***Disclaimer - This interview contains language and subject matter some may find inappropriate.
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:05:39
Discussion about his birth in Grand Tracadie and growing up in an orphanage; school, bread, Christmas, dormitories, Peters, Arsenault, orphanage, Grand Tracadie, fishing, Protestant Children's Orphanage.
SIDE A 00:05:39 -- 00:09:25
Discussion about family and his father's work as a fisherman; fishing, family, orphanage, adoption.
SIDE A 00:09:25 -- 00:11:12
Discussion about fishing and old fishing boats; fishing boats, gasoline engines, Imperial engine, Acadia engine, fishing,
SIDE A 00:11:12 -- 00:13:15
Discussion about school; Tracadie School, skating rink, switch, school, Gertie MacAuley.
SIDE A 00:13:15 -- 00:14:47
Discussion about lobster fishing; lobster fishing, lobster traps, Charlie Watts, MacIsaac, rum.
***Tape appears to stop at 00:16:48.
SIDE A 00:14:47 -- 00:18:19
Discussion about rum running and bootlegging; MacKinnon, Tracadie Cross, rum running, bootlegging, Captain Dicks, kegs of rum, 3 mile limit, rum, black diamond rum, rum prices, tricks, Pleasant Grove, red rum, Dalvay.
SIDE A 00:18:19 -- 00:20:15
Discussion about getting scripts for rum; Dr. MacDonald, Dr. Matheson, Mrs. Matheson, scripts, rum.
SIDE A 00:20:16 -- 00:24:20
Discussion about rum running and bootlegging continues; Charlie Watts, rum running, red rum, Dalvay, Captain Dicks, black diamond rum, rum prices, bootlegging.
SIDE A 00:24:20 -- 00:26:11
Discussion about taking the train; orphanage, friends, train fare, York.
SIDE A 00:26:11 -- 00:37:24
Discussion about joining the army during WWI; WWI, Charlie Watts, Halifax, Halifax Explosion, 1917, RMS Olympic, Belgium, Germany, trenches, rats, 25th Battalion, food, rifle, Liverpool.
SIDE A 00:36:48 -- 00:38:48
Brief discussion about his friend Charlie Watts; Charlie Watts, WWI, Bradley.
***The tape appears to have stopped mid-sentence at 00:38:48.
SIDE A 00:38:38 -- 00:46:47
Discussion about life after WWI, fish, and markets; WWI, fish, markets, horses, Charlottetown, livery stables, Paddie Gallant, Paddy Gallant, Douse, haddock, cod, fish prices, lobster prices, Souris, Charlie Watts, Russell Clark, Willy Halpert, Dan A. MacDonald.
SIDE A 00:46:47 -- 00:47:29
Brief discussion about mules in WWI; mules, WWI, horses, guns.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:29.
SIDE B 00:47:36 -- 00:50:30
Discussion about mules in WWI continues, with mention of bombs, the trenches, and mustard gas; WWI, whizz bang, trenches, bombs, WWI, mustard gas, gas masks, Germans, Germany.
SIDE B 00:50:30 -- 00:56:25
Discussion about the end of the war on November 11th, 1918; Armistice Day, 1918, Belgium, Germans, France, mustard gas, gas masks, prostitutes, wages.
SIDE B 00:56:25 -- 01:01:59
Discussion about horses, with a story about traveling from Tignish to Charlottetown; John Charles MacAuley, Tignish, horses, kicking mare, horse and cart, Harry MacLaughlin, Charlottetown.
SIDE B 01:01:59 -- 01:03:44
Discussion about blacksmiths and roads; MacMillan, Frank Buote, horseshoe prices, sleighs, roads, blacksmiths.
SIDE B 01:03:44 -- 01:06:00
Discussion about bushing the ice at Campbell's Pond, and drownings in the Tracadie area; bushing ice, Campbell's Pond, Dalvay, Bill Campbell, drowning, Tracadie.
SIDE B 01:06:00 -- 01:08:24
Discussion about the MacKinnons from Tracadie; MacKinnon, Major MacKinnon, Captain Dicks, electricity, rum, rum running, bootlegging, rum prices.
SIDE B 01:08:24 -- 01:10:45
Discussion about cars and trains; trains, cars, York, train fare, tractors.
SIDE B 01:10:45 -- 01:15:24
Discussion about dances and fishing; fishing, wages, dances, Charlottetown, Falcon Point, poorhouse, fiddle, liquor, Curran, dance prices.
SIDE B 01:15:24 -- 01:18:28
Discussion about Russell Clarke from Mt. Stewart and lobster canneries; Russell Clarke, Mt. Stewart, Charlie Watts, Jack Watts, lobster canneries, Dan A. MacDonald.
SIDE B 01:18:28 -- 01:20:53
Discussion about family and a cheese factory on St. Peter's Road; St. Peter's Road, milk, milk prices, cheese factory, puncheon.
***Tape appears to have stopped at 01:20:53.
SIDE B 01:20:54 -- 01:23:38
Discussion about trains and general stores; Bedford, Court, Jenkins, Mt. Stewart, train fare, trains, general stores.
***Tape appears to have stopped at 01:23:38.
SIDE B 01:23:40 -- 01:27:48
Discussion about horses, Irish moss, and cars; Arsenault, Irish moss, cars, horses, moss prices, kicking mare, Model-T Ford, Wilbert Gibbs, horse and wagon, car prices.
SIDE B 01:27:48 -- 01:31:00
Discussion about his father selling the farm and telling lies; farming, auction, fishing, Watts, MacAuley.
***Tape appears to have stopped at 01:33:44.
SIDE B 01:31:00 -- 01:35:11
Discussion about doing it all over again, school, and family; school, family.
SIDE B ends at 01:35:11.
