Babs Fitzgerald T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Fitzgerland, Terrence L. "Babs"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998-06-12
Date Digitized
2010-07-29
Abstract
This is an interview with Terrence L. "Babs" Fitzgerald of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Babs talks about his name, school, where he grew up, people and places around Charlottetown, wharves and the waterfront, his mother, entertainment, his brothers, his service in WWII with his father, cars, rum running and Captain Dicks, his work with The Guardian, and local athletes.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Charlottetown, PE
Subject (Temporal)
WWII
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:35
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:02:11
Discussion about his name; nicknames, Terrence Leinster Fitzgerald, Babs Fitzgerald.

SIDE A 00:02:11 -- 00:05:24
Discussion about school and rugby; school, West Kent School, rugby.

SIDE A 00:05:24 -- 00:08:32
Discussion about where he grew up on Brighton Road near Willow Corner; wooden sidewalks, Willow Corner, ice travel, bushed ice.

SIDE A 00:08:32 -- 00:10:35
Discussion about Bobby and Billy Cotton; Bobby Cotton, Robert Cotton, Billy Cotton, Maritime Stationers.

SIDE A 00:10:35 -- 00:11:23
Discussion about old stores and shopping in Charlottetown; Market Square, Charlottetown, shopping, groceries.

SIDE A 00:11:23 -- 00:14:20
Discussion about milk and ice delivery; iceman, milkman, ice, milk, Vincent Power.

SIDE A 00:14:20 -- 00:16:16
Discussion about Gordon Wright's farm; Will Wright, Gordon Wright, Geordie MacKay.

SIDE A 00:16:16 -- 00:20:42
Discussion about the Charlottetown waterfront, with mention of the Harland, coal yards, and the Butts; Charlottetown, waterfront, SS Harland, coal yards, the Butts, wharves, Bruce Stewart, Alfred Pickering, beaches, swimming.

SIDE A 00:20:42 -- 00:23:41
Discussion about places around Charlottetown; Charlottetown, stores, White's restaurant, Dizzy Block, Sunnyside, Hickey and Nicholson, Ed Nicholson, tobacco.

SIDE A 00:23:41 -- 00:31:36
Discussion about mother, with mention of fishing, her work in radio, and home remedies; fishing, Flora Fitzgerald, radio, home remedies, trout fishing, trout, Hochelega.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:36.
SIDE B 00:31:47 -- 00:32:30
Discussion about home remedies continues; home remedies.

SIDE B 00:32:30 -- 00:33:16
Discussion about livery stables; livery stables, Vincent Power, horses.

SIDE B 00:33:16 -- 00:37:30
Discussion about his brother's band, dances, and theatre; entertainment, dances, dance halls, Dixon's Dance Hall, Rowan Fitzgerald, movies, movie theatres, theatres, Prince Edward Theatre, Stage Theatre, Market Square, plays, silent movies.

SIDE B 00:37:30 -- 00:38:56
Discussion about his father's car; Buick McLaughlin, cars.

SIDE B 00:38:56 -- 00:48:50
Discussion about D-Day, the end of WWII, and he and his father's service in WWII; WWII, D-Day, Germans, Holland, Italy, Dutch.

SIDE B 00:48:50 -- 00:55:48
Discussion about rum running and Captain Dicks; Bill Dicks, Captain Dicks, rum running, rum runners, Audrey Dicks, kegs of rum, tricks, Dalvay.

SIDE B 00:55:48 -- 00:59:53
Discussion about reporting for the Guardian and local athletes; The Guardian, newpapers, news, sports, athletes, Bucko Trainor, hockey players, Buck Whitlock, Snags Squarebriggs, Tic Williams, Danny Galavan.

SIDE B 00:59:53 -- 01:03:35
Discussion about his brother Bunkie who died in WWII; Bunkie Fitzgerald, Air Force, WWII, air navigator.

Tape ends at 01:03:35.