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Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pratt, Jean
Contributor:Pratt, Kieth
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about his early days on the railway and in Western PEI. He focuses on the widening of the railway tracks and the switch from steam to diesel. Jean Pratt makes an appearance on SIDE B when the conversation shifts to how they met and Mrs. Pratt's first opinions of the Island and its people.
Date Recorded:2003-07-11
Duration:01:03:52

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pratt, Keith
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about his cameras and early childhood interacting with the railway. He speaks many times about shipping potatoes, turnips pigs and sheep, mentioning the special days that were had for shipping of the livestock and molasses.
Date Recorded:2003-07-11
Duration:01:03:52

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Mutch, Keith
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Keith Mutch. In this interview Keith talks about air crashes, school, farms, Keppoch, his family, foxes, home remedies, WWII, the Harland, shipping, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:30:13

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Mutch, Keith
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Keith Mutch. In this interview Keith talks about cars, ice travel, tractors, the family farm, the marine hospital, his grandfather, Christmas, W. N. Tanton's Clockl Shop, watches, ice, traveling, milk, home remedies, horses, rum running, an air crash in Southport, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:11

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacEachern, John W.
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John W. MacEachern. In this interview John talks about the hot springs, Canavoy, school, mills, horses, blacksmiths, his father, fishing, berries, cold storage, sharks and whales, Mt. Stewart, boats, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1995-04-24
Duration:01:03:30

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacEachern, John
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:John MacEachern talks about Prince Edward Island farms and how they have evolved during his lifetime. He talks about using the barter system and horsepower. Mr. MacEachern goes on to speak about the trains during the winter, fiddlers, foxes and ends off speaking about the local trickster Lester Hayden.
Date Recorded:1995-02-17
Duration:01:03:46

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacEachern, John
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:In this interview with John MacEachern he talks about drownings in Charlottetown, Lake Verde Station, other railways and train wrecks, having no electrical power during the 1930s, changing of German last names, the Harvest Trains/Excursions, blacksmiths, bad roads on PEI, teachers, and school taxes. He also goes on to talk about

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:O'Hanley, Joe
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Joe O'Hanley. In this interview Joe talks about his job at Canada Packers, fishing, J. Walter, Charlottetown in the 1940s, airplanes, alcohol, Christmas, church, blacksmiths, horses, foxes, cars, radio, WWII, school, the family farm, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:02:42

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:O'Hanley, Joe
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Joe O'Hanley. In this interview Joe talks about his family history, fishing, lobster canneries, drownings, home remedies, Dr. Roddie, superstitions, Gaelic, horses, butchers, shoveling snow for the railway, jobs he did, potato farming, chewing tobacco, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:02:38

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:James "Fiddler" MacDonald has been called the best pitcher ever to be from Prince Edward Island; in this interview Mr. MacDonald speaks indepth on all matters baseball from the 1920s onward. Fiddler talks about uniforms, leagues, teams, crowds, pay, double headers, pitches, barnburning, drinking and the New York Colored Giants.

Type:Interview
Contributor:Banks, James
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:James Banks interview continued with him talking about the Johnston murder, life as a child, Christmas, school, the Spanish Flu in 1918, playing the fiddle at dances, the first radio he heard and bought, his first car, stories about his father, and reasons for nicknames.
Date Recorded:1995-12-15
Duration:01:03:30

Type:Interview
Contributor:Banks, James
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with James Bank talking about Bill Blackett a man who lived to 105 years old, his father working on the parish farm and meeting his mother there, Father Francis, history of the Banks family, farmer's debt, mills run by different people, horsepower, the Halifax Explosion, bears on the Island, blacksmiths, different

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trainor, Hughie
Abstract:This interview is with Hughie Trainor talking about his family and childhood, the old Market Square, milk delivery, his uncle Bill Trainer dancing and his performances, the songs he would perform, Catholics versus Protestants, his parents' accident, meeting his wife at a show, the best and worst parts of showbusiness, and fighting

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Linkletter, Hester
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Hester Linkletter talking about driving a Model-T Ford, her birth and familly home, her mother Irene Bell, aunt Helen Smith Bell, and her grandfather Albert Bell and how much she loved them, meeting her husband, teaching and how much she was paid, school days, home rememdies, Christmas time, her aunt Patience