SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:03:44
Frank was once in a play with Lucille Ball when her production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" came to Summerside; 1924, 1910, Lucille Ball, Summerside, dogs, theatre.
SIDE A 00:03:44 -- 00:05:36
Skating at the age of 85 to keep fit and how he started skating early in life when his father made him his first pair of skates; skates, blacksmiths, skating.
SIDE A 00:05:36 -- 00:06:37
Learning to skate on the Summerside Harbour and helping out in his father's blacksmith shop; skates, skating, Summerside, blacksmiths, horseshoes.
SIDE A 00:06:37 -- 00:09:04
His father's work as a blacksmith; blacksmiths, horseshoeing, sleighs, anchors.
SIDE A 00:09:04 -- 00:09:56
Horses and his father buying his coal from the dealers at the wharf; WWII, horses, coal, blacksmiths.
SIDE A 00:09:56 -- 00:11:30
The Queen's Wharf Rink in Summerside and his father's work shoeing horses; rinks, skating, hockey, Summerside, Queen's Wharf Rink.
SIDE A 00:11:30 -- 00:12:57
His father Albert Woodside; Albert Woodside.
SIDE A 00:12:57 -- 00:15:25
Frank talks about hockey and gear; hockey gloves, hockey, hockey gear, hockey equipment.
SIDE A 00:15:25 -- 00:17:24
The rivalry between the Abbies and the Crystals, Tic Williams, special hockey trains, and a story about a five dollar goal; hockey, Charlottetwon Abbies, Summerside Crystals, pucks, hockey, hockey teams, hockey players, Tic Williams, hockey trains.
SIDE A 00:17:24 -- 00:20:10
Frank's father won a car race on "Dominion Day", July 1st; 1917, cars, racing, races, Dominion Day.
SIDE A 00:20:10 -- 00:21:24
Discussion and a song about Phil the Barber who owned the Queen's Wharf Rink; songs, singing, Phil the Barber, bootleggers, rinks, skating, Queen's Wharf Rink, Summerside.
SIDE A 00:21:24 -- 00:22:35
The ice boats in the Summerside Harbour; ice, winter, ice boats, Summerside.
SIDE A 00:22:35 -- 00:24:11
Schooners in the harbor; Maud Wesson, ships, schooners, Summerside.
SIDE A 00:24:11 -- 00:25:30
Jack "Holman" Gallant and other rum runners; bootlegging, rum, alcohol, Jack Gallant, Holman Gallant, bootleggers, rum running, rum runners.
SIDE A 00:25:30 -- 00:29:05
Frank talks about police work and his first arrest in Summerside; Summerside, police officers, police, policemen.
SIDE A 00:29:05 -- 00:31:31
Joining the army, going overseas in 1943, seeing one German plane and witnessing it drop a bomb; army, bombs, Germans, airplanes, 1943, WWII, soldiers.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:31.
SIDE B 00:31:42 -- 00:32:50
Coming back from WWII and being treated poorly; WWII, veterans.
SIDE B 00:32:50 -- 00:34:30
His service in WWII as a mechanic and he advancing to corporal; mechanics, WWII, soldiers.
SIDE B 00:34:30 -- 00:37:15
Whales in the Summerside Harbour in 1918 being shot and dragged on land for fox feed; whales, fishing, 1918, fox feed, Summerside.
SIDE B 00:37:15 -- 00:39:28
Frank fished with his father in the Dunk river, he tells a story about the biggest trout he ever caught, and the competition he had with his brother and father for the biggest catch; Albert Woodside, fishing, Dunk River.
SIDE B 00:39:28 -- 00:42:34
Being storm stayed in Wilmot; storms, winter, Wilmot.
SIDE B 00:42:34 -- 00:44:05
Frank talks about the best places to go fishing in PEI; fishing, capelin, fish, mackerel, nets, Dunk River.
SIDE B 00:44:05 -- 00:47:03
Being a fireman for 20 years and some of the big fires he saw; fires, fireman, firemen.
SIDE B 00:47:03 -- 00:47:59
The first radio Frank heard was sold from Holman's store, Frank talks about his five trades, and helping his father as a blacksmith; radio, Holman's, mechanics, welders, police, blacksmiths, Albert Woodside.
SIDE B 00:47:59 -- 00:49:37
Making a pair of eel spears as a child and his father fixing wagon wheels; eels, blacksmiths, spears, wagon wheels, iron.
SIDE B 00:49:37 -- 00:51:23
How rum runners would hide rum in tires and a story of a woman who hid rum in a hot water bottle; rum, rum runners, bootleggers, bootlegging, hidden rum.
SIDE B 00:51:23 -- 00:53:34
The Perry brothers and Jack "Holman" Gallant; bootleggers, bootlegging, rum runners, rum running, Holman Gallant, Perry, Jack Gallant.
SIDE B 00:53:34 -- 00:55:16
The Nelly J. Banks and his friend Ray Clark who worked on the rum runner; schooners, Ray Clark, Nellie J. Banks, rum running, rum runners.
SIDE B 00:55:16 -- 00:57:07
Discussion and a poem about The Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion, poems, poetry.
SIDE B 00:57:07 -- 00:59:46
Frank recites "The Cremation of Sam McGee" from memory; poems, Sam McGee, poetry.
SIDE B 00:59:46 -- 01:00:41
His education; school, high school.
SIDE B 01:00:41 -- 01:02:15
His father was very smart and he once figured out how much wheat was in a bottle to win a contest; contests, smart, Albert Woodside.
SIDE B 01:02:15 -- 01:03:22
His father; Summerside, blacksmiths, fishing, Albert Woodside.
Tape ends at 01:03:22.
