SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:36
Discussion about the Gawn side of her family; Gawn, Isle of Man.
SIDE A 00:01:36 -- 00:03:15
Discussion about home remedies; earache, cod liver oil, syrup of figs.
SIDE A 00:03:15 -- 00:04:25
Discussion about molasses, treacle, and marmite; molasses, treacle, marmite.
SIDE A 00:04:25 -- 00:05:58
Discussion about her father, Alfred, and his work as a bus conductor in London; double-decker bus, WWII.
SIDE A 00:05:58 -- 00:08:01
Discussion about her mother, Edith Dyer, and her family; Edith Dyer, gardener.
SIDE A 00:08:01 -- 00:09:39
Discussion about picking berries and rowing on the Thames; berry picking, berries, Thames, picnic.
SIDE A 00:09:39 -- 00:13:25
Discussion about life in England when she was growing up; The Great Depression, Croydon, shops, stores, milkman, fish monger, butcher shop.
SIDE A 00:13:25 -- 00:17:03
Discussion about leaving school at age 14 to become a sewing apprentice; sewing, embroidery.
SIDE A 00:17:03 -- 00:18:39
Discussion about joining the WAAF at age 17 and airplanes in the 1930s; 1930s, biplanes, airplanes, WAAF.
SIDE A 00:18:39 -- 00:24:45
Discussion about the bombing of England during WWII, with a story about a rat jumping in the shelter with them; blitzkrieg, England, WWII, bombing, bomb shelter.
SIDE A 00:24:45 -- 00:31:41
Discussion about joining the WAAF continues, with mention of barrage balloons; 1940, Winston Churchill, radio, Lord Haw-Haw, barrage balloons, Leading Aircraftwoman, wages, WAAF, Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
SIDE A 00:31:41 -- 00:31:46
Discussion about rationing during WWII; rationing, WWII.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:46.
SIDE B 00:31:55 -- 00:33:59
Discussion about rationing during WWII continues, with mention of bombing; Sheffield, rationing, WWII, drippings, rations, powdered eggs, bombing.
SIDE B 00:33:59 -- 00:41:46
Discussion about how she met her husband Bruce, and his service in WWII; WWII, Bruce Crane, gunner, 8th Medium Battalion Artillery, 1945.
SIDE B 00:41:16 -- 00:46:15
Discussion about moving to a farm on PEI with her husband Bruce after the war; cold weather, outhouse, Hazelbrook, Susan Jones Andrews.
SIDE B 00:46:15 -- 00:51:48
Discussion about her wedding in 1945, Bruce leaving for France, and friendly fire; wedding, wedding dress, 1945, friendly fire, WWII.
SIDE B 00:51:48 -- 00:53:22
Discussion about V1 and V2 rockets during WWII; V2 rockets, WWII, V1 rockets, doodle-bug.
SIDE B 00:53:22 -- 00:54:39
Discussion about English people during the war; WWII, royal family, Winston Churchill, England.
SIDE B 00:54:39 -- 00:57:29
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, Father Christmas, Christmas dinner.
SIDE B 00:57:29 -- 00:58:20
Discussion about rationing during WWII, with mention of fruit; fruit, rationing, rations, WWII.
SIDE B 00:58:20 -- 00:59:19
Discussion about her wedding dinner and cake; wedding, wedding cake.
SIDE B 00:59:19 -- 01:03:40
Discussion about coming to Canada on the RMS Queen Mary after the war; RMS Queen Mary, Pier 21, PEI.
Tape ends at 01:03:40.
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