SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:09:20
Discussion about coming in to Charlottetown and staying with her aunt Charlotte, with mention of Peter Trainor being murdered; Al Ryan MacNeill, bus, 1940s, swimming, murder, Lund and Phillips, Frederick Phillips, Earl Lund, Peter Trainor.
SIDE A 00:09:20 -- 00:14:28
Discussion about her cousins Charlie and Harrison Ryan, with mention of orphans; Charlie Ryan, WWII, Harrison Ryan, poverty.
SIDE A 00:14:28 -- 00:16:50
Discussion about her husband, baseball, and his work in the lumber woods; baseball, Peakes Bombers, lumber woods, lice.
SIDE A 00:16:50 -- 00:19:22
Discussion about Sundays, entertainment, and electricity; Sundays, church, entertainment, radio, electricity, 1950s.
SIDE A 00:19:22 -- 00:21:15
Discussion about school, with mention of clothing; Cardigan, school, Mrs. Lee Allen, Dr. Allen, teachers, Allen Cameron, bloomers, clothing, stockings.
SIDE A 00:21:15 -- 00:30:47
Discussion about poverty and the birth of her children, with a story about giving birth and traveling home during a snowstorm; poverty, drinking, Stan Ryan, snowstorms, childbirth, 1964, train, Peter MacAuley, walking, Harry Hughes.
SIDE A 00:30:47 -- 00:31:42
Discussion about midwives and Lottie Coates; Ida Walsh, midwives, Lottie Coates, music.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:42.
SIDE B 00:31:51 -- 00:33:45
Discussion about midwives and Lottie Coates continues, with mention of Riverton; Lottie Coates, midwives, Harry Hughes, Ward Crane, Riverton.
SIDE B 00:33:45 -- 00:40:52
Discussion about big families, doctors, and home remedies; big families, birth control, home remedies, goose grease, doctors, pepper and molasses, cures, Epsom salts, salt herring, cod live oil, sulfur and molasses, mustard plaster, salt herring and potatoes, Dr. Lee Allen, Cardigan, medicine.
SIDE B 00:40:52 -- 00:43:22
Discussion about her mother's funeral; funerals, Alice Ann Walsh.
SIDE B 00:43:22 -- 00:47:30
Discussion about the biggest changes over the years, with mention of poverty; poverty, house parties, respect, fishermen.
SIDE B 00:47:30 -- 00:51:41
Discussion about Cardigan River, mussel mud, and cutting ice; fishing, wharves, horse races, Cardigan River, ice races, mussel mud, cutting ice, ice, Dr. Grant, politics, hotel, Henry Walsh, bloating.
SIDE B 00:51:41 -- 00:54:21
Discussion about blacksmiths and working women; John L. Sullivan, blacksmiths, women's work, working women, women's rights.
***The remainder of the tape, 00:54:21 -- 01:03:37, is blank.
Tape ends at 01:03:37.
