Keith Pratt T5 [Tape Five]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Pratt, Keith
Interviewee: Wilson, Rob
Researcher: Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
Date Recorded
Unknown year
Date Digitized
2010-03-12
Abstract
Keith Pratt talks about his trips to Boston and what he would bring back. He goes on to talk about working for the Metro Boston Transit Athority and how one day he saved a little girl who fell onto the tracks. After that he talks about his expeirences during the second world war and ghost stories on PEI. He finnishes up his final tape discussing his favorite books and musicians.
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Rob Wilson talks about moving from the Bronx, New York to Iris, PEI. He tells a great story about telphones on PEI.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
The Bronx, NY
Iris, PE
Boston, MA
Germany
Subject (Temporal)
WWII
1930s
1973
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
00:57:04
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:06:50
Discussion about how Keith got his job with the Metro Boston Transit Association, what he brought back to PEI, and how nice the people were that he worked with; Boston, trains.

SIDE A 00:06:50 -- 00:07:10
Mr. Pratt Talks about the time he saved a little girl from the tracks; hero, trains, Boston.

SIDE A 00:07:10 -- 00:09:40
Keith shows off his old MBTA uniform shirt and talks about how he was forced to retire at 65 and drove the Sunday run; trains, Boston, retirement.

SIDE A 00:09:40 -- 00:15:57
Discussion about his service in WWII with the RCAF, his training, and where he was stationed in Germany; WWII, Germany, RCAF, soldiers.

SIDE A 00:15:57 -- 00:19:10
Discussion about Keith's first camera and his first pictures; photography, cameras.

SIDE A 00:19:10 -- 00:22:11
Discussion about Keith's progression in cameras and what photos he took during the war; WWII, photgraphy, cameras.

SIDE A 00:22:11 -- 00:29:13
A story about seeing moving lights in Debloise; UFOs, ghosts, aliens.

SIDE A 00:29:13 -- 00:31:39
Discussion about the phantom ship along with a few bits of other ghost stories; ghost stories, phantom ship, ghosts.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:39.
SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:32:44
Discussion about ghost stories continues; ghost stories, ghosts.

SIDE B 00:32:44 -- 00:33:14
Keith answers questions about rum and the molasses that he would sell; molasses, rum.

SIDE B 00:33:14 -- 00:41:21
Keith talks about his favorite books when he was younger and his love for Harry Potter and The Lord of The Rings; Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, books, reading.

SIDE B 00:41:21 -- 00:42:11
Discussion about card games; cards, card games, games.

SIDE B 00:42:11 -- 00:46:20
Keith talks about Larry Gorman and other musicians; musicians, Larry Gorman.

SIDE B 00:46:20 -- 00:48:51
Mr. Pratt tells a story about a party he once went to where everyone thought his friend was his wife; house parties.

SIDE B 00:48:51 -- 00:53:14
Discussion about Keith's first trips to Boston, how he got there, how much it cost and how much he liked it; Boston, traveling.

SIDE B 00:53:14 -- 00:53:41
Discussion about what the food was like on the train during the 1930s; food, trains, 1930s.

***The remainder of the tape is an interview with Rob Wilson.
SIDE B 00:53:41 -- 00:57:04
Rob Wilson talks about moving from the Bronx in New York City to Iris, PEI in 1973 and the party line telephones in PEI; telephones, immigration, New York, 1973, party lines.

Tape ends at 00:57:04.