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Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
Unknown year
Date Digitized
2010-12-08
Abstract
This is an interview with Frances Llewellyn (nee Lavers) of Georgetown, PEI. In this interview Frances talks about her family, Christmas, her mother's work as a midwife, a murder in 1930, Captain Fairchild, self sufficiency, the 1930s, hockey and skating, Georgetown, home remedies, doctors, berry picking, Seymour Knight, church, lobsters, going to visit her grandparents, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:04:15
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:03:21
Discussion about her family and how her parents met; 1913, Dr. Stewart, Mabel Stewart, Georgetown, doctors, Harry Lavers, Mabel Lavers.

SIDE A 00:03:21 -- 00:06:26
Discussion about Christmas and her siblings, with mention of polio; Christmas, presents, concerts, polio.

SIDE A 00:06:26 -- 00:14:54
Discussion about her mother's work as a midwife, with mention of Peter Ross; midwives, childbirth, Dr. Alec Kennedy, Dr. Kennedy, Albert Fogarty, Mabel Stewart, Mabel Lavers, doctors, Burnt Point, Peter Ross.

SIDE A 00:14:54 -- 00:18:17
Discussion about various topics including the Spanish Flu, the Halifax Explosion, and shipping; shipping, schooners, Spanish Flu, Halifax Explosion.

SIDE A 00:18:17 -- 00:19:55
Discussion about a murder in 1930; 1930, murder.

SIDE A 00:19:55 -- 00:22:09
Discussion about various topics including taking the train to town, walking, and Poole's store; trains, traveling, walking, Poole's store.

SIDE A 00:22:09 -- 00:24:33
Discussion about Captain Fairchild and the ferry; ferries, Captain Fairchild, Cpt. Fairchild, Capt. Fairchild, Lower Montague.

SIDE A 00:24:33 -- 00:26:03
Discussion about Parker's Point and Poxy Island; Poxy Island, Parker's Point, picnics, foundries.

SIDE A 00:26:03 -- 00:27:23
Discussion about Tom Henry the sail maker; Tom Henry, Thomas Henry, sail makers, sails, sail loft.

SIDE A 00:27:23 -- 00:28:38
Discussion about animals in town and self sufficiency; animals, self sufficiency, Georgetown, pork, beef.

SIDE A 00:28:38 -- 00:30:52
Discussion about lobster, fish, and cod liver oil; lobsters, fish, codfish, cod liver oil, cod prices.

SIDE A 00:30:52 -- 00:32:02
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, plasters, onion plasters, cures, brandy, pneumonia, whiskey.

SIDE A ends at 00:32:02.
SIDE B 00:32:09 -- 00:34:31
Discussion about a ruptured appendix; appendicitis, Dr. MacIntyre, Dr. Preston MacIntyre, operations, surgery.

SIDE B 00:34:31 -- 00:37:00
Discussion about various topics including her mother's cooking, cows in Georgetown, and her first ride in a car; cooking, cows, cars, Buick MacLaughlin, Glen Jenkins, 1921, driving.

SIDE B 00:37:00 -- 00:39:27
Discussion about Seymour Knight; Seymour Knight, drugstores, pharmacists, druggists, sailors, golden earrings, Jack Knight, Ethel Knight.

SIDE B 00:39:27 -- 00:40:11
Discussion about stolen coal; coal, stolen coal, theft.

SIDE B 00:40:11 -- 00:40:47
Discussion about who owned cars; cars, George Hibbett, Frank Solomon.

SIDE B 00:40:47 -- 00:42:34
Discussion about barbers and cutting hair; Frank Solomon, Solomon's Barbershop, barbers, Estelle Bolger, Estelle Solomon, Walter Solomon, Freda Solomon.

SIDE B 00:42:34 -- 00:46:42
Discussion about rum running, with a story about looking after two babies; rum running, rum boats, Nelson Dicks, Jack Dicks, Ed Dicks, rum runners, Dalvay.

SIDE B 00:46:42 -- 00:48:05
Discussion about church and quiet Sundays; church, quiet Sundays, religion, Sundays.

SIDE B 00:48:05 -- 00:50:45
Discussion about hockey and skating; hockey, skating, women's hockey, hockey players, rinks, hockey teams.

SIDE B 00:50:45 -- 00:53:27
Discussion about the Georgetown Exhibition and school fairs; Gerogetown Exhibition, exhibitions, fairs, horse racing, cooking.

SIDE B 00:53:27 -- 00:55:03
Discussion about picking berries and selling them to stores; berry picking, berries, blueberries, berry prices, Scully's store, DeLorey's store.

SIDE B 00:55:03 -- 00:56:33
Discussion about lobster fishing; lobster, DeLorey's store, lobster prices, lobster fishing.

SIDE B 00:56:33 -- 00:57:15
Discussion about berry picking continues; berry picking, raspberries, Jack Aiken, jam, Lower Montague.

SIDE B 00:57:15 -- 00:58:30
Discussion about the Highlands Inn; Highlands Inn, Highland, Don Messer.

SIDE B 00:58:30 -- 01:00:31
Discussion about the 1930s; Great Depression, 1930s, poverty, marriage, 1933.

SIDE B 01:00:31 -- 01:01:22
Discussion about planting by the moon; phases of the moon, planting.

SIDE B 01:01:22 -- 01:02:22
Discussion about using salt herring as a cure, with mention of school; salt herring, home remedies, cures, school, teachers.

SIDE B 01:02:22 -- 01:04:15
Discussion about her grandparents, with a story about traveling over the ice; Laver, traveling.

Tape ends at 01:04:15.