SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:05:44
Discussion about Billy Moar; 1930s, Cockshutt tractor, farming, Billy Moar, Billy Moore, blacksmith, thrashing, Joe Trainor, tobacco, gasoline, gas prices, tractors, stationery engine, Richards, rats.
SIDE A 00:05:44 -- 00:06:27
Discussion about mussel mud; New Perth, mussel mud, fertilizer.
SIDE A 00:06:27 -- 00:08:34
Discussion about home remedies and working on the farm at age 13; home remedy, salt herring, cod liver oil, Jim MacMillan, farming, wages.
SIDE A 00:08:34 -- 00:12:01
Discussion about Mick McGuirk; Mickey McGuirk, skulking, characters, casket, Fort Augustus, Mary McGuirk, Joe Trainor, moonshine, teddy, liquor, rum.
SIDE A 00:12:03 -- 00:13:12
Discussion about Terrence McInnis; horse trader, Vernon MacIntyre, Terrence McInnis, Jean Bradley, Tory.
SIDE A 00:13:18 -- 00:13:51
Brief discussion about Pat Lafferty; stallion, peddling, Pat Lafferty.
SIDE A 00:13:51 -- 00:15:21
Discussion about gypsies; blueboys, Dr. McIntyre, home children, kidnapping.
SIDE A 00:15:23 -- 00:17:19
Discussion about Callaghan's store and the Callaghan family; Annie Callaghan, Jim Callaghan, Gus Callaghan, Jack Callaghan, Owen Callaghan, Lewis Callaghan, gasoline, tobacco, murder, Amos Callaghan.
SIDE A 00:17:20 -- 00:18:18
Discussion about Don Messer and Charlie Chamberlain; fiddle, Don Messer, Charlie Chamberlain, St. Martin's, lumber woods.
SIDE A 00:18:19 -- 00:25:38
Discussion about a trip to Maine and his family; twin, family, Maine, Tom Power, James Doyle, shoemaker, bootmaker, teacher, Earnscliffe, Summerville, Billy Moar, Alec Murphy, Alec MacNeil, doghide boots, 1920, Ireland, Irish, Vernon River, St. Joachim's, Annie Dunn, Boston, Bill Doyle, Norman Doyle, Mary Doyle, Eileen Doyle, Leo Doyle, Andrew Doyle.
SIDE A 00:25:43 -- 00:28:00
Discussion about the lumber woods and thrashing mills; Halls thrasher, Pierce thrasher, Scott thrasher, Monaghan thrasher, Billy Moar, bill hook.
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SIDE A 00:28:04 -- 00:29:04
Discussion about his uncle Andy and the curing power rum; Dr. McIntyre, rum, teddy, pneumonia, Andy Doyle, Charlie Evans.
SIDE A 00:29:08 -- 00:31:33
Discussion about veterinarians and going to Charlottetown; veterinarians, Charlottetown, St. Patrick's show, sheep, exhibition, Davis and Fraser, Mike Power.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:33.
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SIDE B 00:31:41 -- 00:32:01
Brief discussion about Michael Power; Feathery Mick, Michael Power.
SIDE B 00:32:03 -- 00:33:20
Discussion about western horses and a horse livery in Charlottetown; western horses, Charlottetown, MacNeill, Mont Wright, Walker's livery.
SIDE B 00:33:20 -- 00:35:22
Discussion about Cassius Clay; Montague, Cassius Clay, horses, restaurant, livery stable, Alfred Lowry, Charlie.
SIDE B 00:35:24 -- 00:37:10
Discussion about how he met his wife Mary; horse and wagon, card games, Billy Fraser, Harold Dunn, entertainment, fiddlers, fight.
SIDE B 00:37:18 -- 00:38:39
Discussion about Jack John MacEachern and working in the lumber woods; John Jack MacEachern, Charlottetown, St. John, lumber woods, train, Dan Kelly, wages.
SIDE B 00:38:42 -- 00:41:42
Discussion about meeting Mary continues; family, wedding, Vernon River, Mary Doyle, Bill Doyle, Teresa, Sheila, children.
SIDE B 00:41:44 -- 00:42:43
Discussion about Callaghan's store; Annie Callaghan, Richard Pratt, Johnny Wilson, gasoline, Callaghan's store, Gus Callaghan, Sil Perry.
SIDE B 00:42:46 -- 00:43:36
Discussion about the starch factory in Murray Harbour and stores in Vernon River; starch factory, Murray Harbour, Vernon River, general stores.
SIDE B 00:43:36 -- 00:44:34
Discussion about Hayden's Hotel; Lester Hayden, Hayden's Hotel, stallion, mares, horses.
SIDE B 00:44:37 -- 00:48:46
Discussion about ghost stories; phantom ship, ghost stories, forerunners, Bill Power, haunted house, moonshine, black dog, devil, Vernon River, dance, Jean Dunn, Thomas Hines, ball of fire, Billy Fraser.
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SIDE B 00:48:46 -- 00:51:18
Discussion about Harold Dunphy and other characters; Harold Dunphy, characters, Vern MacMillan, thrashing, Roy Herman, Edward Dunphy, Lee Hines.
SIDE B 00:51:19 -- 00:54:14
Discussion about trading a horse for a tractor; tractor, horse, bartering, John A. MacDonald, Ferguson tractor, Georgetown, Andrew Munnaghan, mussel mud.
SIDE B 00:54:14 -- 00:55:12
Discussion about sleeping in wet clothes to avoid catching a cold; salt water, wet clothes, home remedy, cold.
SIDE B 00:55:17 -- 01:00:22
Discussion about his father in law, Charlie MacKenzie; MacLeod's store, WWII, asthma, rations, Charlie MacKenzie, molasses, yeast cakes, moonshine, 1948, wedding, Tommy Stewart, Sam Martin, rum, kerosene, Scots, Irish, family, Mary Doyle.
SIDE B 01:00:22 -- 01:01:23
Discussion about food and cooking; cook, food, geese, Christmas goose, MacLeod's, trading, potatoes, bartering, credit.
SIDE B 01:01:28 -- 01:02:37
Discussion about fish and meat peddlers; Angus MacGillivray, Summerville, Souris, fish prices, fish peddlers, meat peddlers, Angus Johnson, Alec Nichols.
SIDE B 01:02:37 -- 01:03:19
Discussion about the biggest changes over the years, with brief mention of his first trip to Charlottetown; cars, Charlottetown.
Tape ends at 01:03:19.
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