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| Recording Title | Overview: 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 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is the first of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about Air Navigation school, aircraft and trainees in Charlottetown during WWII, the RCAF and the RAF, plane crashes, pilot training, Carl Burke and Maritime Central Airways, Sally Large, military aircraft, and Woofer Blake. | |
| Syd Clay T1 [Tape One] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Clay, Sydney "Syd" | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:39 | ||
| 1994-08-10 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is the last of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about his background in the RAF, his paintings of aircraft and aviation history on the Island which were made into a calendar, the pilot Paul Sharpe, the pilot Elton Woodside, pilots Carl Burke and Joe Anderson, Carl Burke's rescues, the Submarine Spitfire and other airplanes, airports on the Island, and his experience as a pilot. | |
| Syd Clay T3 [Tape Three] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Clay, Sydney "Syd" and Minnie | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:39 | ||
| 2002-10-01 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Minnie Langille (nee Wilson) of Hedgeville, NS. In this interview Minnie talks about her parents, food, her siblings, home remedies, school, snow, walking, homemade clothes, pack peddlers, radio, the telephone, electricity, Christmas, quiet Sundays, River John, her father's sleighs, and various other topics. | |
| Minnie Langille T1 [Tape One] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Langille (Wilson), Minnie | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:04:08 | ||
| 0000-00-00 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Minnie Langille (nee Wilson) of River Hedgeville, NS. In this interview talks about traveling in the winter, entertainment, Christmas, socials, food, her parents, homemade soap, horses, WWII, the 1930s, her family in the United States, rationing, and various other topics. | |
| Minnie Langille T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Langille (Wilson), Minnie | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 00:32:32 | ||
| 0000-00-00 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Avila Rogers (nee Mathieson) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Avila talks about courting, house parties, her father's work, a visit from Prince Edward, ice cream parlours, businesses in Charlottetown, Minnie McGee, home remedies, Christmas, school, Prince of Wales College, her siblings, the family history, Market Square, and various other topics. | |
| Avila Rogers T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Rogers (Mathieson), Avila | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:38 | ||
| 2001-01-17 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This interview is with Rosella McCarron-Gallant. In this interview Rosella talks about Minnie McGee and her family, her father and his work at Falconwood, chores on the farm, a ghost story about a lady in white, her ancestors coming to the Island from Ireland, fishing, and her wedding. | |
| Rosella McCarron-Gallant | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| McCarron-Gallant, Rosella | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 00:31:46 | ||
| 1995-06-30 |
| Recording Title | Overview: In this interview with John MacEachern he talks about drownings in Charlottetown, Lake Verde Station, other railways and train wrecks, having no electrical power during the 1930s, changing of German last names, the Harvest Trains/Excursions, blacksmiths, bad roads on PEI, teachers, and school taxes. He also goes on to talk about school memories and concerts, Minnie McGee, his birth, mail sorting and PO boxes, getting a telephone, electricity and a radio, and driving his first car. | |
| John MacEacharn T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| MacEachern, John | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:09 | ||
| 1995-02-17 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This interview is with Johnny and Eddy Gill, and continues on from Tape 1. They talk about working in their father's shop, blacksmithing, farm machinery, mills, and a local tailor shop. They then tell a story of their father caught in a snowstorm, they talk about ships and schooners, and tell about how transportation has changed over the years. There are a few ghost stories, with mention of the phantom ship, and the Gill brothers discuss family and religion. They then talk about funerals, tuberculosis, trains stuck in the snow, and finally Minnie Magee who murdered her six children. | |
| Gill Bros. T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Gill, Eddy and Johnny | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:35:37 | ||
| 1995-03-08 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This the second portion of an interview with Mary Emma (Jones) Phillips of Harrington, P.E.I. Mary very briefly continues talking about school, then she tells about the 1918 flu pandemic. She then tells about making clothes from wool and druggat, making soap, and talks about local doctors. She then goes on to tell about cars, the Great Depression, the Phillips family, the Women's Institute, Premier John Walter Jones, and the MacDonald Consolidated School. Mary then talks about trains, peddlers, holidays, her family's fruit orchard, forerunners, and going to work in Boston in 1925. There is also mention of Minnie McGee, the first women's vote, socials, and the Phillips' general store. | |
| Mary Jone Phillips T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Phillips (Jones), Mary Emma | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:04:02 | ||
| 1995-04-12 |
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