SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:02:26
Bill Blackett who lived until he was about 105 became lost at sea on an ice floe for days and ate a goose raw; ice floes, geese, goose, raw, age, Bill Blackett.
SIDE A 00:02:26 -- 00:03:53
Bill Blackett drinking liquor every day while hunting; MacAuley, liquor, hunting, age, rum, drinking, Bill Blackett.
SIDE A 00:03:53 -- 00:05:45
Mr. Blackett proves his age by citing the fact he was baptized by Father MacDonald; Protestant, Catholic, baptism, Father MacDonald, religion, Bill Blackett.
SIDE A 00:05:45 -- 00:08:23
How Father Francis would perform miracles and James' father working on the parish farm; priests, miracles, cures, Banks, Father Francis.
SIDE A 00:08:23 -- 00:09:38
How his father met his mother and their marriage in 1904; Bankstown, marriage, 1904, Banks.
SIDE A 00:09:38 -- 00:12:11
The history of the Banks family on PEI; Banks, bears, adoption, McKie, accidents.
SIDE A 00:12:11 -- 00:13:14
Banks family business and land in Annandale; Banks, family business, stores, land, Annandale.
SIDE A 00:13:14 -- 00:15:20
The Nellie J. Banks, Captain Dicks and how she was usually the last boat of the fall; schooners, Captain Dicks, Nellie J. Banks, Banks, rum running, rum runners, prohibition.
SIDE A 00:15:20 -- 00:18:09
A Mr. Brown was once shot by a Captain Warren in Annandale and howt hey tried to have a hanging but couldn't find any rope; Brown, Captain Warren, Annandale, hanging, fights, murder.
SIDE A 00:18:09 -- 00:20:10
Hauling produce to the wharf and loading on the the ships; wharves, shipping, produce.
SIDE A 00:20:10 -- 00:21:18
Selling potatoes and turnips and why farmers never got ahead or out of debt; potatoes, vegetables, turnips, prices, debt, money.
SIDE A 00:21:18 -- 00:26:17
What they bought at the general store, weaving clothes, and James explains what drugget is; general stores, weaving, clothes, clothing, drugget, handmade clothes.
SIDE A 00:26:17 -- 00:29:08
Gristmills, a mill run by Mr. Nicholson, a mill owned by the Dewar family in Brudenell, and the toll for using the mill; mills, gristmills, Nicholson, Little Pond, Dewar, Brudenell, miller's toll, grain toll.
SIDE A 00:29:08 -- 00:30:20
Thrashing; thrashing, wheat.
SIDE A 00:30:20 -- 00:31:30
James talks about horsepower and a small gas powered engine; gas, engines, horsepower.
SIDE A 00:31:30 -- 00:33:59
The Halifax Explosion and how just before that a Captain Richards came and docked his schooner at the local wharf, a tell tale sign of winter; Captain Richards, Halifax Explosion snow, storms, schooners.
SIDE A 00:33:59 -- 00:34:44
Shipping all the caskets on PEI to Halifax after the explosion; caskets, coffins, Halifax, Explosion.
SIDE A 00:34:44 -- 00:36:25
His grandfather and the family farm; farming, Banks.
SIDE A 00:36:25 -- 00:42:45
Bears on the Island; bears, Banks, hunters, hunting.
SIDE A 00:42:45 -- 00:45:41
Blacksmiths and their jobs; carriage builders, blacksmiths, sleighs.
SIDE A 00:45:41 -- 00:46:28
Gristmill tolls and thrashing wheat; wheat, thrashing, gristmills, miller's toll.
SIDE A 00:46:28 -- 00:47:19
The Bridgetown cheese factory and hauling milk to it for several years; cheese, milk, hauling milk, Bridgetown, cheese factories.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:19.
SIDE B 00:47:30 -- 00:50:12
Milk hauling continued; milk, hauling milk.
SIDE B 00:50:12 -- 00:51:09
Fixing the dirt roads near his house; roads, dirt roads.
SIDE B 00:51:09 -- 00:54:30
Discussion about the cheese factory continues with a list of other cheese factory locations; cheese, cheese factories, co-ops, milk, cheesemaker.
SIDE B 00:54:30 -- 00:56:31
The Bridgetown starch factory; Bridgetown, starch factories.
SIDE B 00:56:31 -- 00:57:27
Egg circles; eggs, egg circles, co-ops, egg prices.
SIDE B 00:57:27 -- 01:00:05
Pack peddlers; pack peddlers, bartering, produce, vegetables.
SIDE B 01:00:05 -- 01:01:43
Horses; horses, plowing, draft horse, Clydesdales.
SIDE B 01:01:43 -- 01:02:20
Storing vegetables; vegetables, cold storage, cellars, potatoes.
SIDE B 01:02:20 -- 01:06:27
Mussel mud; mussel mud, fertilizer.
SIDE B 01:06:27 -- 01:07:50
Bushing the ice during the winter; bushing the ice, bushed ice, ice travel, winter, storms.
SIDE B 01:07:50 -- 01:11:11
Farquar Campbell who lived nearby and told ghost stories; forerunners, ghosts, ghost stories, Farquar Campbell.
SIDE B 01:11:11 -- 01:13:25
James tells a story about an odd happening when he was younger; ufo, ghosts, aliens.
SIDE B 01:13:25 -- 01:14:15
Marshall Campbell, a very strong swimmer, used to tow boats with his teeth; swimming, Marshall Campbell, strength, swimmers.
SIDE B 01:14:15 -- 01:17:08
His father's story about a ship and a tidal wave in Annandale, with mention of old stores there; tidal waves, stores, tailors, Annandale, schooners.
SIDE B 01:17:08 -- 01:21:05
Playing the fiddle for local dances; dances, fiddlers, weddings, parties, prohibition, rum, whiskey.
SIDE B 01:21:05 -- 01:27:06
Stories about rum running and boatload of rum stolen from the Chappell Wharf; rum, whiskey, gin, Chappell Wharf, wharves, crime, stolen rum, pohibition, rum runners, bootleggers, hidden rum, rum running, bootlegging.
SIDE B 01:27:06 -- 01:30:33
James ran a "ferry" that charged 10 cents a passenger, with mention of fishing; ferry, church, codfish, fishing, salmon trap.
SIDE B 01:30:33 -- 01:31:18
A local character named Francis Ranaghan; Francis Ranaghan, characters.
SIDE B 01:31:18 -- 01:34:29
The Blaisdell family; drowning, Blaisdell, immigrants, swimming.
Tape ends at 01:34:29.
