 
 00:29:07 -- 00:32:07 Discussion about cars, garages, and Reg Pope building an airplanes; cars, licence plates, garages, Paul Harding, Wallace Harding, Pope’s Garage, Reg Pope, airplanes, Regent Theatre. 
 00:32:07 -- 00:33:50 Discussion about meat shops; meat shops, Roy Sullivan, Harry Sullivan, Patrick Daley. 
 00:33:50 -- 00:34:34 Discussion about photo shops; photo shops, Lorne Reid, photography. 
 00:34:34 -- 00:36:13 Discussion about funeral homes; funerals, undertakers, Percy Bowness, Keith Compton, Carl Moase, funeral homes, hearses. 
 00:36:13 -- 00:37:53 Discussion about the Summerside train station; Summerside, train stations, Summerside Station, trains, mail. 
 00:37:53 -- 00:39:14 Discussion about Schuman’s Mill; mills, Schurman’s mill, lumber. 
 00:39:14 -- 00:41:03 Discussion about the Hall Manufacturing Company, Bishop’s Foundry, and George Key Sr.; Hall’s threshers, farm machinery, Hall Manufacturing Company, Bishop’s Foundry, George Key Sr., castings. 
 00:41:03 -- 00:48:07 Discussion about the fox industry; George McQuarrie, fox pelts, fox ranching, Colin Stewart, Sam Bernard, foxes, 1920s, fox feed, Robinson’s mill, bakeries, 00:48:07 -- 00:50:12 Discussion about Robinson’s mill and Leard’s mill; Chester Palmer, Burr Robinson, Robinson’s mill, mills, miller’s toll, Leard’s mill, milling. 
 00:50:12 -- 00:51:12 Discussion about going to the circus; circus, Barnum and Bailey’s, elephants, entertainment. 
 00:51:12 -- 00:53:09 Discussion about hockey and skating; rivalries, hockey, Summerside Crystals, hockey trains, train fare, Crystal Rink, skating. 
 00:53:09 -- 00:54:05 Discussion about crossing the ice; bushed ice, ice travel. 
 00:54:05 -- 00:55:27 Discussion about ferries from Bedeque to Summerside; Summerside, Bedeque, William Callbeck, ferries. 
 00:55:27 -- 00:57:41 Discussion about badminton; badminton, Summerside, Austin Brooks. 
 00:57:41 -- 01:04:41 Dutch and crew record a series of shots to be used for television while discussing various topics; fox feed, freezers, cold storage, Holman’s, 1940, Summerside, 1950s, Lyle Canteen, Tape ends at 01:04:41.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Barrett, Wylie

Playing Time:
01:04:41

Interview Date(s):
2000-02-23

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Wylie Barrett of St. Eleanor’s, PEI. In this interview Wylie talks about changes in Summerside over the years, ferries, working at Holman’s, radio, local businesses, cars, fox ranching, mills, entertainment, sports, and various other topics regarding Summerside.

Place(s) Discussed:
Summerside, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1940, 1940s, 1920s, 1938, 1909

Rights Information:
Reg "Dutch" Thompson holds copyright for all archival material in this digital collection -- photos, audio recordings, field notes, etc. -- unless otherwise noted. All content is made available for the sole purpose of research and private study, and may not be reproduced or otherwise re-purposed without the permission of the rightsholder(s). Please direct inquiries to UPEI Robertson Library.

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