This is the first of four tapes with David "Ray" Brooks of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. In this interview Ray talks about Dr. Brehaut, his family, home remedies, the Great Depression, mills, homemade clothes, sheep, and Christmas. He also talks about telephones, WWI, the Spanish Flu, Scarlet Fever, farming, potatoes, apples, and geese.
***The audio drops during several portions of the tape making the interview difficult to hear and sometimes inaudible. SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:03:10 Discussion about Dr. Brehaut, with mention of big families; SIDE A 00:03:10 -- 00:04:40 Discussion about an early snowmobile; SIDE A 00:04:40 -- 00:05:15 Discussion about Dr. Brehaut chewing tobacco; SIDE A 00:05:15 -- 00:07:18 Discussion about his birth and his family, with mention of midwives; SIDE A 00:07:18 -- 00:09:24 Discussion about his grandfathers, John Machon and John Brooks; SIDE A 00:09:24 -- 00:15:10 Discussion about home remedies; SIDE A 00:15:10 -- 00:17:39 Discussion about life during the Great Depression, with mention of Prowses; SIDE A 00:17:39 -- 00:18:57 Discussion about the family farm on the Abney Road, with mention of Milton Buell; SIDE A 00:18:57 -- 00:20:03 Discussion about flour bag clothes and makeover clothes; SIDE A 00:20:03 -- 00:22:51 Discussion about the Collins' carding mill and sheep, with a story about wool; SIDE A 00:22:51 -- 00:26:55 Discussion about MacMillan's gristmill; SIDE A 00:26:55 -- 00:29:37 Discussion about his mother's cooking, with mention of lamb and plum pudding; SIDE A 00:29:37 -- 00:30:02 A story about a priest and fasting; SIDE A 00:30:02 -- 00:31:49 Discussion about Christmas; SIDE A ends at 00:31:49. SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:33:08 Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; SIDE B 00:33:08 -- 00:34:58 Discussion about the first telephones, with mention of Marconi Station; SIDE B 00:34:58 -- 00:36:24 Discussion about the Marconi tower being used for a mast; SIDE B 00:36:24 -- 00:38:32 Discussion about WWI and the end of that war; SIDE B 00:38:32 -- 00:46:14 Discussion about the Spanish Flu and local people who were sick and died; SIDE B 00:46:14 -- 00:49:30 Discussion about Scarlet Fever, with mention of Bright's disease; SIDE B 00:49:30 -- 00:52:12 Discussion about keeping eggs and butter; SIDE B 00:52:12 -- 00:53:13 Discussion about rhubarb leaves and ice cream; SIDE B 00:53:13 -- 00:54:30 Discussion about making hay; SIDE B 00:54:30 -- 00:55:56 Discussion about quiet Sundays; SIDE B 00:55:56 -- 00:57:41 Discussion about losing their crops during a hailstorm in August; SIDE B 00:57:41 -- 01:01:36 Discussion about the starch factory and potato farming; SIDE B 01:01:36 -- 01:02:55 Discussion about raising geese; SIDE B 01:02:55 -- 01:03:46 Discussion about apples; Tape ends at 01:03:46. ***Tape ends mid-sentence.
