Charlie Scranton T1 [Tape One]

Interview

Thompson, Reg "Dutch"

Scranton, Charlie

2010-01-19

01:02:31

This is an interview with Charlie Scranton of Guysborough County, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Charlie talks about his birth, his ancestors and the family farm, his parents, fishing and farming, the Guysborough area, religion, the Moases Coady Institute, his brothers, his first jobs, his work with poultry, and various other topics.

All content on this site is made available for personal research and private study only. Any other reuse, reproduction, or re-purposing may require the permission of the rightsholder(s); please contact the UPEI Library for more information on permissions/clearances.

Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson

***Disclaimer - This interview contains language and subject matter some may find inappropriate. SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:01:28 Discussion about his birth on New Years in 1916; New Years Baby, 1916, Guysborough, Royalbank, bank account. | SIDE A 00:01:28 -- 00:10:43 Discussion about his ancestors and the family farm in Manchester; William Scranton, Fennie Scranton, ancestors, Captain David Scranton, loyalists, slaves, slavery, Tom Scranton, oxen, Manchester, fireplaces. | SIDE A 00:10:43 -- 00:19:35 Discussion about his father's work as a fisherman, with mention of farming; fishermen, Fennie Scranton, William Cranton, Cape Cod, soil, fishing, salmon, farming, salmon prices, salmon smacks, lobster, lobster prices. | SIDE A 00:19:35 -- 00:20:49 Discussion about the Moases Coady Institute; Alec MacIsaac, Moases Coady Institute, public speaking, Father Moases Coady. | SIDE A 00:20:49 -- 00:22:21 Discussion about his brothers and his birth; Henry Scranton, Ernest Scranton, childbirth, Dr. George Buckley, Guysborough, 1916. | SIDE A 00:22:21 -- 00:26:02 Discussion about his battle with blood poisoning; blood poisoning, Dr. Buckley, Dr. MacIsaac, Epsom salts. | SIDE A 00:26:02 -- 00:30:43 Discussion about his mother, with mention of Canso and how her parents met; Mary Jane Crane, Newfoundlanders, Captain Horton, Canso. | SIDE A ends at 00:30:43. SIDE B 00:30:51 -- 00:32:29 Discussion about cod liver oil, fishing, and a story about a whale; fishing, cod liver oil, whales, mackerel. | SIDE B 00:32:29 -- 00:36:45 Discussion about traveling and the roads; roads, shipping, steamers, cars, transportation, Model-T Ford, schooners, Captain Horton. | SIDE B 00:36:45 -- 00:39:49 Discussion about alcohol and tobacco; alcohol, tobacco, chewing tobacco. | SIDE B 00:39:49 -- 00:42:05 Discussion about religion and church; religion, church, quiet Sundays, Sundays. | SIDE B 00:42:05 -- 00:46:25 Discussion about his family and cooking; Mary Scranton, cooking, Helen Scranton, Mary Crane, corned beef, ham. | SIDE B 00:46:25 -- 00:49:47 Discussion about lobster and fish; lobster, fish, cod, salt cod, cod prices, peddling, fish peddlers, mackerel, fish prices, Tinker. | SIDE B 00:49:47 -- 00:51:02 Discussion about his first job; thrashing, threshing. | SIDE B 00:51:02 -- 00:52:29 Discussion about sheep; sheep, Cheviots. | SIDE B 00:52:29 -- 00:57:29 Discussion about his work with poultry; poultry, ducks, chickens, chicken prices, eggs, Agricultural College, chicks, Barred Rocks chickens, New Hampshire chickens, SIDE B 00:57:29 -- 00:58:58 Discussion about electricity, the telephone, and the radio; electricity, telephone, radio. | SIDE B 00:58:58 -- 01:02:31 Discussion about traveling and stores in the Guysborough area; Guysborough, Boylestown, Cunningham, stores, horseshoeing. | Tape ends at 01:02:31.