SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:01:43
The Johnston murder; murder, Johnston, crime.
SIDE A 00:01:43 -- 00:03:35
Christmas; toys, oranges, Christmas, presents.
SIDE A 00:03:35 -- 00:05:55
Going to school at "The Big Run School" that was only two miles from his house; Morrison, school, Riverdale, teachers.
SIDE A 00:05:55 -- 00:12:56
The Spanish Flu in 1918; 1918, Saint Georges, sickness, influenza, Spanish Flu.
SIDE A 00:12:56 -- 00:16:04
How Father Pius MacDonald tried to coax James to go back to school after he dropped out; school, Father Pius MacDonald, education.
SIDE A 00:16:04 -- 00:17:03
The old school was turned into a hall and James played the first concert that was held in it; school, dances, fiddlers.
SIDE A 00:17:03 -- 00:19:55
How he learned the fiddle, his experiences fiddling, and older fiddlers; fiddlers, music, dances, friendship.
SIDE A 00:19:55 -- 00:25:52
Fiddle tunes and dance styles; fiddlers, songs, Quandrille, Lance, dances, Irish, Scottish.
SIDE A 00:25:52 -- 00:28:02
What they would be paid to play music; dances, wages.
SIDE A 00:28:02 -- 00:30:56
House parties and the biggest house party he ever saw; fights, house parties, alcohol, gin, whiskey, moonshine, drinking, parties.
SIDE A 00:30:56 -- 00:31:40
How people used to visit in the evening; neighbours, visiting.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:40.
SIDE B 00:31:49 -- 00:33:05
The first radio he heard; radio.
SIDE B 00:33:05 -- 00:38:15
How he bought his first radio from Eaton's and had the first radio in the area; radio, Eaton's.
SIDE B 00:38:15 -- 00:42:34
His first car was a 1927 Model T-Ford; cars, 1927, 1930, Model-T, driving, roads, gas, gas prices.
SIDE B 00:42:34 -- 00:46:25
His friend Wilfred bought a Model-T that had a seized engine and how they tried to fix it; mechanics, Model-T, engines, cars.
SIDE B 00:46:25 -- 00:51:05
A ferry he ran in the 1930s that only went between two wharves; 1930s, ferry.
SIDE B 00:51:05 -- 00:54:07
Story his father told about a picnic where they accidentally ordered hard cider instead of sweet cider; cider, alcohol, picnics, drinking.
SIDE B 00:54:07 -- 00:57:01
Laurence Doyle was a great musical composer who worked at a lumber mill; Laurence Doyle, music, songs.
SIDE B 00:57:01 -- 01:01:25
Stories of blacksmith's anvils; forges, anvils, strength, Farquar Campbell, MacMaster, heavy, blacksmith.
SIDE B 01:01:25 -- 01:03:30
Nicknames and how they were used because quiet a few people had the same name; nicknames.
Tape ends at 01:03:30.
