Audio file
Contributors
Interviewee: MacLeod, Don
Interviewee: MacLeod, Lloyd
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
Date Recorded
1995-02-14
Date Digitized
2010-07-05
Abstract
This is an interview with Lloyd and Don MacLeod. In this interview the brother talk about traveling, money, potato inspectors, MacLeod's Garage, egg grading, school, Arthur Vessey, Elton Woodside, telephones, Dr. Jim Collins, rationing, WWII, their parents, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:18
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
Side A 00:00:00 -- 00:12:21
Tape was recorded incorrectly, tape starts with the brothers talking about potato inspectors, agents, the division of labour, working long hours, trips off island to places like Moncton, New Hampshire and Niagara Falls in a 1950 Ford Monarch, new house, wiring, plumbing, and locals with money.
Side A 00:12:21 -- 00:22:00
MacLeod's garage, egg grading station, methods of grading, early potato chips, Don's first store jobs, candy and tobacco.
Side A 00:22:00 -- 00:31:31
School, Prince of Wales College, Vickerson's, piano lessons, Arthur Vessey and the seed business
End of Side A
00:31:31
Side B 00:31:45 -- 00:45:16
Arthur Vessey continued, recitals, Elton Woodside, Fleet Canuck, first time flying, where Lloyd was born, telephones, party lines, and phone numbers.
Side B 00:45:16 -- 00:55:53
Dr. Jim Collins, Lloyd's school in Bangor, Maine, Pioneers in Vernon River, Lloyd's first job being a cookie salesman, soap and sugar.
Side B 00:55:53 -- 01:03:18
Rationing gas, tea, coffee, chocolate, after WW2, potato dealing, shipping, turnips, prices, and the tape ends with them discussing how hard their parents worked.
01:03:18
End of tape