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Type:Interview
Contributor:Beer, William A. "Pud"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with William A. "Pud" Beer of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Pud talks about restaurants and businesses in Charlottetown, fires, his name, Chinese restaurants, dances, hockey, running Peter Pan and other businesses, gas stations, his uncle Pope Beers, french fries and fried chicken,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an recording of various interviewees about their memories of West Kent School in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Topics covered include teachers, rival schools, subjects, walking, sports, and various other topics related to West Kent School.
Date Recorded:1999-10-31
Duration:00:47:31

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLure, Walter L.
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Walter L. MacLure of West Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Walter talks about his family, his work as a carpenter and blacksmith, horses, farming, potato diggers, Gregor's Hotel, church, thrashing and meat.
Date Recorded:2003-12-11
Duration:01:03:44

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McCarvill, Vernon
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Vernon McCarvill talking about working at the general store, grading eggs, moving mussle mud, swamp sand, his family, horse and sleighs, diptheria and the undertaker, home remedies, leaving Prince Edward Island and moving around until he settled in Ontario, working with Canada Packers and travelling with the

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacKie, Eric Irvine "Tiger"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Tiger MacKie of Stanley Bridge, P.E.I. and Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. Tiger begins by telling about his early hockey days and first team. He then goes on to talk about playing with hockey stars like Eddie Shore, Tic Williams, and Gordie Drillon. Tiger talks about playing hockey in the 1930s and 1940s, and

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clay, Minnie
Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the last of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about his background in the RAF, his paintings of aircraft and aviation history on the Island which were made into a calendar, the pilot Paul Sharpe, the pilot Elton Woodside, pilots Carl Burke and Joe Anderson, Carl Burke's rescues, the Submarine

Type:Interview
Contributor:Andrews (Jones), Susan
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Susan Andrews (nee Jones) of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Susan talks about her parents, the railway, Hazelbrook Station, taxis, Charlottetown, music lessons, home remedies, dairies, school, teaching, multiple sclerosis, orphans, Boston, blacksmiths, stores, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2002-08-08
Duration:01:03:17

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:St. Teresa Heritage Fair
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of the St. Teresa Heritage Fair in St. Teresa, P.E.I. It includes various interviews with interviewees such as Father Francis Corcoran, Cecil Trainor, Mary Reggie MacDonald, and Johnny Bradley. Some topics covered include poetry, St. Teresa, songwriting, storytelling, parties and dances, school and teaching, and

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dixon, Florence
Contributor:Dixon, Sheldon DeBlois
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Sheldon DeBlois and Florence (nee Leard) Dixon of North Tryon, P.E.I. In this interview Sheldon and Florence talk about his store, Chisholm's store, farming, horses, blacksmiths and carriage makers, pigs, eggs, chores, the Spanish Flu, electricity, fox ranching, school, Prince of Wales College, radio, a plane

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:VanIderstine (MacLeod-Furness), Ruth
Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth VanIderstine (formerly MacLeod, nee Furness) of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about MacCormack's store, Donald MacLeod, black clothes, the MacPhail Homestead, forerunners, UFOs, the phantom ship, ghosts, her psychic abilities, and traveling to Boston.
Date Recorded:1998-04-03
Duration:01:02:36

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bell, Ruth Clements
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth (nee Clements) Bell of Montague, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about Western horses, her family, electricity, Maritime Electric, school, doctors, home remedies, snow, Montague, traveling in the winter, Charlottetown, WWII, business college, her husband Jack and his family, farming, planes, trains,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Mulligan (Curley), Roma
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Roma Mulligan (nee Curley) of Kinkora and Freetown, P.E.I. In this interview Roma talks about murders in Shamrock, the Thistle and Shamrock and church socials, potato farming, house parties and music, Kinkora, her brothers, moonshine, politics, her mother, cooking, doctors, her family the in U.S., dances,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Robbie Robertson talks about the milkman, fishing, fish prices, leaving for the States due to money, local stores, his brothers going on the Harvest Excursion, farming potatoes, doctors and remedies, and more stories about his family.
Date Recorded:1998-10-02
Duration:01:03:52

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about home remedies, family, potato farming, blacksmiths and sleighs, how he met his wife, working in coal mines, his parents, his dog, horses, his time spent in jail for making moonshine, foxes, cars, radio, and Amelia's

Type:Interview
Contributor:Cooke, Ralph
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Ralph Cooke of Cape Wolfe, P.E.I. He begins by talking about fishing at Cape Wolfe, Riley's lobster cannery, lobster fishing, and his beginnings as a fisherman at age 11. He then goes on to talk about changes in cod fishing over the years, the Cooke family name, Christmas, life growing up, his grandparents, and