Audio file
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998-02-09
Date Digitized
2010-06-21
Abstract
This is the third interview with Katherine "Kay" Haslam Wood of Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about men's and women's hockey, the Pleasant View Hotel, the Victoria rink, courting, going to Rhode Island, Dunrovin, schooners and sea captains, Dr. Hillcoat, church and tea socials, cars, how she and Howard met and their wedding, and a plane crash in 1933.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:33
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:06:25
Discussion about women's hockey and local rinks; Rambler Sisters, Union Sisters, hockey, women's hockey, Mamie Miller, Juanita Miller, Tryon Arrow Sisters, hockey rinks, rinks, sports fans, hockey fans.

SIDE A 00:06:25 -- 00:09:20
Discussion about men's hockey; Lee Taylor, hockey, hockey players, Geordie Drillon, Victoria Unions, 1930s, Maritime Championships.

SIDE A 00:09:20 -- 00:15:40
Discussion about the Pleasant View Hotel, with a story about pigs in the orchard; Pleasant View Hotel, Hampton, Hughie MacKinnon, candy, fire, Boyd MacQuarrie, SS Harland.

SIDE A 00:15:40 -- 00:22:52
Discussion about home remedies, with mention of the Spanish Flu; home remedies, goose grease, turpentine, bananas, medicine, Epsom salts, Castor oil, moonshine, Spanish Flu, Robbie Burns, scripts, sarsaparilla, bark, chewing tobacco, twist tobacco.

SIDE A 00:22:52 -- 00:27:59
Discussion about their rink, with mention of making donuts and clearing the ice; donuts, doughnuts, rink, ice, Victoria rink, Victoria, electricity, Ive's Mill, power, lights, rink-o-phone, ice carnivals.

SIDE A 00:27:59 -- 00:29:42
A story about courting; courting, George Dixon.

SIDE A 00:29:44 -- 00:31:37
Discussion about going to Rhode Island to become a nurse and her engagement ring; nurse, Rhode Island, H. B. Wood, Howard Wood, jewelry.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:37.
SIDE B 00:00:31:48 -- 00:38:00
Discussion about Dunrovin and the history of the Palmers; Dunrovin, 1929, Palmer clock, 1802, James Bardin Palmer, Palmer.

SIDE B 00:38:00 -- 00:39:46
Discussion about schooners, sea captains and milliners; Walter Lord, Earl Lord, sea captains, schooners, milliners, Wright Brothers.

SIDE B 00:39:46 -- 00:41:03
Discussion about Dr. Hillcoat and his wife; Dr. Hillcoat, St. John's Church, Victoria.

SIDE B 00:41:03 -- 00:44:50
Discussion about Church of England Tea, picnics, and how she met her husband; picnics, Church of England Tea, tea socials, Tryon, H. B. Wood, courting, cars, Model-T Ford.

SIDE B 00:44:50 -- 00:51:13
A story about how Howard bought his first car at age 14; cars, H. B. Wood, Howard, gas, driver's licence, Tryon.

SIDE B 00:51:13 -- 00:56:42
Discussion about courting, her marriage, and her honeymoon, with mention of meeting Margaret Chase Smith; courting, 1927, marriage, Star car, honeymoon, Maine, roads, cars, traveling, barber's itch, Margaret Chase Smith, Mother's Day.

SIDE B 00:56:44 -- 00:59:36
Discussion about Billy Peters and the Beacon Hotel; Beacon Hotel, Billy Peters, Bob Rogerson, Maggie Rogerson, adopted.

SIDE B 00:59:36 -- 01:01:21
Discussion about a plane crash in 1933; plane crash, airplane, 1933.

***The remainder of the tape, 01:01:21 -- 01:03:33, is blank.
Tape ends at 01:03:33.