Audio file
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1999-10-29
Date Digitized
2010-09-02
Abstract
This is an interview with Louise Moase (nee Cairns) of New Annan, P.E.I. In this interview Louise talks about her birth, the end of WWI, her family, home remedies, school, life in the 1930s, life on the farm, homemade goods, her husband, her wedding, traveling in the winter, storms, Summerside, quiet Sundays, entertainment, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
00:47:36
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
***This tape is SIDE A only, SIDE B is titled West Kent.
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:00:53
Discussion about her birth the the family house; midwives, 1906.

SIDE A 00:00:53 -- 00:02:31
Discussion about the end of WWI and war parcels; WWI, 1918, WWII, war parcels.

SIDE A 00:02:31 -- 00:04:01
Discussion about her birth the the family house continues; midwives, doctors, 1906, whooping cough.

SIDE A 00:04:01 -- 00:06:36
Discussion about her family background; Winnifred Yeo, Benjamin Cairns, Wyman Cairns, Brad Cairns, Helen Cairns, Georgie Cairns.

SIDE A 00:06:36 -- 00:08:00
Discussion about home remedies; mustard plasters, home remedies, cod liver oil, sulfur and molasses.

SIDE A 00:08:00 -- 00:10:13
Discussion about school; school, 1923, valedictorian, Governor General's Medal.

SIDE A 00:10:13 -- 00:18:20
Discussion about life in the 1930s, life on the farm, and homemade goods; Great Depression, 1930s, wages, farmhands, general stores, homemade soap, washing machines, electricity, turnips, mangles, butter, cattle.

SIDE A 00:18:20 -- 00:21:08
Discussion about her husband and her double wedding and double birth with her sister; W. Albert Moase, Albert Moase, double wedding, double birth, Georgie Cairns, 1928, Dr. Sinclair.

SIDE A 00:21:08 -- 00:28:58
Discussion about school continues, with mention of her sister and traveling in the winters; Georgie Cairns, Governor General's Medal, Parkside School, winter travel, roads, pung sleighs, snowshoes, teachers, school subjects, deep snow, Jane Brehaut, Annie Stafford, manners.

SIDE A 00:28:58 -- 00:31:53
Discussion about various topics including deep snow, Summerside, and storms; deep snow, snow, Summerside, 1926, fires, storms, lightning storms.

SIDE A 00:31:53 -- 00:33:05
Discussion about quiet Sundays; quiet Sundays, Sundays, church.

SIDE A 00:33:05 -- 00:35:26
Discussion about apples and potatoes; apples, apple varieties, potatoes, potato varieties.

SIDE A 00:35:26 -- 00:39:48
Discussion about her husband and his work as a blacksmith and country vet, with mention of her family; blacksmiths, Moase, Albert Moase, country vet, veterinarians.

SIDE A 00:39:48 -- 00:41:48
Discussion about entertainment and businesses in Summerside; Summerside, entertainment, Willard Phillips, Sinclair and Stewart's, movie houses, Happyland.

SIDE A 00:41:48 -- 00:43:02
Discussion about her first car and walking; cars, walking, transportation.

SIDE A 00:44:10 -- 00:47:36
Discussion about various topics including gristmills, her nephew, and foxes; blacksmiths, gristmills, William Cairns, salt herring, butchering, pork, foxes, New Annan.

Tape ends at 00:47:36.