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No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with John Moore of Milton, P.E.I. John tells about the history of his house and the family farm, the history of the area, and local businesses. He mentions farm machinery, cars, trains, and his family. He also talks about entertainment, life growing up, school, blacksmiths, and traveling.
John Moore
Interviewee(s)
Moore, John
Playing Times
01:35:50
1999-01-10
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the first half of an interview with James "Keir" MacKay of Darnley and Summerside, P.E.I. Keir begins by telling about his birth, Dr. Keir, and the Darnley Lighthouse. He then tells about his father's death from spinal meningitis and the funeral they held. He goes on to talk about selling milk and cream to John Cousins' factory, his father's farm, his family, and then tells stories about his uncle Hart Abbott. He then talks about the Malpeque Wharf, McNutt's store, tobacco, Jim Cousins' starch factory, mussel mud, and eggs. He tells about harvesting grain, going to Darnley School, plowing and harrowing, and his first job working on Herb Ramsay's farm in the 1930s at age 14. There is also mention of tractors, airplanes, oyster shell plaster, home remedies, potatoes, horses, and foxes.
Keir MacKay T1 [Tape One]
Interviewee(s)
MacKay, James "Keir"
Playing Times
01:03:51
1999-01-28
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with John "Ralph" Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about home remedies, family, potato farming, blacksmiths and sleighs, how he met his wife, working in coal mines, his parents, his dog, horses, his time spent in jail for making moonshine, foxes, cars, radio, and Amelia's family.
Ralph Gallant T3 [Tape Three]
Interviewee(s)
Gallant, John "Ralph"
Playing Times
01:03:27
1999-02-11
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Mac Dixon. In this interview Mac talks about his wedding, cars, church, home remedies, stores, mills, his family, Victoria, pianos and piano players, WWII, local characters, his parents, his grandfather, and various other topics.
Mac Dixon T3 [Tape Three]
Interviewee(s)
Dixon, Mac
Playing Times
01:03:16
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with Frank Whelan of Souris, P.E.I. Frank begins by telling about his family history, life in the 1930s, and his dream of running a store. He talks about working for the railway, opening a general store in New Zealand, supplies for the store, and factories in the Souris area.
Frank Whelan T1 [Tape One]
Interviewee(s)
Whelan, Frank
Playing Times
01:03:40
1995-03-09
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview with Roy Clow begins with the remainder of a conversation about Ben Clow and his homemade blueberry wine. Roy then goes on to tell about Ben's fox ranch, property, and family. The conversation then turns to schooners and rum runners, and then on the Boughton Island. Roy then tells about the bounty set on crow and how people would hunt them for $0.50 a head. He also tells about killing skunks for money. The topic changes to Frank Solomon's boarding house, then George Hibbett, before moving on to lengthy discussions about Roy's service in the Royal Canadian Navy. Roy begins by telling about how he came to join the service at the age of seventeen. He tells about his service on the HMCS Prince David, his duty as petty officer, and German submarines. Roy then talks about the HMCS Athabaskan, his friend's experience in a P.O.W. camp, wages in the navy, and capsized ships. Next, Roy tells about his time in serving in Halifax, including stories about the Bedford Magazine Explosion, V.E. Day and the riots, the Air Foce versus Navy rivalry, and the HMCS Prince David. Towards the end of the tape there appears to be a change in topic and interview, with the last few minutes covering the topic of rum runners.
Roy Clow T10 [Tape Ten]
Interviewee(s)
Clow, Roy
Playing Times
00:55:39
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: In this interview with Arthur Hughes he talks about dances and house parties, moonshine and rum running, the Roman Catholic and Protestant divide, his mother and her family, the Hughes side of his family, changes after the war, the Great Depression, flour and sugar bags made into clothing, thrashing, and the Charlottetown liverly stables.
Arthur Hughes T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
Hughes, Arthur and Hunter, Eileen and Tom
Playing Times
01:00:38
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with Sterling Robert "Ginger" MacKay and John MacEachern of Charlottetown, P.E.I. The interview beings with Ginger talking about the history of the healing springs and his grandfather. Ginger and John then tell about the different people healed by the springs, the water itself, spirituality, plans for the future, and their long friendship. They then tell about rum running, horse races, snowstorms, driving on the Hillsborough River during the winter, and horses.
Ginger MacKay
Interviewee(s)
MacKay, Sterling Robert "Ginger" and MacEachern, John
Playing Times
01:03:55
1995-04-24
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with Edith Pryce talking about her family history and being raised by her grandparents, her grandfather an expert cabinet maker, Christmas, her sister Lois, her father and drives to the beach, working at her father's business repairing car tires, stores on Kent Street, a boarding house, Montreal, the china cabinet contents, stories about her uncle Harry and recieving a letter and trinkets from him, how she met her husband, and their dog Mr. Chips.
Edith Pryce
Interviewee(s)
Pryce, Edith
Playing Times
01:34:36
1996-01-11
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Ralph Matheson. In this interview Ralph talks about milk, cheese, New Glasgow, blacksmiths, firewood, doctors, midwives, thrashing, horses, tractors, cattle, the 1930s, peddlers, Christmas, and various other topics.
Ralph Matheson
Interviewee(s)
Matheson, Ralph
Playing Times
01:03:22
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Ethel Thomson (nee Leard) of Tryon, P.E.I. In this interview Ethel talks about her family, Christmas, midwives and doctors, church and Sundays, chores on the family farm, cars, school, electricity, painting, funerals, courting, and various other topics.
Ethel Thompson
Interviewee(s)
Thompson (Leard), Ethel
Playing Times
01:03:08
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the sixth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling a story about sailing back from New York on the M. M. Gardner and almost crashing into the Devil's Limb off of Seal Island. He then talks about the Marine, explains "slushing the spars", and tells a story about almost colliding with the Victory Chimes. He goes on to talk about marine chronometers, tugboats, and rum runners.
Captain Thomas Trenholm T6 [Tape Six]
Interviewee(s)
Trenholm, Captain Thomas
Playing Times
01:04:04
2000-12-21
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the second of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd and his wife Minnie talk about Syd's arrival in Charlottetown with the RAF, how they met, their wedding, entertainment for the RAF men in Charlottetown, Syd's life in England, Sid's return to Canada after WWII, and war grooms and airmen Syd served with.
Syd Clay T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
Clay, Sydney "Syd" and Minnie
Playing Times
01:03:45
1996-04-25
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the third interview with Katherine "Kay" Haslam Wood of Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about men's and women's hockey, the Pleasant View Hotel, the Victoria rink, courting, going to Rhode Island, Dunrovin, schooners and sea captains, Dr. Hillcoat, church and tea socials, cars, how she and Howard met and their wedding, and a plane crash in 1933.
Kay Wood T3 [Tape Three]
Interviewee(s)
Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam
Playing Times
01:03:33
1998-02-09
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the last of four tapes with Vincent Doroteo Elordieta of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Vincent talks about his family's involvement in the Spanish Civil War, his training in marine engineering, traveling to Asia during the 1930s, the Basque people and their culture, a story about his mother and sister helping people at the airport, and his life in Liverpool.
Vincent Elordieta T4 [Tape Four]
Interviewee(s)
Elordieta, Vincente "Vincent" Doroteo
Playing Times
01:03:36
1996-07-25
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Gordon Carver of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about windmills, wharves, Lettie MacKinnon, telephones, radios, Atkins' store, businesses in Charlottetown, raising chickens, electricity, snowstorms, potato farming, family, Wellington MacNeill and cattle buyers, Western horses, blacksmiths, roads, William A. Chandler, and various other topics.
Gordon Carver T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
Carver, Gordon
Playing Times
01:04:14
2010-01-08
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is a tape titled Remembrance '86. It is a recording of interviews with Ken Mellish and Clyde Langille. Some topics covered include WWI, WWII, training in England, medals, kilts, and getting wounded.
Remeberance '86
Interviewee(s)
Mellish, Ken and Langille, Clyde
Playing Times
00:31:30
1986-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Peter Whitty and May O'Hanley of Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Peter and May talk about Matthew and MacLean's, peddlers, Souris, coal, Christmas, home remedies, WWII, fish flakes, trains, family, Dr. Gus, and various other topics.
Peter Whitty and Mary O'Hanley
Interviewee(s)
Whitty, Peter and O'Hanley, Mary
Playing Times
01:03:48
2002-04-08
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Art Doyle of Mt. Stewart, PEI. In this interview Art talks about the decline of Mt. Stewart, his strawberry business, co-ops, nicknames, hockey, and his family.
Art Doyle T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
Doyle, Art
Playing Times
01:03:44
1995-03-10
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the second tape of an interview with Norbert George Corcoran of Piusville, P.E.I. This tape begins with the continuation of a discussion from Tape One about mussel mud. Norbert then goes on to tell about fox ranching, farming, E. T. Botts and general stores, potatoes, chickens, fish, pigs, and machines. Next he tells about horsepower, the family home, hay, school, winter storms, and cars. The discussion moves on to radio and electricity, WWI and the Spanish Flu, entertainment, traveling, and sleighs. The interview concludes with discussions about peddlers, airplanes, the Gracie Parks, and traveling to Charlottetown and Halifax.
Norbert Corcoran T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
Corcoran, Norbert George
Playing Times
01:03:51
2003-07-03