SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:06:28
Discussion about his grandmother MacDonald from the States, the family losing money in the 1929 crash, the Depression, tough times, cousins in Boston, hobos, his mother, and family; 1929, Great Depression, MacDonald, tough times, Boston, hobos.
SIDE A 00:06:28 -- 00:18:02
Discussion about various topics including being born at home, Dr. Gus MacDonald, the family having no money, cod prices fish flakes, Matthew and MacLean's, fish buyers, warehouses, hay, and potato prices; Dr. Gus MacDonald, poverty, cod prices, fish flakes, Matthew and MacLean's, fish buyers, warehouses, hay, potato prices.
SIDE A 00:18:02 -- 00:31:29
Discussion about various topics including going to school in Halifax, WWII convoys, fishing in the 1940s, boats, lobster traps, fishing rights, the decline of the fish stocks, and catching between 700 and 800 pounds; 1942, fish stocks, lobster, lobster traps, fishing, 1940s, school, WWII, convoys, fishing boats.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:29.
SIDE B 00:31:37 -- 00:44:05
Discussion about various topics including fish buyers and canneries, his first payday, lobster canneries, canned lobster, fishing, cod, fish prices in WWII, and salting fish; fish buyers, canneries, lobster canneries, lobster, fishing, cod, fish prices, WWII, salt fish.
SIDE B 00:44:05 -- 00:49:52
Discussion about various topics including tuna, herring, mackerel, fishing for 50 years, fish stocks lowering in the 1950s, draggers, and destroying the fish stocks; fish stocks, herring, mackerel, tuna, fishing, 1950s, draggers.
SIDE B 00:49:52 -- 00:50:00
Discussion about Matthew and MacLean's store, his boat engine, shopping on Saturday night, and suits; Hughes' store, Leard's store, suits, Matthew and MacLean's, boat engines, fishing, shopping.
SIDE B 00:50:00 -- 01:00:19
Amy talks about traveling tailors, what she would buy at the store, trading oats for products, the egg circle, the different departments in Matthew and MacLean's, and bananas; bananas, Matthew and MacLean's, egg circles, trading, bartering, tailors, stores.
SIDE B 01:00:19 -- 01:03:05
Discussion about various topics including her father Jim Malone, living on the Souris Line Road, thrashing, living in the country, going to school at the convent, and her first time in Charlottetown; Charlottetown, Souris, Souris Line Road, thrashing, school, convents, Jim Malone.
Tape ends at 01:03:05.
