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- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Wooton, George
- Abstract:This is an interview with George Wooton of Charlottetown and Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about the Orient Hotel, church picnics and other social gatherings and entertainment, Charlottetown, his work in journalism and photography, fires, and various other topics.
- Date Recorded:2006-02-07
- Duration:01:03:10
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Wooton, George
- Abstract:This is an interview with George Wooton of Charlottetown and Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about his family history, mills, his father and his work with horses and the mail, Breadalbane, snow, cars, doctors, life on the family farm, egg trading, Crapaud, trains, Victoria, school, hockey, and various other topics.
- Date Recorded:2006-01-27
- Duration:01:02:20
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Maynard, Courtney
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Coutney Maynard of Port Hill, P.E.I. In this interview Courtney talks about WWII, thrashing, the 1930s, lobster, politics, dances, Lennox Island, trains, rum running, mussel mud, Summerside, tobacco, horse races, tractors, foxes, Milligan and Morrison, horses and sleighs, cars, and various other topics.
- Date Recorded:2006-02-01
- Duration:01:03:02
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
- Contributor:Trenholm, Mary
- Abstract:This is the eleventh tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. This interview begins with a discussion about eating different seabirds. Tom then begins a story about his father's muzzle-loader, but changes to the topic of cod and haddock fishing before finishing his original story. He then goes More
- Date Recorded:2006-12-14
- Duration:01:35:33
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Clow, Roy
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview with Roy starts with a conversation continued on from tape thirteen. Roy tells about piloting ships into harbours. He then briefly talks about a murder in Georgetown before telling a story about a fire at Boon Thompson's. Roy then goes on to talk about shearing sheep, carding mills, and fires in Montague. An interview More
- Date Recorded:2006-09-04
- Duration:01:36:17
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Clow, Roy
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:Roy speaks of some of his firsts: buying his first boat, making his first moonshine and his first near death experience. He also talks of his neighbor Ben Miller and how he once stole a keg of rum from his brother Stanley. Roy also talks about work fishing when he was only 12, and about the time he and his good friend George once More
- Date Recorded:2006-08-11
- Duration:01:04:06
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Clow, Roy
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:Roy speaks about the entrepreneur Albert Griffin and his many adventures. Most notably his time spent as a rum runner and bootlegger. Mr. Griffin travels to St. Pierre Miquelon several times for "hand brand" alcohol and other forms of drink. On one occasion his boat is impounded by the French authorities, and he rescues it from their More
- Date Recorded:2006-07-25
- Duration:01:03:25
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Redmond, Mary
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with Mary Redmond of Vernon River, P.E.I. In this interview Mary talks about her grandparents, her mother and her work as a nurse and midwife, The Great Depression, her husband, raising her children as a single parent, school, teaching, the Hindenburg, and gender roles.
- Date Recorded:2006-01-20
- Duration:01:03:09
- 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 More
- Date Recorded:2006-08-31
- Duration:01:03:14
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacDonald, Jimmy "The Lake"
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Jimmy "The Lake" MacDonald of St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Jimmy talks about the healing springs, his family history, Dr. Roddie, nicknames, ice travel, chores on the farm, his parents, electricity, the telephone, rum running, hockey, horses, potato farming, and various other topics.
- Date Recorded:2006-01-26
- Duration:01:03:49
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Grigg (MacLennan), Greta
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Greta Grigg (nee MacLennan) of Port Hill, P.E.I. In this interview Greta talks about her birth, Christmas, home remedies, her parents, Port Hill, drownings, self sufficiency, her work at a lobster factory, dances, Milligan and Morrison's, Tyne Valley, ice storms, electricity, Courtney Maynard, big families, More
- Date Recorded:2006-02-01
- Duration:01:03:21
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Wooton, George
- Abstract:This is an interview with George Wooton of Charlottetown and Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about foxes, shipping, Victoria, his service in the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII, farming in the 1930s, his parents, politics, liquor, and various other topics.
- Date Recorded:2006-02-07
- Duration:01:02:47
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Wooton, George
- Abstract:This is an interview with George Wooton of Charlottetown and Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about the Victoria Unions hockey team, tuberculosis and his other illnesses, home remedies, joining the Royal Canadian Navy, his family, horses, electricity, telephones, Amy Howatt, church, Rev. Bridgewater, and various other More
- Date Recorded:2006-01-27
- Duration:01:03:06
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with Estelle Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Estelle talks about Joe Bun Gaudet and playing on the radio, Christmas, her family, the Georgetown Exhibition, her husband Lenie, dancing, playing music, working in the barbershop, earthquakes, and helping the doctors.
- Date Recorded:2006-01-16
- Duration:01:03:38
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with Estelle Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Estelle talks about her family, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, her mother, her father, her family's barbershop, Bob Fraser, Georgetown, cars, ice, a murder in the 1930s, snowstorms, and rats.
- Date Recorded:2006-01-09
- Duration:01:02:49
- 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 Charlottetown, music lessons, the railway, WWI, school, the Spanish Flu, snow, her work as a nurse, Hunter River, and various other topics.
- Date Recorded:2006-11-30
- Duration:01:03:00