Search Content | Island Voices

Displaying 1 - 10 of 10

Displaying 1 - 10 of 10

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fraser, Charlie
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Chalrie Fraser from Georgetown. In this interview he is talking about railways in Borden and Mount Albion, a railway driver, the snow storm in 1923 and being stuck in Souris for a week, switching from steam to diesel, retiring from the rails, his best memories of working on the railway, things that trains hit,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pike, Captain Ben
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Captain Ben Pike of Burin, Newfoundland. In this interview Captain Pike talks about serving in the Canadian Merchant Navy during WWII, Roland Pickering, rough trips on the North Atlantic, seasickness, being wounded near Barbados during WWII, how he met his wife Thelma, how he joined the Merchant Navy, sailing

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stavert, John "Stanley"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with John "Stanley" Stavert of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Stanley talks about his life growing up on his father's farm and how he became interested in working with machinery. He talks about what work was like on the farm, his family, and some of the first machines he saw. He tells about how he built his own furnace, got a

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Taylor, Lee
Contributor:Taylor, Margaret
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Lee Taylor talking about his first time playing hockey and all the teams he played with and against between 1938 and 1939, getting in fights during those games, trips to away games and the bad roads and weather. He then goes on to talk about his family, St. Peters Island, and horse racing and breeding.
Date Recorded:1998-02-03
Duration:01:03:45

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:Campbell, Oscar
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McGrath, Arnold
Contributor:Quigley, Elsie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of interviews regarding German prisoners of war. Interviewees include Oscar Campbell, Arnold McGrath, and Elsie Quigley. Some topics covered include POWs, the Spanish Flu, WWI, the railroad, and ghosts.
Date Recorded:1996-07-21
Duration:00:31:53

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Willis (Edwards), Ella
Abstract:This is an interview with Ella Willis (nee Edwards) of Hampshire, P.E.I. In this interview Ella talks about her family, traveling, life on the family farm, chores, potatoes, Sundays and church, school, her first car ride, WWI and the Halifax Explosion, picnics, Christmas, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2006-11-29
Duration:01:03:40

Type:Interview
Contributor:Herring, Dr. Helen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Dr. Helen Herring of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about her father and other men who worked on the ice boats at Cape Traverse, her husband's work on the railway, the Halifax Explosion and the end of WWI, fishing, Christmas, and hockey games. She also talks about entertainment, trains,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Murray, Captain Ralph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Captain Ralph Murray of North Carleton, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about his family, his first jobs with Marine Atlantic, ferries he served on, his great grandfather and his work on iceboats, a burial at sea, the two millionth passenger, drownings, carrying the Olympic Torch, people he worked with,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Murray, Captain Ralph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Captain Ralph Murray of P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about his background on the ferries, highlights of his career, sports, his daughter, the last crossing of the John Hamilton Gray and the Abegweit, and the end of the ferries. There are also some clips from CBC News and some songs about the ferries