SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:06:39
Discussion about her family, with a story about her grandparents dying in an accident at Christmas; accidents, trains, Emerald Junction, John MacKenzie, Barbara Corbett, Barbara MacKenzie, 1914, Christmas, Gamester.
SIDE A 00:06:39 -- 00:12:22
Discussion about Breadalbane, with mention of Margate and Kensington; traveling, Kensington, Margate, shopping, Breadalbane, Warren's Hotel, James Warren, Ivan Kennedy, Dr. Murchison, Pomroy Murray, movies, power plants, railway stations, skating, Bruce Yeo, station agents, Palmroy Murray, Graham Gamester.
SIDE A 00:12:22 -- 00:14:34
Discussion about trips to Summerside and Charlottetown, with mention of her first ride in a car; traveling, cars, games, Summerside.
SIDE A 00:14:34 -- 00:16:18
Discussion about various topics including the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, Ed Ross, quarantines, chewing tobacco, Dr. Bouyer.
SIDE A 00:16:18 -- 00:20:01
Discussion about home remedies and Dr. Beer; home remedies, goose grease, turpentine, Dr. Beer, house calls.
SIDE A 00:20:01 -- 00:21:39
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, dolls.
SIDE A 00:21:39 -- 00:24:00
Discussion about life on the family farm and horses; horses, chores, harrowing, courting.
SIDE A 00:24:00 -- 00:26:11
Discussion about various topics including blacksmiths, two men in Breadalbane with wooden legs, and the Harvest Excursion; Doc Power, blacksmiths, Allan Cummings, Roddie MacKay, wooden legs, Harvest Excursion, Calvin Gamester.
SIDE A 00:26:11 -- 00:28:57
Discussion about various topics including church, walking, and the Devil's Punch Bowl; Devil's Punch Bowl, walking, church.
SIDE A 00:28:57 -- 00:31:48
Discussion about tough times and flour bag clothes; flour bag clothes, tough times, flour bags, potato picking, wages, cleaning, housework, self sufficiency.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:48.
SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:34:40
Discussion about Kennedy's store in Breadalbane; Kennedy's store, Breadalbane, stores, Ivan Kennedy, undertakers, raspberries, coffins, bartering.
SIDE B 00:34:40 -- 00:37:25
Discussion about tough times continues, with mention of Pomroy Murray's ice house; self sufficiency, tough times, jam, strawberries, cooking, food, ice houses, Pomroy Murray, blue potatoes, pork, ice.
SIDE B 00:37:25 -- 00:40:00
Discussion about delivery men and peddlers; Roddie Nicholson, Hector MacKenzie, peddlers, Bob MacLeod, eggs, delivery men, egg man, humpty-dumpties, peddlers, Thomas Michael, Frank Reid, express wagons.
SIDE B 00:40:00 -- 00:46:35
Discussion about her life in Breadalbane, with mention of Gaelic, school, and her first job; Breadalbane, school, Gaelic, Mac Buchanan, Ray Dixon, Raymond Dixon, Kennedy's store, wages, Ivan Kennedy.
SIDE B 00:46:35 -- 00:48:12
Discussion about her first time off the Island and her honeymoon; traveling, honeymoons.
SIDE B 00:48:12 -- 00:49:30
Discussion about the deep snow in 1923; 1923, snow, deep snow, breaking the roads.
SIDE B 00:49:30 -- 00:50:16
Discussion about milk; milk, cheese factories, Emerald, slovens, Jim Dixon, milkman.
SIDE B 00:50:16 -- 00:52:09
Discussion about the first radio she remembers and house parties; radio, Alf MacEwan, house parties, fiddlers, Alf Parsons.
SIDE B 00:52:09 -- 00:53:18
Discussion about Christmas continues; Christmas, Christmas dinner, geese, plum pudding, taffy, fudge.
SIDE B 00:53:18 -- 00:55:09
Discussion about wool and knitting; wool, clothes, spinning, knitting, homemade clothes, dyes.
SIDE B 00:55:09 -- 00:56:11
Discussion about women's work and changes in health care; health care, women's work.
SIDE B 00:56:11 -- 00:57:25
Discussion about the telephone and electricity; telephones, electricity, 1977, 1970s, power.
SIDE B 00:57:25 -- 00:58:24
Discussion about working at Kirkwood; Kirkwood, Carl Burke.
SIDE B 00:58:24 -- 01:01:09
Discussion about Elton Woodside and the South Granville Church; Elton Woodside, South Granville, South Granville Church, organs, Rev. Donald Nicholson, Dorothy MacLure, Robert Corbett, Scots.
SIDE B 01:01:09 -- 01:02:58
Discussion about quiet Sundays and her family; quiet Sundays, Sundays, cooking .
SIDE B 01:02:58 -- 01:03:48
Ruby takes a telephone call.
Tape ends at 01:03:48.
