Charlie Scranton T2 [Tape Two]

Interview

Thompson, Reg "Dutch"

Scranton, Charlie

2010-02-08

00:59:55

This is an interview with Charlie Scranton of Guysborough County, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Charlie talks about doctors, Guysborough, his mother and her cooking, Christmas, sheep and wool, farming, school, how he got started with poultry, moving to PEI, WWII, his family history, and various other topics.

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Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:04:40 Discussion about Dr. Buckley; Dr. Buckley, doctors, medicine, cures. | SIDE A 00:04:40 -- 00:05:48 Discussion about Guysborough; Guysborough, Credit Union, Poultry Club. | SIDE A 00:05:48 -- 00:07:47 Discussion about blueberries and rhubarb; blueberries, rhubarb. | SIDE A 00:07:47 -- 00:09:02 Discussion about his mother and her cooking; cooking, Mary Jane Crane, Mary Crane, Mary Scranton, turnips. | SIDE A 00:09:02 -- 00:10:24 Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, Christmas dinner, presents. | SIDE A 00:10:24 -- 00:13:56 Discussion about sheep, wool, and hooking; sheep, wool, hooking, quilting. | SIDE A 00:13:56 -- 00:15:57 Discussion about Christmas continues, with mention of skating; Christmas trees, Christmas, skating. | SIDE A 00:15:57 -- 00:22:15 Discussion about school; school, South Manchester School, Manchester, one room school, teachers, Guysborough Academy, Alden B. Carter, Percy Moulton, Ambrose Rogers, basketball. | SIDE A 00:22:15 -- 00:30:19 Discussion about how he got starting with poultry; Agricultural College, ducks, poultry, duck prices, eggs, egg grading, candling eggs, egg inspector, New York Dressed chicken, Canada Packers. | SIDE A ends at 00:30:19. SIDE B 00:30:39 -- 00:36:10 Discussion about his work with poultry continues; poultry, Royal Winter Fair, roosters, castrating, caponization, egg grading, capon. | SIDE B 00:36:10 -- 00:39:31 Discussion about moving to PEI and his first jobs here; PEI, CFCY, 1940, Watkins man, wages, A.J. Darnell, Brent Currie. | SIDE B 00:39:31 -- 00:43:55 Discussion about life during WWII; Camp Borden, Borden, WWII. | SIDE B 00:43:55 -- 00:47:12 Discussion about coming back to PEI after the war; 1945, roads, Hal Spillett, cars, driving, Dillon and Spillett, Everett MacDougall. | SIDE B 00:47:12 -- 00:48:03 Discussion about schooners; schooners, shipping. | SIDE B 00:48:03 -- 00:50:40 Discussion about Wellington MacNeill; Wellington MacNeill, money, Alfred MacNeill. | SIDE B 00:50:40 -- 00:54:24 Discussion about farming; farming, pigs, salt pork, ham, pork, stooks, oats, grain, thrashing, threshing. | SIDE B 00:54:24 -- 00:57:07 Discussion about various topics including the Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion, Bill MacLean, Ernest Scranton, E.R. Scranton. | SIDE B 00:57:07 -- 00:59:55 Discussion about his family background; ancestors, Mayflower, Rev. Scranton, Rev. Erasmeus Scranton, 1610, Planter, John Scranton, American Indians, Native Americans. | Tape ends at 00:59:55.