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Clayton Ballum T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Ballum, Clayton N.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Clayton Ballum of Tyne Valley, P.E.I. Clayton begins by telling about his grandfather making caskets and ghost stories. He then talks about home remedies, doctors, midwives, and planting by the moon. He then goes on to talk about tractors, horses, the 1956 ice storm, and the first telephones and cars. Clayton

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gallant, Amelia
Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" and Amelia Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about his family, his service in WWII, his work in coal mines, and his time spent in jail. Amelia talks about her family, how she met Ralph and their marriage, raising their 14 children while working as a waitress

Type:Interview
Contributor:Corcoran, Norbert George
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the second tape of an interview with Norbert George Corcoran of Piusville, P.E.I. This tape begins with the continuation of a discussion from Tape One about mussel mud. Norbert then goes on to tell about fox ranching, farming, E. T. Botts and general stores, potatoes, chickens, fish, pigs, and machines. Next he tells about

Type:Interview
Contributor:Linkletter, Harold
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Linkletter of Linkletter, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about plowing, horses, courting, cars, WWII, working as a taxi driver, dance halls and restaurants, Summerside, eggs, milk, wheat, ice, mills, fertilizer, picking potatoes, Christmas, school, sleighs, Art Linkletter, the 1956 ice storm, and

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bolger, Cornelius Patrick "Lenie"
Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Estelle and Cornelius Patrick "Lenie" Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about Lenie's fiddle playing and other fiddlers, their families, how they met and courted, Estelle's work as a lady barber, the Halifax Explosion, and home remedies.
Date Recorded:2004-04-20
Duration:01:03:54