This is an interview with Mary Cecilia "Celia" McCloskey (nee MacEachern) of Bear River and Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Celia talks about her life in New York, poetry, funerals, church, Christmas, family, her mother, her father and his service in WWI, dogs, sheep, and various other topics.
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:07:54 Discussion about living in New York City continues on from Tape One; New York, 1929, stock exchange. | SIDE A 00:07:54 -- 00:10:29 Discussion about the Halifax Explosion, train rides, starch factories; Halifax Explosion, trains, train fare, starch factories. | SIDE A 00:10:29 -- 00:26:50 Discussion about poetry, with mention of Hugh MacDonald and family; poetry, poems, Robert Service, Alexander Pope, Dangerous Dan Magrew, Lawrence Doyle, The Gray Mare, Hugh MacDonald. | SIDE A 00:26:50 -- 00:28:47 Discussion about funerals and church; funerals, church, religious feuds. | SIDE A 00:28:47 -- 00:31:01 Discussion about socials and teas; socials, teas. | SIDE A 00:31:01 -- 00:31:46 Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, Christmas trees, presents. | SIDE A ends at 00:31:46. SIDE B 00:31:55 -- 00:32:39 Discussion about Christmas continues; Christmas, Christmas dinner, Santa Claus. | SIDE B 00:32:39 -- 00:35:04 Discussion about their house and her mother traveling in the winter; horse and sleigh, Souris Line Road. | SIDE B 00:35:04 -- 00:36:55 Discussion about telephones and Mossey's grocery wagon; telephones, Frank Mossey, grocery wagons, party lines. | SIDE B 00:36:55 -- 00:48:46 Discussion about her mother continues, with mention of electricity and other family; butter, milking, 1930s, electricity, cooking, Boston, Andrew MacEachern, Frank MacIntosh, Chiasson. | SIDE B 00:48:46 -- 00:50:00 Discussion about her uncle breaking the roads and her birth; breaking the roads, snow, St. Cecilia's Day. | SIDE B 00:50:00 -- 00:52:47 Discussion about her father and his service in WWI; WWI, WWI casualties. | SIDE B 00:52:47 -- 00:53:35 Discussion about the first time her mother voted; women's vote. | SIDE B 00:53:35 -- 00:59:16 Discussion about various topics including rum runners, Newfoundland dogs, and sheep; rum runners, rum running, dogs, Newfoundland dogs, sheep, St. Dunstan's. | SIDE B 00:59:16 -- 01:03:40 Discussion about various topics including Market Square, food, dishes, and her uncle Joe; Market Square, geese. | Tape ends at 01:03:40.
