Addie Hamm T2 [Tape Two]

Interview

Thompson, Reg "Dutch"

Hamm, Addie

1995-02-24

01:03:45

Addie talks about heavy robes called "buffaloes", trains getting stuck in the snow, stingy peppermint hoarding house guests, pack peddlers, Alice "The Squaw", her father's superstitions, covered wagons for school children, a birthday book, how a drunk driver hit a young school girl when she was young, fox farms, how chickadees are her favorite birds, how she detests blue-jays and her dogs that were so smart they could open and close the house doors.

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Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:02:34 Electricity and the Tanton telephones, along with a story about Mr. McCarron; telephones, electricity, neighbours, McCarron. | SIDE A 00:02:34 -- 00:04:44 A "birthday book" from her teacher; gifts, books, school, teachers, birthdays. | SIDE A 00:04:44 -- 00:05:58 A small girls death on the way home from school; alcohol, drinking, cars, accidents, drunk driving. | SIDE A 00:05:58 -- 00:08:55 Addie talks about the birthday book again; gifts, books, school, teachers, birthdays. | SIDE A 00:08:55 -- 00:11:32 The Bunbury Orphanage and the crowded beds; orphans, Bunbury, school, orphanages. | SIDE A 00:11:32 -- 00:12:26 People raising silver foxes in Bunbury; foxes, fox pelts, fox ranching, Bunbury, silver foxes. | SIDE A 00:12:26 -- 00:12:40 A short accidentally overdubbed section of noise. SIDE A 00:12:40 -- 00:16:40 Addie driving a horse and buggy at the age of 16 along with other stories about horses; horses, carts, buggies, driving. | SIDE A 00:16:40 -- 00:20:00 Feeding her favorite birds, chickadees, and rescuing one after a bluejay knocked it into the snow; birds, blue jays, chickadees. | SIDE A 00:20:00 -- 00:23:25 Dogs, her dog Sport, and her smart German Shepherds that could open doors; dogs, pets, German Shepherds. | SIDE A 00:23:25 -- 00:27:40 Blue jays and berries; birds, berries, blue jays. | SIDE A 00:27:40 -- 00:31:50 Teachers at the MacDonald Catholic School in Mt. Herbert and the vans they used to transport children; school vans, teachers, school, Mount Herbert, Mt. Herbert, MacDonald Catholic School. | SIDE A ends at 00:31:50. SIDE B 00:31:55 -- 00:35:24 Discussion about school vans continues; school, school vans. | SIDE B 00:35:24 -- 00:37:00 Discussion about buffalo robes; buffalo robes, winter, cold. | SIDE B 00:37:00 -- 00:44:49 The trains getting stuck in the snow, taking the sleigh to town in the winter, and shoveling the tracks off; winter, shoveling, hospitality, sleighs, trains, snow. | SIDE B 00:44:49 -- 00:50:10 Addie talks about some of the families that lived close by in her youth and the boy David Betts who came to live with them; David Betts, neighbours. | SIDE B 00:50:10 -- 00:53:05 Peddlers that came by the house, most notably "Alice the Squaw"; peddlers, pack peddlers, Alice the Squaw, Native Canadians, First Nations People. | SIDE B 00:53:05 -- 00:57:49 The birth dates of Addies parents, her fathers superstitions and one of his operations; superstitions, operations, doctors. | SIDE B 00:57:49 -- 01:00:40 The Raleigh man and making soap from scratch; pack peddlers, Raleigh man, paddlers, soap, homemade soap. | SIDE B 01:00:40 -- 01:02:10 Discussion about Minnie McGee; Minnie McGee, murder. | SIDE B 01:02:10 -- 01:03:45 Family photos of the Hamms and a man named Carl who used to live nearby; photos, family, neighbours. | Tape ends at 01:03:45.