Lillian MacEachern

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: MacEachern, Lillian
Researcher: Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
Date Recorded
1998-02-10
Date Digitized
2010-06-23
Abstract
This is an interview with Lillian MacEachern. In this interview Lillian talks about the phantom ship, Christmas, her father, the Harland, her father's shop, stores in Victoria, hotels, Billy Peters, hockey, her husbands, school, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, cars, electricity, pack peddlers, her parents, shipbuilding, lobster factories, Charlie Miller, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Victoria, PE
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:02:42
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:08:38
The phantom ship, Christmas, her father's store, the blacksmith Joe MacLeod and his shop, The Harland, White's Restaurant, and the milliners what worked in her father's shop; milliners, blacksmiths, Joe MacLeod, Christmas, presents, dolls, Harland, White's Restaurant.

SIDE A 00:08:38 -- 00:13:24
Stores in Victoria, suppers in the hall, the local hotel, tourists, the Harland, and Billy Peters the home child; home children, Victoria, hotels, Harland, Billy Peters.

SIDE A 00:13:24 -- 00:20:44
Hockey; hockey, hockey teams, hockey players, Victoria Unions.

SIDE A 00:20:44 -- 00:25:04
Her first husband John Knox and his death, marrying Peter MacEachern, an Italian airplane in Victoria, hockey uniforms, playing defence and a story about hitting a big girl who's boyfriend was the referee; hockey, hockey players, women's hockey, Italian Air Force, Victoria, John Knox, Peter MacEachern.

SIDE A 00:25:04 -- 00:31:40
The cheese factory, school, her mother contracting the Spanish Flu, home remedies, horses, the Wotton's car, and their store; cheese factories, school, Spanish Flu, home remedies, horses, Wotton, cars.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:40.
SIDE B 00:31:50 -- 00:42:40
The store, Hickey and Nicholson chewing tobacco, electricity coming to Victoria, and traveling sales men; Hickey and Nicholson, chewing tobacco, Victoria, electricity, traveling salesmen, pack peddlers.

SIDE B 00:42:40 -- 00:46:20
Her parents, her grandfather Stright, how the only Strights are in North America, and shipbuilding; sea captains, Stright, shipbuilding.

SIDE B 00:46:20 -- 00:48:16
The Lords and Trenholms, sea captains, 3 wharves, lobster factories, and the slaughter house; Lord, Trenholm, sea captains, wharves, lobster factories, slaughter houses.

SIDE B 00:48:16 -- 00:51:45
Charlie Miller, his factories, big boats loading potatoes, a German boat, the Unions hockey team, travel, trucks, and hockey players; hockey, Charlie Miller, potatoes, German boats, Victoria Union, hockey teams, hockey players, traveling.

***The remainder of the tape is a CBC Sports recording.
Tape ends at 01:02:42.