Leonard LeClair

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: LeClair, Leonard
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2006-08-31
Date Digitized
2010-12-20
Abstract
This is an interview with Leonard LeClair of Rusticoville and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Leonard talks about the Hindenburg, his brothers and their service in WWII, his service in WWII, midwives, working at the Queen Hotel, Dr. Jack Jenkins, working for Perfection Foods, the family farm, how he met his wife, the 1930s, his parents, home remedies, homemade clothes, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Rusticoville, PE
Charlottetown, PE
Normandy, France
Subject (Temporal)
1930s
1917
WWII
1935
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:14
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:02:43
Discussion about the Hindenburg with Eva Gauthier and Lucy LeClair; Hindenburg, Eva Gauthier, zeppelins, 1935, Lucy LeClair.

SIDE A 00:02:43 -- 00:07:35
Discussion about his brothers and their service in the military; WWII, Korean War.

SIDE A 00:07:35 -- 00:31:33
Discussion about his service in WWII; gunner, artillery, 8th Siege, Aldershot, doodle-bugs, blitzes, bombing, Normandy, Cannes, German soldiers, 8th Siege Battery, Blitz, war letters, marching, war uniforms, horse meat.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:33.
SIDE B 00:31:40 -- 00:35:15
Discussion about his birth and midwives; Dr. Stevenson, Rusticoville, midwives, 1917, Julie LeClair.

SIDE B 00:35:15 -- 00:38:33
Discussion about working at the Queen Hotel and Dr. Jack Jenkins; Queen Hotel, Dr. Jenkins, Dr. Jack Jenkins, liquor scripts, Upton Airport, Alice DeCoste.

SIDE B 00:38:33 -- 00:39:35
Discussion about tobacco; WWII, tobacco, cigarettes, smoking.

SIDE B 00:39:35 -- 00:41:43
Discussion about working at the Queen Hotel continues; Queen Hotel, wages, 1930s, Harry Brown, rum boats.

SIDE B 00:41:43 -- 00:45:33
Discussion about working for Perfection Foods; Central Creamery, Perfection Foods, cream, milk, cream cans, butter.

SIDE B 00:45:33 -- 00:48:10
Discussion about living in Charlottetown and how he met his wife Lucy; Lucy LeClair, Charlottetown.

SIDE B 00:48:10 -- 00:49:58
Discussion about his grandmother LeClair; LeClair.

SIDE B 00:49:58 -- 00:52:01
Discussion about the Hindenburg and rum runners; Hindenburg, zeppelins, rum runners, kegs of rum, rum running, hidden rum.

SIDE B 00:52:01 -- 00:57:16
Discussion about the family farm, his father, and the 1930s; Prosper LeClair, 1930s, Great Depression, Depression, farming, pigs, butchering.

SIDE B 00:57:16 -- 00:58:04
Discussion about his mother and homemade clothes; homemade clothes, gum rubbers, Alice LeClair.

SIDE B 00:58:04 -- 00:59:14
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, Castor oil, kerosene.

SIDE B 00:59:14 -- 01:00:23
Discussion about using eel skins as bootlaces; eels.

SIDE B 01:00:23 -- 01:02:10
Discussion about his mother continues; homemade clothes, dungarees, Alice LeClair.

SIDE B 01:02:10 -- 01:02:49
Discussion about his father's death; Prosper LeClair, appendicitis.

SIDE B 01:02:49 -- 01:03:14
Discussion about King Goose Gallant; King Goose Gallant, cards, card games.

Tape ends at 01:03:14.