Johnny Reid T1 [Tape One]

Contributors

Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"

Interviewee: Reid, Johnny Henry

Researcher: MacKay, Paul

Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul

Date Recorded

2009-03-17

Date Digitized

2011-01-07

Abstract

This is an interview with Johnny Henry Reid of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Johnny talks about his parents and his family history, Charlottetown, Christmas, school, schooners and the waterfront, selling moonshine, Johnny's Fish and Chips, working in Amherst, his marriage, the Prince Edward Lounge, Stompin' Tom Connors, and stories about his businesses.

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Physical Location

Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson

Duration

01:04:00

Member of

Dutch Thompson Audio Collection

Model

1 1 Item in Collection

Transcript

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:10:25
Discussion about his parents and family history; immigration, Alice Reid, Alice Mamye, 1924, Arabic, Eid, peddlers, pack peddlers, racism, prejudice, John E. Sinclair.

SIDE A 00:10:25 -- 00:11:35
Discussion about hospitals in Charlottetown; hospitals, 1926, Charlottetown Hospital, Charlottetown, Longsworth Avenue.

SIDE A 00:11:35 -- 00:14:34
Discussion about Christmas and where he grew up in Charlottetown; Christmas, presents, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, Charlottetown.

SIDE A 00:14:34 -- 00:16:50
Discussion about school; model school, West Kent School, teachers, E. D. Reid, 1932, Charlottetown.

SIDE A 00:16:50 -- 00:17:20
Discussion about schooners in the harbour; schooners, Charlottetown, Water Street.

SIDE A 00:17:20 -- 00:19:12
Discussion about his job on the railway; railway.

SIDE A 00:19:12 -- 00:27:40
Discussion about selling moonshine and stories about the RCMP; RCMP, moonshine, liquor, taxes.

SIDE A 00:27:40 -- 00:31:54
Discussion about Johnny's Fish and Chips; fish and chips, 1946, Johnny's Fish and Chips, restaurants.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:54.
SIDE B 00:32:01 -- 00:33:30
Discussion about Johnny's Fish and Chips; fish and chips, 1946, Johnny's Fish and Chips, restaurants, cod prices, radio ads, advertising.

SIDE B 00:33:30 -- 00:34:20
Discussion about his first job; wages.

SIDE B 00:34:20 -- 00:37:48
Discussion about working in Amherst for Canadian Car and Foundry; Amherst, Canadian Car and Foundry, George Reid, Can Car, fires, Mosquito Bomber, WWII.

SIDE B 00:37:48 -- 00:40:32
Discussion about his fish and chips business continues; fish and chips, Johnny's Fish and Chips, fish, Judson Foods, ADL, Ken Judson, Weymouth Street.

SIDE B 00:40:32 -- 00:48:25
Discussion about getting married in Halifax and getting the idea to build the Prince Edward Lounge; Prince Edward Lounge, Anne Murray, Gene MacLellan.

SIDE B 00:48:25 -- 00:52:09
Discussion about his fish and chips business continues, with mention of delivering food at the jail; Johnny's Fish and Chips, restaurants, 1911 Jail.

SIDE B 00:52:09 -- 00:52:42
Discussion about lobster; lobster, fertilizer, lobster prices.

SIDE B 00:52:42 -- 00:56:50
Discussion about relief, tough times, and his parents; relief, welfare, codfish, coal, paperboy, wages, Frank Reid.

SIDE B 00:56:50 -- 00:59:59
Discussion about businesses on the waterfront; waterfront, Charlottetown, Paoli's Wharf, Rocky Point, ferries, Bruce Stewart's, cattle yard, coal yard, Large's, rum running, Hochelega.

SIDE B 00:59:59 -- 01:04:00
Discussion about the Prince Edward Lounge continues, with stories about Stompin Tom Connors; 1967, nightclubs, Prince Edward Lounge, Platters, Tiajuana Brass, Stompin Tom Connors, Hal Lone Pine, John Allan Cameron.

Tape ends at 01:04:00.