SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:06:31
Discussion about his brother's WWI medals, and signing up for the army but joining the navy instead; 1916, 1898, Halifax, army, WWI, Dr. MacMillan, train, navy, Charlottetown, SS Earl Grey, Pictou, hammock.
SIDE A 00:06:31 -- 00:09:00
Discussion about training for WWI in Halifax and crossing the Atlantic to Liverpool, England; 8th Siege, Liverpool, England, Halifax, WWI, navy, Devon.
SIDE A 00:09:00 -- 00:11:21
Discussion about Islanders in WWI and his navy uniform; Islanders, George Gamble, Leslie Reeves, MacDonald, navy, WWI, navy uniform.
SIDE A 00:11:21 -- 00:13:53
Discussion about the HMS Goshawk, the ship he was assigned to during WWI; WWI, HMS Goshawk, Royal Navy, navy, minesweeper, English Channel, depth charges, Irish Sea.
SIDE A 00:13:53 -- 00:16:04
Discussion about German ships and sunken ships; German ships, Lusitania, Admiral Graf Spee, sunken ships, WWI.
SIDE A 00:16:04 -- 00:19:26
Discussion about how minesweepers work; minesweepers, ships, WWI.
SIDE A 00:19:26 -- 00:21:56
Discussion about saving survivors of a sunken ship in 1917, and being stationed in Ireland; Larne, Ireland, German spies, Irish Sea, WWI, sunken ship, survivors, 1917.
SIDE A 00:21:56 -- 00:23:30
Discussion about his rank as an able seaman; rank, able seaman, navy, WWI, captain.
SIDE A 00:23:30 -- 00:24:30
Brief discussion about U-boats; WWI, U-boats.
SIDE A 00:24:30 -- 00:27:15
Discussion about food on the Goshawk, wages, and rum rations; rum rations, HMS Goshawk, wages, WWI, food, Napoleon's Blood.
SIDE A 00:27:15 -- 00:28:19
Discussion about Ireland during WWI; Cpl. Johnny MacKay, Irish, Ireland, WWI.
SIDE A 00:28:23 -- 00:31:48
Discussion about Armistice Day; Armistice Day, parade, WWI, warship, Devon, 1920, navy.
SIDE A 00:31:38 -- 00:36:46
Discussion about friends from the navy and Islanders killed in WWI, with mention of trenches and seasickness; George Gamble, Islanders, WWI, navy, trenches, seasickness.
SIDE A 00:36:46 -- 00:38:49
Discussion about coming home after the war; WWI.
SIDE A 00:38:52 -- 00:44:25
Discussion about trying to join WWII; WWII, 1939, Halifax, file runner, Ottawa, wages, navy.
SIDE A 00:44:25 -- 00:47:53
Discussion about the history of his house; Rev. Crawford, manse, Stevenson, New Glasgow, 1820, George Stevenson, Christian Church, fire.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:53.
SIDE B 00:48:01 -- 00:49:41
Discussion about the Stevenson house continues; Stevenson, 1914, house prices.
SIDE B 00:49:41 -- 00:52:42
Discussion about living in Wheatley River and the school there; Wheatley River School, Wheatley River, school, teachers, Edna Wares.
SIDE B 00:52:42 -- 00:56:44
Discussion about horses and farming, with a story about a horse named "Wait and See"; horses, farming, ploughing, horse races, single plow, harrows, Kelly, Dillon, Ronaghan.
SIDE B 00:56:44 -- 01:02:09
Discussion about his theatre troop before WWI; theatre, plays, gas lights, Harold Stevenson, Robert Stevenson, limelight, Vivian Armstrong, Preston Campbell, Dickison, MacKay, play admission prices.
SIDE B 01:02:09 -- 01:11:43
Lorne recites some poetry, and mentions the temperance movement; alcohol, poetry, Robert Service, temperance movement, temperance meetings.
SIDE B 01:11:43 -- 01:14:38
Discussion about church services and driving the ministers around; church, church services, Rev. Quigley, Rev. Shaw, Rev. Hodges, wages, horse and sleigh.
SIDE B 01:14:38 -- 01:16:51
Discussion about a gristmill and a blacksmith in Wheatley River; Wheatley River, blacksmith, gristmill, Rackham, Herb Andrews, wagons, sleighs.
SIDE B 01:16:51 -- 01:19:26
Discussion about New Glasgow blacksmiths; blacksmiths, New Glasgow, forge, Hills, Albert Hills, harrows, forge, furniture, furniture prices, MacGregor.
SIDE B 01:19:27 -- 01:25:41
Discussion about locals mills; mill, gristmill, sawmill, carding mill, Bagnall, flour, Warren, Christian Campbell, cars, fire, waterwheel, overshot wheel.
SIDE B 01:25:41 -- 01:30:08
Discussion about picking rocks from potato fields and potato farming; Mr. Tippings, potatoes, potato farming, wages, ploughing, planting potatoes.
SIDE B 01:30:08 -- 01:32:40
Discussion about cheese and butter factories and stores in New Glasgow; butter, cheese, milk, New Glasgow, butter factories, cheese factories.
SIDE B 01:32:41 -- 01:34:08
Discussion about Dr. A. V. Stevenson; Dr. Stevenson, A. V. Stevenson, doctor.
SIDE B 01:34:11 -- 01:36:02
Discussion about MacLeod the tailor and fishing; MacLeod, tailor, fishing, Ian MacLeod, Wilfred MacLeod, salmon, Harold Stevenson, trout.
Tape ends at 01:36:02.
