SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:07:10
Discussion Johnny's job his father's shop continues from Tape 1, with mention of the decline of blacksmithing; blacksmithing, blacksmith, Johnny Gill, 1940s, Farm Improvement Act, 1950s, 1947, tractors, welding, 1861, 1957.
SIDE A 00:07:10 -- 00:10:09
Discussion about the first piece of work Eddy did in their father's shop; Eddy Gill, lumber mill, pulper, 1937, blacksmithing.
SIDE A 00:10:09 -- 00:14:49
Discussion about welding and hammering; sledgehammer, sledge, hammering, welding, coal, blacksmithing.
SIDE A 00:14:49 -- 00:17:33
Discussion about their father and handling horses; horses, broncos, horseshoes, blacksmith.
SIDE A 00:17:35 -- 00:23:00
Discussion about different types of sleighs and wagons; sleighs, wagons, steam runner, sleigh prices, potatoes, sloven, blacksmithing, freight wagons.
SIDE A 00:23:00 -- 00:25:00
Discussion about thrashers; Ambrose Monahaghn, Monahaghn thrasher, John MacEachern, thrashers, Pierce thrashers, thrashing mill.
SIDE A 00:25:00 -- 00:26:18
Discussion about farm machinery; tractor, farm machinery.
SIDE A 00:26:18 -- 00:29:15
Discussion about local sawmills and gristmills; Vernon River, Stuart's mill, McRae's mill, Ross' mill, Mooney's mill, overshot wheel, water mills, lumber mill, water turbines, gristmill.
SIDE A 00:29:15 -- 00:31:27
Discussion about a woolen mill in Dromore; woolen mill, Dromore, Callaghan's mill, Addie Hamm, wool, sheep, drugget.
SIDE A 00:31:27 -- 00:33:38
Discussion about a tailor shop and general stores in Elliotvale; Elliotvale, tailor shop, general store, Brothers' Road, James Bennett, Alvin Brothers, tailor.
SIDE A 00:33:39 -- 00:36:13
Discussion about train stations and going to Charlottetown; train stations, Hermitage, Charlottetown, Cardigan, train, train fare, blacksmith.
SIDE A 00:36:13 -- 00:44:20
Discussion about their father being caught in a snowstorm; snowstorm, Bill Gill, Lem Hughes, Devine's General Store, John McInnis.
SIDE A 00:44:20 -- 00:46:35
Discussion about ships and schooners; ships, schooners, Mt. Stewart, Vernon River, juniper roots, shipbuilding.
SIDE B 00:46:35 -- 00:47:44
Discussion about transportation and the mail route; transportation, mail route, mailman, mail.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:44.
***Side A ends mid-sentence.
SIDE B 00:47:50 -- 00:49:54
Discussion about transportation and the mail route continues, with mention of early roads; transportation, mail route, roads, hay truck, truck wagon, wagons.
SIDE B 00:49:54 -- 00:51:18
Discussion about barrels, flour, and coal; coopers, coal, barrels, flour, Ivan Kennedy, shipping.
SIDE B 00:51:18 -- 00:53:12
Discussion about getting flour from a ship in Montague; Boon Thompson's Wharf, Jim Kelly, Montague, flour, shipping.
SIDE B 00:53:12 -- 00:54:52
Discussion about the phantom ship; phantom ship, ghost ship.
SIDE B 00:54:52 -- 00:57:56
Discussion about ghost stories and fairies riding horses; ghost stories, fairies.
SIDE B 00:57:56 -- 01:00:01
Discussion about Christmas presents and food; homemade, presents, Christmas, gifts, toys, Christmas dinner.
SIDE B 01:00:01 -- 01:08:01
Discussion about family and religion; family, Raymond Gill, William Gill, Leo Gill, England, Devonshire, army, WWII, Catholic, Protestant, religion, Murphy, Thompson, John T. Gill, Richard Gill.
***Tape blips at 01:06:26 and 01:07:11.
SIDE B 01:08:06 -- 01:10:09
Discussion about changes in their father's life; John T. Gill, transportation, communication.
SIDE B 01:10:09 -- 01:15:30
Discussion about wakes, funerals, hearses and building coffins; coffins, wakes, funerals, hearses, funeral prices, parish, St. Joachim's, MacKinnon's Funeral Home, Acorn's Funeral Home.
SIDE B 01:15:30 -- 01:23:32
Discussion about tuberculosis; cures, Johnny, T.B., tuberculosis, Mary McInnis, Johnny Palmer, coffin, wake, McHearn, McWade, 1926, Gordon Gill, sanitorium.
SIDE B 01:23:32 -- 01:28:21
Discussion about trains stuck in the snow for weeks in 1926 and a conductor being killed by a train; accident, train, snowstorm, Charlottetown, 1926, Conductor Murray.
SIDE B 01:28:21 -- 01:31:28
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion and ice boats; Halifax Explosion, 1918, John MacKenzie, ice boats.
***Tape blips at 01:03:03.
SIDE B 01:31:28 -- 01:35:37
Discussion about Minnie McGee murdering her six children, and the sheriff Robert Cairn; murder, sulphur poisoning, Minnie McGee, sheriff, Robert Cairn.
SIDE B ends at 01:35:37
***Tape ends mid-sentence.
