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Contributors
Interviewee: Stewart, Gordon
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2004-01-27
Date Digitized
2010-06-04
Abstract
This is the second half of an interview with Gordon Stewart of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about what Charlottetown was like when he was a growing up, snow removal and roads, exhibitions, the end of WWI, summer vacation, fishing, hockey, curling, baseball, bootleggers and rum runners, and old businesses in Charlottetown.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:23
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:20
Discussion about jiggers continues from Tape One, with mention of coal; jiggers, Market Square, dump carts, coal, weigh scale, Large, Weeks and Co., Pickard, W. D. Gillis and Co..

SIDE A 00:03:20 -- 00:04:53
Discussion about coal, coke, and wood stoves; stoves, coke, coal, heating.

SIDE A 00:04:53 -- 00:07:34
Discussion about horses in Charlottetown, with mention of manure, wooden sidewalks, and other animals in the city; Charlottetown, wooden sidewalks, roads, manure, horses, delivery.

SIDE A 00:07:34 -- 00:09:46
Discussion about Bill Drake the iceman; ice, iceman, Bill Drake, Drake's, ice pond, ice cakes, W. J. Drake, William Drake.

SIDE A 00:09:46 -- 00:10:40
Discussion about hauling milk; milkmen, milk, Garden City Dairy, Cox.

SIDE A 00:10:40 -- 00:12:04
Discussion about dance halls, with mention of Bucket of Blood and Dixon's; dance halls, Dixon's dance hall, Bucket of Blood, dances.

SIDE A 00:12:04 -- 00:15:37
Discussion about snow removal and fires; snow removal, sidewalk plows, shoveling, fires, 1930s.

SIDE A 00:15:37 -- 00:17:14
Discussion about Market Square and exhibition week; Market Square, exhibition week, Ferris wheel.

SIDE A 00:17:14 -- 00:18:19
Discussion about the first plane on the Island, with mention of the Hindenburg; Hindenburg, airplane, exhibition.

SIDE A 00:18:19 -- 00:19:41
Discussion about the end of WWI, with mention of burning a Kaiser dummy at Market Square and fireworks; fireworks, WWI, Kaiser.

SIDE A 00:19:41 -- 00:20:41
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; fire engine, Halifax Explosion.

SIDE A 00:20:41 -- 00:21:22
Discussion about the Spanish Flu and other illnesses; Spanish Flu, Scarlet fever.

SIDE A 00:21:22 -- 00:25:31
Discussion about traveling, with mention of the Harland, picnics, and summer vacations; traveling, summer vacations, Cavendish, Harland, Hammond MacKenzie.

SIDE A 00:25:31 -- 00:27:37
Discussion about fishing near Cavendish in the summer, with mention of cod and lobster; gaff cod, cod, fishing, lobster, lobster prices.

SIDE A 00:27:37 -- 00:31:36
Discussion about Chief Birtwhistle and working in the City Hall tax office; Chief Birtwhistle, City Hall, tax office, 1935, 1949, The Great Depression, 1931.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:36.
SIDE B 00:31:41 -- 00:35:01
Discussion about bootleggers in Charlottetown, liquor scripts, and rum runners off Cavendish; liquor stores, liquor scripts, Charlottetown, bootleggers, Maddigan, Prohibition, Cavendish, 3 mile limit.

SIDE B 00:35:01 -- 00:44:01
Discussion about hockey, with mention of rivalries, playing at Maple Leaf Gardens, Maritime Championships, and changes in hockey; Chick Gallant, hockey, Charlottetown Abbies, Summerside Crystals, 1933, St. Michael's College, Maritime Championship, Toronto, David Bauer, NHL, hockey rules, Tic Williams, Toronto Maple Leafs, Don Baker, Windy Steele, Harold Gaudet, hockey players, George Whitlock, Pud Whitlock.

SIDE B 00:44:01 -- 00:45:53
Discussion about baseball, with mention of Charlottetown teams; Pump Bolger, North End Rovers, Anchors, Stars, C. A. A. grounds, baseball, baseball players, baseball teams, Pud Whitlock, George Whitlock.

SIDE B 00:45:53 -- 00:53:43
Discussion about hockey continues, with mention of Tiger MacKie, changes in hockey, hockey equipment, and hockey players; Tiger MacKie, hockey, hockey gear, hockey equipment, hockey rules, hockey sticks, Harry Currie, Windy Steele, skates, CCM, Automobile skates, hockey rinks, hockey pucks.

SIDE B 00:53:43 -- 00:55:09
Discussion about curling; James Cameron, Dr. Woodside, curling, 1950s, 1956 Brier, Bernie Richardson, Jigs MacDonald.

SIDE B 00:55:09 -- 00:57:12
Discussion about The Butts where there was swimming and a rifle range; PEI Rifle Association, rifle range, swimming, The Butts, rifle shooting, Allan McCabe.

SIDE B 00:57:12 -- 00:58:36
Discussion about Jenkins Chicken plant and Spillet Bros.; Jenkins Chicken plant, chicken plant, Jenkins', Spillet Bros..

SIDE B 00:58:36 -- 00:59:44
Discussion about the Prowse Bros. store; Prowse Bros. store, T. W. L. Prowse.

SIDE B 00:59:44 -- 01:09:09
Discussion about Slogget's Corner and Foster's Ice Cream and their dance hall; Slogget House, Slogget's Corner, Foster's Ice Cream, dance halls.

SIDE B 01:09:09 -- 01:03:23
Discussion about Brighton when he was a kid; Brighton, 1960, St. Clair house, 1963, Brighton School.

Tape ends at 01:03:23.