SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:19
Discussion about his birth in Fort Augustus and his siblings; birth, 1913, doctors, Dr. Welsh, Dr. Toombs, big families.
SIDE A 00:02:19 -- 00:03:35
Discussion about moving to Charlottetown in 1920; 1920, Charlottetown, Spring Park, school, St. Joseph's Convent, Queen Square School.
SIDE A 00:03:35 -- 00:04:52
Discussion about Hickey and Nicholson's chewing tobacco, with a story about getting sick trying some; Hickey and Nicholson, licorice, chewing tobacco.
SIDE A 00:04:52 -- 00:06:23
Discussion about Queen Square School, with mention of priests, rival schools, and sports; priests, Queen Square School, hockey, rival schools.
SIDE A 00:06:23 -- 00:07:38
Discussion about Market Square and hanging around at Jail Square; Market Square, Jail Square, 1911, jail, public hanging, jiggers, horses.
SIDE A 00:07:38 -- 00:11:26
Discussion about working at Gillis's coal yard, with mention of horses and shipping the coal; W. D. Gillis, coal, coal yards, Weeks, English coal, horses, shipping coal, schooners.
SIDE A 00:11:26 -- 00:14:13
Discussion about the Harland, with mention of wharves and its cargo; Cranberry Wharf, Harland, Appletree Wharf, Leblanc, cargo, bulls, wharves, exhibition.
SIDE A 00:14:13 -- 00:15:28
A story about a bull on a bridge; bull, bridge, Walter O'Brien.
SIDE A 00:15:28 -- 00:17:14
Discussion about the end of WWI, the Spanish Flu, and the Halifax Explosion; WWI, Spanish Flu, Halifax Explosion.
SIDE A 00:17:14 -- 00:19:06
Discussion about snowstorms, with mention of animals in the city; snowstorms, snow, 1923, snowplows.
SIDE A 00:19:06 -- 00:20:41
Discussion about Pauley's Mill and Duchman's Mill; Pauley's Mill, Duchman's Mill.
SIDE A 00:20:41 -- 00:21:26
Discussion about manure it the city; manure, Percy Smallwood.
SIDE A 00:21:26 -- 00:22:45
Discussion about livery stables; livery stables, Large's livery stable, Walker's livery stable.
SIDE A 00:22:45 -- 00:28:37
Discussion about coal; coal, Springhill coal, Sydney coal, coal prices, slack coal, fine coal, Mount Edward Road.
SIDE A 00:28:37 -- 00:29:41
Discussion about Archie Birtwhistle; Archie Birtwhistle, Chief of Police, police.
SIDE A 00:29:41 -- 00:31:33
Discussion about ice, with mention of the iceman and ice houses; ice, ice pond, Murphy's ice house, ice houses, Shelfoon.
SIDE A 00:31:33 -- 00:32:05
Discussion about the railway station; Jimmy Power, Shelfoon, taxis, railway station.
SIDE A 00:32:05 -- 00:33:03
Discussion about hotels; Queen Hotel, Victoria Hotel, hotels, fire, rum running.
SIDE A 00:33:03 -- 00:36:20
Discussion about bootleggers, and a story about liquor scripts; Frank Steele, liquor scripts, Joey MacDonald, bootlegger's, Plum MacDonald, liquor store, gentleman's club, Duncan Livingstone.
SIDE A 00:36:20 -- 00:40:06
Discussion about stores and businesses in downtown Charlottetown; Hughe's Drugstore, White's, Stewart's, barbershops, Chinese laundry, New England Cafe, Carter's, Dillon and Spillet, businesses, Charlottetown, restaurants, fish and chips, J. R. Reid, 1940s.
SIDE A 00:40:06 -- 00:40:54
A story about stolen coal; coal, Hell Street, theft.
SIDE A 00:40:54 -- 00:43:21
Discussion about people from the West end and the East end of Charlottetown, with mention of baseball; baseball, Charlottetown, West End Anchors, North End Rovers, East End Stars, Lefty MacWade.
SIDE A 00:43:21 -- 00:44:44
Discussion about the old arena and local rinks; rinks, arenas.
SIDE A 00:44:44 -- 00:47:51
A story about swimming off the wharves, with mention of the old railway bridge; 1905, railway bridge, swimming, wharves, Roy Murnaghan.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:51.
SIDE B 00:48:00 -- 00:49:25
Discussion about businesses in downtown Charlottetown, with mention of a candy factory and Whitlock's Tire; candy factory, Whitlock's Tire, Charlottetown, Edgar Whitlock.
SIDE B 00:49:25 -- 00:51:24
Discussion about blacksmiths and wheelwrights; Ford, Doug Gass, Proude and Moore, Gallant, blacksmiths, Boomer Gallant, wheelwrights.
SIDE B 00:51:24 -- 00:58:41
Discussion about a murder downtown, with mention of corner stores and the last execution on the Island; Earl Lund, Fred Phillips, murder, Peter Trainor, George Gregory, Mary Morrisey, Lund and Phillips, Gormley, hanging, 1941, execution.
SIDE B 00:58:41 -- 01:01:02
Discussion about Black Sam's Bridge and black families; Black Sam's Bridge, Ryan, Binn, Charlie Ryan, Benny Binns.
SIDE B 01:01:02 -- 01:05:26
Discussion about the Market Square building, silent movies, downtown stores, and egg grading; Strand, George Tull, bowling alley, movies, silent movies, Prince Edward Theater, Alf McKerney, candy store, Charlottetown, S. A. MacDonald's, Moore and MacLeod's, Morris and Smith, Jenkins, egg grading, Alf Peters.
SIDE B 01:05:26 -- 01:07:55
Discussion about milkmen, with mention of dance halls; Bill Smallwood, milkmen, Johnny Welsh, Milton Gurney, Jack Dickers, Gene Cullen, Garden City Dairy, Bucket of Blood, dance halls.
SIDE B 01:07:55 -- 01:09:55
Discussion about Madigan, who delivered liquor; Jed Madigan, liquor scripts, Bill Reddin, Art McInnis, Madigan's store, Connolly building.
SIDE B 01:09:55 -- 01:11:20
Discussion about his family farm in Fort Augustus; Fort Augustus graveyard, Owen Connolly, Duffy,
SIDE B 01:11:20 -- 01:12:07
Discussion about moving back out to Fort Augustus; coal, 1947, Weeks, Hennessey, coal yards.
SIDE B 01:12:07 -- 01:13:36
Discussion about local machine shops; Bruce Stewart's, Hall and Stavert's, forges, coal.
SIDE B 01:13:36 -- 01:15:30
Discussion about moving back out to Fort Augustus to farm continues; tractors, farming, horses.
SIDE B 01:15:30 -- 01:16:46
Discussion about ice travel; ice travel, Prince Street wharf.
SIDE B 01:16:46 -- 01:20:08
Discussion about farming continues, with mention of selling milk to cheese factories; Joe MacEachern, cheese makers, farming, potatoes, acreage, milk, cheese factory, Fort Augustus.
SIDE B 01:20:08 -- 01:23:33
Discussion about fishing in the East River and rum runners; rum runners, rum, rum running, bootleggers, MacKinnon's, fishing, East River, Oliver Smith.
SIDE B 01:23:33 -- 01:23:56
Brief discussion about hockey; hockey, Crystals, Abbies.
SIDE B 01:23:56 -- 01:25:35
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas tree, presents, Christmas dinner, goose raffles, King Goose Gallant.
SIDE B 01:25:35 -- 01:32:26
Discussion about his first job, doing roadwork, and a story about hitchhiking; first job, Patty MacMillan, wages, carpenter, Warren Paving Company, hitchhiking, walking, Ford V8, Fredericton, politics.
SIDE B 01:32:26 -- 01:34:05
Discussion about telephones, electricity, and roads; telephones, electricity, pavement, roads, 1950s, Premier Matheson, 1947.
SIDE B 01:34:05 -- 01:35:51
Discussion about a murder in Grabtown and a plane crash; Grabtown, murder, plane crash.
Tape ends at 01:35:51.
