SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:06:41
Charlie talks about his grandparents; Fraser, MacDonald.
SIDE A 00:06:41 -- 00:11:43
Discussion about home remedies; tree buds, arthritis, hops, earaches, home remedies, cures.
SIDE A 00:11:43 -- 00:14:39
Discussion about being born in Pictou in 1915 and moving to Georgetown in 1919 after his father died in WWI; WWI, war casualties, 1915, 1919, moving.
SIDE A 00:14:39 -- 00:16:40
Discussion about celebrating the end of WWI in Pictou; soldiers, WWI, fights, Pictou, Armistice Day.
SIDE A 00:16:40 -- 00:19:14
Discussion about his mother and her work as a seamstress, his first memories of PEI and Georgetown, and going to Georgetown School; school, Georgetown School, seamtresses.
SIDE A 00:19:14 -- 00:23:48
Discussion about his first job working for the MacKinnon family and working for the railroad; 1938, railway, MacKinnon.
SIDE A 00:23:48 -- 00:25:55
Discussion about railway workers; railway, railway workers.
SIDE A 00:25:55 -- 00:31:50
Discussion about his job at Highlands Hotel; Highlands Hotel, hotels, Dr. Bonnell, tourism.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:50.
SIDE B 00:32:36 -- 00:34:45
Discussion about Parker's Foundry; Parker's Foundry.
SIDE B 00:34:45 -- 00:38:53
Discussion about changes in Georgetown including sea captains building boats, MacDonald's store, and the local tailor; tailors, MacDonald's store, Georgetown, sea captains, shipbuilding.
SIDE B 00:38:53 -- 00:41:15
A story about a Mr. Gordon who would build ships in Georgetown and then sail them to England to sell them; Gordon, shipbuilding, shipbuilders, Georgetown.
SIDE B 00:41:15 -- 00:43:40
Discussion about stores that used to be in Georgetown including Eastern Packers; lobster factories, Eastern Packers, Georgetown.
SIDE B 00:43:40 -- 00:47:15
Discussion about his uncle Sam, the harbour master for Georgetown, some of the interesting things he did; Georgetown, harbour masters.
SIDE B 00:47:15 -- 00:48:28
Discussion about the Georgetown Exhibition; Georgetown Exhibition, exhibitions, fights.
SIDE B 00:48:28 -- 00:51:16
Discussion about schooners and other vessels that would come into the Georgetown ports, with mention of local hotels; hotels, Georgetown, schooners, ships, shipping.
SIDE B 00:51:16 -- 00:52:33
Discussion about the Spanish Flu and the Halifax Explosion; Spanish Flu, Halifax Explosion.
SIDE B 00:52:33 -- 00:54:20
Discussion about the Georgetown Station and the people who worked there; Georgetown, Georgetown Station, railway stations.
SIDE B 00:54:20 -- 00:56:56
Discussion about the night train, one of his dear friends, and the mid-day train; trains, night train.
SIDE B 00:56:56 -- 01:01:00
Discussion about working with the railway, working as a fireman, drivers, and becoming an engineer after the war; coal, firemen, railway, trains, drivers, engineers.
SIDE B 01:01:00 -- 01:03:33
Discussion about lunches and Maggie Lappin's boarding house; Maggie Lappin, boarding houses, lunches.
Tape ends at 01:03:33.
