***Disclaimer - This interview contains language some may find inappropriate.
SIDE A 00:00:07 -- 00:02:53
Discussion about widening the railroad gauge and working on the railroad; railroad, gauge, 1926, trains, section foreman.
SIDE A 00:02:53 -- 00:08:22
Discussion about the history of Peakes Station, with mention of local stores and businesses; Peakes Station, doctors, Dr. Donahue, Dr. MacDonald, Lem Hughes, dance hall, blacksmith, 1910, school, general stores, starch factory, sawmill, Curry, Carmichael, Paddy Trainor, fire.
SIDE A 00:08:22 -- 00:11:06
Discussion about goods at general stores, with mention of molasses, trading eggs, and butter; molasses, trading eggs, general stores, puncheon, kerosene, goods, butter, firkin.
SIDE A 00:11:07 -- 00:12:58
Discussion about Leard's Mill; George Leard, lumber mill, Warren Leard, grain, gristmill, Roy Leard.
SIDE A 00:12:58 -- 00:15:26
Discussion about shipbuilding and building a boat as a child; Peakes, Pisquid Pond, boat, shipbuilding, Mooney's mill.
***The audio drops from 00:16:06 -- 00:16:31 and the conversation is inaudible.
SIDE A 00:15:26 -- 00:20:15
Discussion about Mooney's shingle mill; shingle prices, Mooney, shingle mill, shingles, Jack Devine.
SIDE A 00:20:15 -- 00:21:58
Discussion about the cheese factory, dance hall, fights, and school; alcohol, drinking, fights, dance halls, cheese factory.
SIDE A 00:21:58 -- 00:23:45
Discussion about the station house at Peakes Station; Peakes Station, train, station house, railroad, train fare.
SIDE A 00:23:46 -- 00:25:37
Discussion about Lem Hughes' blacksmith shop; Lem Hughes, blacksmith, Gill, Tommy Gill, Eddy Gill, Johnny Gill, 1947.
SIDE A 00:25:37 -- 00:26:49
Discussion about grain harvesting; grain, binder, scythe, sickle.
SIDE A 00:26:49 -- 00:27:44
Brief discussion about the first car he drove; cars, 1928, Ford, 1948.
SIDE A 00:27:47 -- 00:35:32
Discussion about his father working on the railroad; railroad, section gang, railroad sections, wages, Bedford, snowstorms, Borden, accident.
SIDE A 00:35:33 -- 00:37:20
Discussion about the train filling up with water at New Perth station and school; water tank, New Perth, school, railroad station, David Fraser, work.
SIDE A 00:37:20 -- 00:39:00
Discussion about singing in the St. Teresa's church choir for 73 years; church, walking, St. Teresa's, choir, singing.
SIDE A 00:39:00 -- 00:42:28
Discussion about plays at St. Teresa's, with mention of a car accident; accident, St. Teresa's, plays, theater.
SIDE A 00:42:28 -- 00:47:39
Borden sings a song and talks about plays; singing, songs, plays, theater.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:39.
SIDE B 00:47:44 -- 00:49:07
Discussion about the Curry boys and a story about chasing pigs; Lloyd Curry, Curry, pigs, tricks.
SIDE B 00:49:07 -- 00:51:37
Discussion about a feud between a station agent and a shoemaker; MacDonald, Hennessey, card games, Nine Hands.
SIDE B 00:51:37 -- 00:53:32
Discussion about the Curry boys continues, with telling of a train story; Andrew Joe, sawmill, Curry, trains, walking.
SIDE B 00:53:32 -- 00:54:53
Discussion about Curry's general store and Lem Hughes; Lem Hughes, hangout, figs of tobacco, tobacco, candy, Curry, general store, forge, blacksmith.
SIDE B 00:54:53 -- 00:58:22
Discussion about he and his father working as mailmen; walking, mail, mailman, wages, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:58:26 -- 00:59:45
Discussion about cost of living during the 1930s; wages, food prices, cost of living.
SIDE B 00:59:47 -- 01:01:21
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion and WWI veterans; 1917, 1910, WWI, Halifax Explosion, Peakes, Irvin Bradley, Crane.
***The tape appears to have stopped at 01:01:41 and 01:02:26.
SIDE B 01:01:21 -- 01:02:26
Brief discussion about healing springs and the Carmichaels; John Carmichael, Carmichael, healing springs.
SIDE B 01:02:26 -- 01:04:30
Discussion about Wild Bert Kenny; Wild Bert Kenny, boxing, Jack Dempsey, Billy Kenny.
***Audio blip at 01:05:33.
SIDE B 01:04:30 -- 01:06:24
Discussion about baseball teams, with mention of the Peakes Bombers; baseball, Peakes Bombers, Fiddler MacDonald, Parker MacDonald.
SIDE B 01:06:24 -- 01:08:43
Discussion about the population and history of Peakes, with mention of the railroad; pump car, railroad, Peakes.
SIDE B 01:08:43 -- 01:11:02
Discussion about socials and entertainment, with mention of wakes; socials, entertainment, wakes, coffins, Tom Curran, horse swing.
SIDE B 01:11:02 -- 01:13:21
A story about a possible ghost at St. Teresa's church; St. Teresa's, church, ghosts.
SIDE B 01:13:21 -- 01:16:36
Discussion about forerunners and storytelling, with a story about church; church, forerunners, storytelling.
***Tape appears to have stopped at 01:21:53.
SIDE B 01:16:36 -- 01:21:53
Discussion about wakes and a fire at St. Teresa's; Irish, Father Shea, It Happened in Iona, Father MacDonald, Father Croken, graveyards, wakes, fire, St. Teresa's.
SIDE B 01:21:53 -- 01:27:31
Discussion about the Peakes railroad station and a story about stolen wine; Jack Hughes, Ivan Welch, wine, stealing, railroad station, theft.
SIDE B 01:27:31 -- 01:28:56
Discussion about the post office and the mail route; post office, mail route, MacDonald, Hughes, Curry, Mt. Stewart.
SIDE B 01:28:56 -- 01:34:29
Discussion about moonshine and a story about moonshine and the RCMP; moonshine, RCMP, potash.
SIDE B 01:34:33 -- 01:36:04
Discussion about his favourite hymn and singing at funerals; hymns, singing, funerals.
SIDE B ends at 01:36:04.
***Tape ends mid-sentence.
