MacRae Sisters T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: MacRae, Evelyn
Interviewee: MacRae, Mary
Researcher: Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
Date Recorded
1997-02-21
Date Digitized
2010-06-17
Abstract
This is an interview with Mary and Evelyn MacRae. In this interview the sisters talk about they lighthouse they lived in, church, boats, cars, lobster canneries, their father, their siblings, movies, Christmas, blacksmiths, home remedies, their mother, rum running, their grandparents, Sundays, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Yankee Hill, PE
Subject (Temporal)
WWI
WWII
1946
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:31
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:06:02
Memories of the lighthouse that they lived in, Yankee Hill Church, siblings, and Joan being afraid of a horse; lighthouses, Yankee Hill Church, horses, lighthouse keepers.

SIDE A 00:06:02 -- 00:13:00
Isobel, large tides, supply boats, rum boats, milk, mom, "The Brandt" and food; tides, rum boats, rum running, milk, The Brandt.

SIDE A 00:13:00 -- 00:14:42
Their first car and local lobster canneries; cars, Model-T Fod, lobster canneries.

SIDE A 00:14:42 -- 00:19:00
Their father's service in both world wars; WWI, WWII.

SIDE A 00:19:00 -- 00:22:41
Their siblings names, a story about their brother Joe, the fun they used to have together and large dunes; dunes, entertainment.

SIDE A 00:22:41 -- 00:27:58
Grace Goddis and a filthy family, a Caraquet song, Joan being scared, filthy apples, and pears; pears, apples, Grace Goddis, Caraquets, songs.

SIDE A 00:27:58 -- 00:31:40
Silent movies, Percy Yeo, and the Sims' farm; Sims, silent movies, movies, Percy Yeo.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:40.
SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:39:45
Christmas, games and skating to Clifton, blacksmiths, and a story about a bike; Christmas, skating, games, blacksmiths, bicycles, Christmas trees, Christmas dinner.

SIDE B 00:39:45 -- 00:44:20
Cod liver oil, sulfur and molasses, playing school in the light house, and their mother teaching them at home during the winter; home schooling, home school, cod liver oil, sulfur and molasses, home remedies.

SIDE B 00:44:20 -- 00:50:30
Their parents, the lighthouse, clothing, and what kind of food they ate; 1946, lobster, lighthouses, clothing, homemade goods, homemade clothing, lighthouse keepers.

SIDE B 00:50:30 -- 00:56:05
Mary poached lobster, their typical day, then they talk about streams, wash water, boats, frogs, trimming the wick and other light house work; lighthouses, wash water, frogs, lobster, lighthouse keepers.

SIDE B 00:56:05 -- 01:03:31
Rum running, falling down the lighthouse stairs with a slop bucket, their grandparents, eel fishing, and quiet Sundays; drownings, eels, fishing, quiet Sundays, Sundays, rum running.

Tape ends at 01:03:31.