SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:50
Discussion about his grandparents who were MacDonaldites; Samuel Martin, MacDonaldites, Rev. Donald MacDonald, Sam the Elder, Sarah Campbell.
SIDE A 00:02:50 -- 00:06:20
Discussion about his Scottish ancestry; Scottish, Gaelic, 1829, Skye, Martin, immigrants.
SIDE A 00:06:20 -- 00:07:35
Discussion about his mother; Mary Ellen MacKenzie, teachers, 1892.
SIDE A 00:07:35 -- 00:10:03
Discussion about WWI; WWI, army recruiting, Armistice Day, Sinclair MacKenzie.
SIDE A 00:10:03 -- 00:10:55
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion.
SIDE A 00:10:55 -- 00:14:34
Discussion about the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, dance halls, Rosebery Hall, Belfast.
SIDE A 00:14:34 -- 00:18:57
Discussion about hearses, coffins, and funerals; funeral homes, hearses, coffins, wakes, funerals, MacKinnon caskets, Norman Gillis, undertakers.
SIDE A 00:18:57 -- 00:20:15
Discussion about feuds between the Irish and the Scots; Irish, Scots, Scottish, feuds, school, Protestants, Catholics, religion.
SIDE A 00:20:15 -- 00:23:43
Discussion about school; school, Dr. Seaman, teachers, school subjects, Prince of Wales College.
SIDE A 00:23:43 -- 00:26:52
Discussion about cheese, butter, and starch factories; cheese factories, starch factories, butter factories, Elijah Sullivan.
SIDE A 00:26:52 -- 00:29:55
Discussion about gristmills; gristmills, Dixon's mill, MacRae's mill, Dan MacRae, Joe Dixon, Hayden's mill, Rollie Ross, Ross' mill, miller's toll, grain toll.
SIDE A 00:29:55 -- 00:31:45
Discussion about ice; ice, Jimmy Rooney.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.
SIDE B 00:31:50 -- 00:32:09
Discussion about ice continues; ice.
SIDE B 00:32:09 -- 00:40:25
Discussion about his father's work as a wheelwright, with mention of living in Milwaukee; wheelwrights, Harry Francis, sleighs, wagons, Francis sleighs, Milwaukee, tanneries, carriage shops, 1800s, 1880s.
SIDE B 00:40:25 -- 00:44:15
Discussion about his farm and his livestock, with mention of his first tractor; cattle, cows, plowing, ploughing, horses, tractors, Holsteins, Roans.
SIDE B 00:44:15 -- 00:45:31
Discussion about egg circles and D. D. MacLeod and Son; eggs, egg circles, D. D. MacLeod and Son, Ernie MacLeod.
SIDE B 00:45:31 -- 00:46:31
Discussion about Polly Teas; Polly Teas, 1903.
SIDE B 00:46:31 -- 00:49:45
A story about people buried on a hill; MacLeod.
SIDE B 00:49:45 -- 00:50:26
Discussion about Tailor's Hill in Orwell Cove; Tailor's Hill, Orwell Cove.
SIDE B 00:50:26 -- 00:52:52
Discussion about schooners; schooners, Capt. Boudreau, shipping, Newfoundlanders.
SIDE B 00:52:52 -- 00:53:47
Discussion about mussel mud; mussel mud, fertilizer.
SIDE B 00:53:47 -- 00:55:08
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, salt herring, cod liver oil, Scott's Emulsion.
SIDE B 00:55:08 -- 00:56:54
Discussion about pack peddlers; pack peddlers, Morrison, Kay.
SIDE B 00:56:54 -- 00:59:59
Discussion about various topics including cars, radios, and entertainment; movies, cars, radios, entertainment.
SIDE B 00:59:59 -- 01:03:40
Discussion about various topics including Skye, stores in Vernon Bridge and Vernon River, and the Comptons; Alec MacDonald, Skye, Vernon Bridge, Vernon River, stores, turnip plants, turnip prices, turnips, 1930s, Dan Cummings, Everett MacDougall, Comptons, Dan Compton, Belle River.
Tape ends at 01:03:40.
