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Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd
Abstract:This interview is with Benjamin Lloyd Weeks of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lloyd and Dutch drive around Charlottetown talking about various topics. Those topics include the railway, the harbour and businesses around it, the Weeks' property, trains stuck in snow, and Charlottetown in 1928.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:31:54

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd
Abstract:This interview is with Benjamin Lloyd Weeks of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family's coal business, city dumps, wharves, ships, shipping, working on ships with his father, rum running, his family, Drake the iceman, Chief Birtwhistle, and his friends.
Date Recorded:1996-04-24
Duration:01:35:37

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gates, Lloyd
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lloyd Gates of West Royalty, Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lloyd talks about his service in WWII with the RCAF, driving, serving in France, Holland, coming home after the war, changes in West Royalty, hauling ice, the end of the mill, home remedies, radio, the Upton Airfield, Christmas, and various

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gates, Lloyd
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lloyd Gates of West Royalty, Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family home, his siblings, the Upton Airfield, West Royalty, the mill pond, working as an engraver, his family background, the family mill and how it worked, his service in the RCAF during WWII, Operation Bodenplatte, his

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacEachern, Lillian
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lillian MacEachern. In this interview Lillian talks about the phantom ship, Christmas, her father, the Harland, her father's shop, stores in Victoria, hotels, Billy Peters, hockey, her husbands, school, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, cars, electricity, pack peddlers, her parents, shipbuilding, lobster

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clark (Doull), Lillian
Contributor:Clark, Howard
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lillian (nee Doull) Clark and her husband Howard. In this interview they talk about family, ice boats, Cape Traverse, deep snow, lobster canneries, transportation, ferries, and discuss various topics while looking at their photo album.
Date Recorded:1996-05-10
Duration:01:03:43

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLeod, John "Lester"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John "Lester" MacLeod of Victoria and Albany, PEI. In this interview Lester talks about Tic Williams, how hockey has changed, old teams and players, Victoria, his father's meat business, coal, electricity, playing hockey in Denver, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2004-02-12
Duration:01:03:46

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLeod, John "Lester"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John "Lester" MacLeod of Victoria and Albany, PEI. In this interview Lester talks about growing up in Victoria, his family, home remedies, his father's meat and cattle business, doctors, the SS Harland, shipping cattle, playing hockey growing up, going to Denver with Tic Williams to play hockey, and various

Type:Interview
Contributor:Hickox, Eileen
Contributor:Hickox, Lester
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lester and Eileen Hickox (nee Young) of St. Catherines and Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lester and Eileen talk about roadwork, courting, ferries, ice travel, Parkdale, Bonshaw, Governor's Island, St. Peters Island, electricity, trains, mills, cars, moonshine, Charlottetown, entertainment,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Evans, Leslie
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Leslie Evans. In this interview Leslie talks about church, cider, his father, coffins, home remedies, cars, horses, funerals, WWI, church bells, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:10

Type:Interview
Contributor:LeClair, Leonard
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Leonard LeClair of Rusticoville and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Leonard talks about the Hindenburg, his brothers and their service in WWII, his service in WWII, midwives, working at the Queen Hotel, Dr. Jack Jenkins, working for Perfection Foods, the family farm, how he met his wife, the 1930s, his

Type:Interview
Contributor:Farrell, Leo
Contributor:Johnston, Astrid
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Leo Farrell of Rosehill, P.E.I. In this interview Leo talks about sleighs, blacksmiths, carriages, traveling, cars, farm equipment, shopping, Christmas, doctors, the Spanish Flu, school, electricity, and fox ranching. Leo also plays the fiddle with Astrid Johnston accompanying him on the piano.
Date Recorded:1999-01-19
Duration:01:03:18

Type:Interview
Contributor:Farrell, Leo
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Leo Farrell of Rosehill, P.E.I. In this interview Leo talks about organic potato farming, horses, mussel mud, orchards, cheese and cheese factories, pack peddlers, seafood, a cable ferry, fox ranching, rum, playing the fiddle, dances, entertainment, restaurants, radio, fiddle players, and a plane crash in

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacDonald, Leo "Sailor"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Leo "Sailor" MacDonald was the police chief of Springhill, Nova Scotia from 1952-1984, the longest serving chief in Canada. In this interview he discusses his home town of Springhill and some of the most notable expriences of his life. Mr. MacDonald talks mostly about his baseball career as a young man, when he was seen as one of the

Type:Interview
Contributor:Coulson, Leighton J.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with J. Leighton Coulson of Sea View, P.E.I. In this interview Leighton plays some tunes on the harmonica and talks about his family, school, snow, lobster fishing, foxes, horses, farming, church, tobacco, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2009-01-12
Duration:01:04:05