***Disclaimer - This interview contains language some may find inappropriate.
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:41
Discussion about his grandtfather, James MacLean, and his forge; forge, blacksmith, James MacLean, welding, shipbuilding, Georgetown, schooners, Pictou, Lydia, Murray Harbour North, Margaret Johnson.
SIDE A 00:03:41 -- 00:05:36
Discussion about his father and the Adams family; Melinda Adams, Cape George, Adams, Boston, Nettie MacLean, Maybelle MacLean, Claude MacLean.
SIDE A 00:05:36 -- 00:06:55
Discussion about his birth in the family house; birth, Annabelle Morrison, mid-wife, 1904, Peter's Road.
SIDE A 00:06:55 -- 00:12:19
Discussion about working as a Soldier of the Sod during WWI, farming, ploughing, and school; Cambridge, farming, ploughing, Soldiers of the Sod, WWI, Alma School, school, teachers, Lester McGuigan, single plow, Matt Beaton, Lizzy Goodwin, Peter's Road.
SIDE A 00:12:19 -- 00:20:12
Discussion about gristmills and life in Montague; MacRae's, gristmills, Wellington Johnson's, general store, miller's toll, horses, church, McCloskey's, Dan VanIderstine, dogs.
SIDE A 00:20:12 -- 00:21:44
Discussion about fights at the Sturgeon tea socials; MacGuigan, McCloskey, Sturgeon tea social, fights.
SIDE A 00:21:44 -- 00:24:23
Discussion about Minnie McGee, who murdered her six children; Minnie McGee, 1912, asylum, McGuigan, Sturgeon, 1937, Charlottetown, murder.
SIDE A 00:24:23 -- 00:29:53
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion and Dan VanIderstine; Halifax Explosion, 1917, Peter's Road, St. Mary's Road, WWI, milkman, Dan VanIderstine, cheese factory, Gasperaux, milk.
SIDE A 00:29:53 -- 00:31:50
Discussion about Minnie McGee continues, with mention of her husband Patrick; St. Mary's Road, Minnie McGee, Patrick McGee, murder, poison, brimstone, lumber woods.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:50.
SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:32:44
Discussion about Patrick and Minnie McGee continues; murder, poison, Minnie McGee, Patrick McGee, brimstone.
SIDE B 00:32:44 -- 00:36:04
Discussion about local general stores; Archie Johnson, Clow's, Sinclair's, molasses, candy, molasses prices.
SIDE B 00:36:04 -- 00:41:20
Discussion about doctors, the Spanish Flu, wakes, and funerals; doctors, 1918 flu, Spanish Flu, cures, rum, tobacco, Johnson, funerals, tuberculosis, Arch Johnson, wakes, McCairn's.
SIDE B 00:41:20 -- 00:43:33
Discussion about his grandfather, fights, and the Graham sisters; Jack Stewart, fights, Graham.
SIDE B 00:43:33 -- 00:45:05
Discussion about Christmas gifts; toys, Christmas, Christmas gifts.
SIDE B 00:45:05 -- 00:48:05
Discussion about the woolen mill, farming, and clam canning; Line Road, cattle, clams, quahogs, clam canning, farming, woolen mills, wool.
SIDE B 00:48:05 -- 01:03:51
Discussion about the Harvest Excursion, with mention of fights, wages, and trouble making; 1921, 1928, wages, Saskatchewan, thrashing, Harvest Excursion, accommodations, flies, train, Western Canada, train fare, train tickets, music, Ivy Garrett, fights, Regina, Fred Morrison, Harry VanIderstine.
Tape ends at 01:03:51.
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