SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:03:06
Discussion about his beginnings as a blacksmith, with mention of a blacksmith course in Charlottetown and working with P. J. Proud; P. J. Proud, 1937, Charlottetown, prize, blacksmith, blacksmith course, horseshoeing, Dr. Harold Yeo, milk horses.
SIDE A 00:03:06 -- 00:04:57
Discussion about blacksmith shops in Charlottetown; P. J. Proud, blacksmiths, Charlottetown.
SIDE A 00:04:57 -- 00:12:07
Discussion about coming from a family of blacksmiths, with mention of his father working in Nevada and shoeing a horse for Jesse James; blacksmiths, family, Nevada, Alec D. MacDonald, Bridgetown, Jesse James.
SIDE A 00:12:07 -- 00:13:50
Discussion about his father moving back to P.E.I. and Sterling's birth; Mt. Edward Road, 1909, Forest Hill.
SIDE A 00:13:51 -- 00:17:44
Discussion about his beginnings as a blacksmith continues, with mention of life and entertainment in Charlottetown; blacksmith, 1937, wages, Charlottetown, room and board, movie houses, movie prices, Capitol Theatre, Prince Edward.
SIDE A 00:17:44 -- 00:23:10
Discussion about working as a blacksmith in Bridgetown, with mention of chains, a double horned anvil, shoeing horses, and coal; horses, coal, horseshoes, shoeing horses, blacksmith, double horned anvil, chains, 1938, WWII, driving horses, tractors, Picketts, American Smitten Coal, Pennsylvania coal.
SIDE A 00:23:10 -- 00:25:38
Discussion about sleighs and wagons; sleighs, wagons, sleigh prices, wood sleigh, blacksmith.
SIDE A 00:25:38 -- 00:29:01
Discussion about horseshoeing continues, with mention of his favourite horse; horseshoeing, horses, horseshoe prices, Hanover, Maritime champion, horse races.
SIDE A 00:29:10 --
Discussion about the decline in the number of horses, with mention of tractors and horse powered mills; horses, mills, horsepower, tractors.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:53.
SIDE B 00:32:00 -- 00:34:04
Discussion about farming, trading eggs for groceries, and money; farming, gas prices, trading eggs, groceries, money, dances, dance admission, dance prices.
SIDE B 00:34:04 -- 00:35:21
Discussion about dances and fiddle players; Jack Webster, fiddle, Island Championship, Boston, dances, fiddle players.
SIDE B 00:35:21 -- 00:37:47
Discussion about trading his favourite horse; horses, trading, cars.
SIDE B 00:37:50 -- 00:44:29
Discussion about Bridgetown in 1930, with a story about moonshine; Bridgetown, 1930, moonshine, Dundas, Mrs. Fair's Livery Stable, general store, Gus Clay, blacksmiths, Roddy MacKay, police, MacDonald.
SIDE B 00:44:29 -- 00:47:40
Discussion about rum running and bootlegging, with mention of the bag of salt trick; rum running, bootlegging, bag of salt, tricks, Annandale, Tracadie, Blackett, Dr. Morris, Morris.
SIDE B 00:47:40 -- 00:50:09
Discussion about cheese factories, with brief mention of gristmills; milk, cheese, cheese factory, MacCormack, Matthew and MacLean's, gristmills, Ross, John MacLeod.
SIDE B 00:50:09 -- 00:53:30
Discussion about horses and other animals; horses, crows, bluejays, animals.
SIDE B 00:53:30 -- 00:59:47
Discussion about carpentry, with mention of anvils; carpentry, cartwheels, wagon wheels, wheelwright, tires, anvils, anvil prices, English anvils.
SIDE B 00:59:48 -- 01:03:56
Discussion about working as a blacksmith since 1937, with mention of building barns; 1937, Allison MacDonald, family, Dundas Farms, barns, blacksmith.
Tape ends at 01:03:56.
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