***Disclaimer - This interview contains language and subject matter some may find inappropriate.
SIDE A 00:00:08 -- 00:02:52
Discussion about A. J. Robinson the cream man; butter factory, A. J Robinson, Tryon, Elmer Gamble, Bruce Gamble, 1915, cream man.
SIDE A 00:02:52 -- 00:05:55
Discussion about his father and butchering; George W. Leard, George Washington Leard, butcher, traveling butcher.
SIDE A 00:05:55 -- 00:12:30
Readings from his time book and his diary; wages, 1962, potato farming, beater diggers, butcher, 1956.
SIDE A 00:12:30 -- 00:15:25
Discussion about school, with stories about matches and his first day of school; school, teachers, matches.
SIDE A 00:15:25 -- 00:18:33
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, toys.
SIDE A 00:18:33 -- 00:20:22
Discussion about Dan Ross' store and the first car he saw; cars, Dan Ross, Ross' store, Artie Cameron, 1918.
SIDE A 00:20:22 -- 00:24:19
Discussion about WWI; WWI, Russell Carr, Johnny Howatt, Harry Robinson, Johnny Mulligan, Gordon Dawson, parcels.
SIDE A 00:24:19 -- 00:26:14
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion, with mention of the Spanish Flu; Halifax Explosion, Roy Boulter, 1917, Spanish Flu.
SIDE A 00:25:50 -- 00:28:25
Discussion about the Church of Scotland, with mention of a German POW buried there; Church of Scotland, church, German POW.
SIDE A 00:28:25 -- 00:31:47
Discussion about blacksmiths and race tracks; blacksmiths, Fred Trenholm, Harry Clark, race horses, race tracks.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.
SIDE B 00:00:31:55 -- 00:31:38
Discussion about horse racing continues; horse racing, race tracks.
SIDE B 00:31:38 -- 00:42:09
Discussion about fishing and smoking herring and McKenna who peddled them by horse and wagon; smoked herring, herring, fishing, fish peddler, smoked herring prices, eels.
SIDE B 00:42:09 -- 00:43:01
Discussion about the phantom ship; phantom ship.
SIDE B 00:43:01 -- 00:47:53
Discussion about his father's work on ice boats and a story about Lem Dawson drowning, with mention of Montague Campbell and lobster canneries; Lem Dawson, Geroge Washington Leard, drowning, ice boats, Montague Campbell, lobster canneries.
SIDE B 00:47:53 -- 01:01:18
Discussion about the Cape Traverse Wharf and stories about rum running; Dewey Irving, Cape Traverse Wharf, rum runners, rum running, rum prices, rum, Heber Sherren, stolen rum, prohibition officers, RCMP, Cape Traverse United Church, Nellie J. Banks, mother ship, Clovie Perry.
SIDE B 01:01:18 -- 01:03:43
Discussion about lobster fishing, caskets, and Lucky Birds; lobster fishing, caskets, Chisholm, casket maker, Lucky Birds, Tryon.
Tape ends at 01:03:43.
