Captain Ben Pike T1 [Tape One]

Interview

Thompson, Reg "Dutch"

Pike, Captain Ben

1998-04-17

01:03:24

This is an interview with Captain Ben Pike of Burin, Newfoundland. In this interview Captain Pike talks about growing up in Newfoundland, his family, living in foster homes, sailing and fishing, the history of the Pikes in Newfoundland, the tidal wave of 1929, cars, Christmas, church, and home remedies.

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Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson

SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:02:48 Discussion about his family, growing up in Newfoundland, and learning to sail; Newfoundland, sailors, 1921, Bluenose, general stores. | SIDE A 00:02:48 -- 00:03:53 Discussion about the general store he rowed to; general store, yaffel, fish, bartering, trading, cod, dories. | SIDE A 00:03:53 -- 00:10:21 Discussion about the Pike family history in Newfoundland; Gilbert Pike, immigrants, pirates, Irish, 1602, Frewman Pike. | SIDE A 00:10:21 -- 00:22:33 Discussion about his father John Samuel Pike, a story about his drowning in a hurricane, and the Joyce M. Smith; Joyce M. Smith, John Samuel Pike, schooners, knockabout schooners, Grand Banks, Lunenburg, kedger, 1927, drowning, shipwreck, forerunners, Doug Pike, wages. | SIDE A 00:22:33 -- 00:29:00 Discussion about his siblings, his mother, a seafood; Jane Allen, seamstress, 1930s, seafood, cod, cod fish, trout, lobster. | SIDE A 00:29:00 -- 00:31:38 Discussion about going to a foster homes; foster children, Harding. | SIDE A ends at 00:31:38. SIDE B 00:31:48 -- 00:39:30 Discussion about going to foster homes continues, with mention of sailing and fishing; foster children, sailing, sailors, fishing, salting fish, Captain Angus Tanner. | SIDE B 00:39:30 -- 00:44:21 Discussion about serving on the Joanella Mae and fishing on the Grand Banks, with mention of rum runners; sailing, schooners, fishing, bait, cod, cod fishing, cod prices, herring, cantel, rum running, Grand Banks. | SIDE B 00:44:21 -- 00:52:54 Discussion about the tidal wave of 1929; 1929, tidal wave, tsunami, Burin, sheep, earthquake, drowning, schooners. | SIDE B 00:52:54 -- 00:54:00 Discussion about the first car he saw, with mention of glass windows; cars, Chevrolet, windows. | SIDE B 00:54:00 -- 00:55:23 Discussion about local utilities and movies; movies, lantern shows. | SIDE B 00:55:23 -- 00:59:02 Discussion about Christmas, with mention of mummers; Christmas, Christmas trees, Christmas decorations, presents, Christmas dinner, mummers, Christmas pudding. | SIDE B 00:59:02 -- 01:00:30 Discussion about church and traveling by dory; church, dories, school. | SIDE B 01:00:30 -- 01:03:24 Discussion about doctors and home remedies; doctors, home remedies, salve, eczema, cures. | Tape ends at 01:03:24.