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Contributors
Interviewee: MacEachern, Donnie
Interviewee: Macleod, Eddie
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
Date Recorded
Unknown year
Date Digitized
2010-06-29
Abstract
This is an interview with Eddie MacLeod and Donnie MacEachern. In this interview they talk about Tiny Mason, rum runners, bootleggers, Captain Jimmy Brown, Angus "The Bank" MacGillivray, Hughie MacLeod, Archie MacPhee's store, dances, the 1930s, moose, horse, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:10
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:07:45
Stories about Tiny Mason the bootlegger; Tiny Mason, bootlegging, bootleggers, rum running, rum.

SIDE A 00:07:45 -- 00:15:40
Captain Jimmy Brown and his family, rum, Angus "The Bank" MacGillivray, Tiny and the Jews, getting the rum to shore, what people thought of Tiny, and beer; Captain Jimmy Brown, rum, Angus The Bank MacGillivray, Tiny Mason, beer.

SIDE A 00:15:40 -- 00:21:20
Eddie MacLeod talks about Mrs. Nick who ran a bootlegger, the disappearance of Little Ralph, The Izzards that he was friends with, Hughie MacLeod the shine he made, Little Ralph, Tiny and The Bull, and rum prices; rum running, bootleggers, bootleggins, rum, Little Ralph, moonshien, Hughie MacLeod, Izzard, Tiny Mason.

SIDE A 00:21:20 -- 00:31:34
Changes, Archie MacPhee's store, trains, cream, Christmas cake, the old days, MacPhee's store, Stage Coach and Inn, going to school, Eddie working in the wood, and the lumber camp; Archie MacPhee's store, Archie MacPhee, trains, cream, Christmas, Stage Coach and Inn, lumber camps.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:34.
SIDE B 00:31:40 -- 00:41:17
Mrs. Eddie MacLeod, The Grudals, a home boy, Billy Stewar's mill, wagons, lumbermills, Piedmont, Avondale School, maple syrup, Billy Wilken's kids and picking potatoes; potato picking, Billy Wilken, Grudal, home children, Billy Stewar, mills, lumbermills, wagons, Avondale School, Piedmont.

SIDE B 00:41:17 -- 00:54:45
Uncle Jack and Walter, Annie and Howard, dances, Luther MacDonald and booze, Weaver's Mountain, Mac Ross, moonshine, fiends, the 1930s, and Elwood's father's death; dances, Luther MacDonald, alcohol, Weaver's Mountain, Mac Ross, moonshine, 1930s.

SIDE B 00:54:45 -- 01:03:10
Moose on a sleigh, Jerome and a moose, Elwood's father's death again, family, horses and thrashing; moose, horses, thrashing.

Tape ends at 01:03:10.