***Disclaimer - This interview contains language some may find inappropriate.
***The overall quality of the audio is fair, but there are occasional drops in the sound and the conversation becomes inaudible.
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:03
Discussion about eating different species of birds, specifically guillemots, loons, and gulls; guillemots, turrs, loons, gulls, bullbirds, Jack Reid, Newfoundland, birds.
SIDE A 00:03:03 -- 00:05:01
A story about his father's muzzle-loader; M. M. Gardner, Captain William Trenholm, muzzle-loader, Newfoundland, 1922, flint-lock, St. Pierre and Miquelon.
SIDE A 00:05:01 -- 00:07:02
Discussion about fishing haddock off of St. Pierre and Miquelon; jigging, salt, fishing, haddock, St. Pierre and Miquelon.
SIDE A 00:07:02 -- 00:16:30
Discussion about fishing for cod, with mention of the biggest codfish he ever caught; Louisbourg, salt cod, codfish, cod, cod prices, bait, cod fishing, Lewis and Co., fish buyers, market cod, steak cod, scrod, trading, Marine, Barbados, Maritime Fish Co., fish prices.
SIDE A 00:16:30 -- 00:20:40
A story about his father's muzzle-loader continues, with mention of the Sarah A. Townsend; Captain William Trenholm, muzzle-loader, hagdon, gulls, shooting, Sarah A. Townsend, topsail schooner, sails.
SIDE A 00:20:40 -- 00:28:24
A story about loading molasses in Barbados with his father; navigation, donkey engine, storytelling, Marine, bulldog engine, songs, sea shanties, niggerhead, puncheon, port charges, Gaspe, wages, Captain William Trenholm, 1924.
SIDE A 00:28:24 -- 00:34:13
Discussion about Dan Roberts and trips to Boston on the Marine; Dan Roberts, River John, crewman, 1925, Boston, Marine, Jim Trenholm, Harry Trenholm, Evalynne Trenholm, Gaspe, schooner.
SIDE A 00:34:14 -- 00:38:58
A story about a trip from Barbados to Sydney when his father made him first mate, with mention of having motorcycles on board; Ner-A-Car, Kingsley Carter, Barbados.
SIDE A 00:38:58 -- 00:40:45
Discussion about when he had his own ship, the Nellie Dixon, and how his father bought her; 1926, Louisbourg, Marine, Lunenburg, Nellie Dixon, auction.
SIDE A 00:40:45 -- 00:47:40
Discussion about Mary being on the Nellie Dixon as part of the crew; coal, cooking, crew, Nellie Dixon, WWII, swordfish, navy.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:40.
SIDE B 00:47:49 -- 00:49:57
Discussion about coal ships catching fire; Burchell, Bras D'Or, coal ships, fire.
SIDE B 00:49:57 -- 00:52:12
Discussion about taking lumber to New York; New York, Manhattan, Newtown Creek, lumber, shipping, Astoria, New York, New Jersey, Hoboken, Newark, 1920s, 1930s, Marine.
SIDE B 00:52:12 -- 00:57:17
Discussion about rough areas in New York, with mention of thieves and pickpockets; watchman, New York, thieves, pickpockets, Captain Killson, revolver, gun, watches, pickpockets, binnacle hole, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan.
SIDE B 00:57:17 -- 01:00:00
Discussion about Tom's uncle who lived in New York and a trip to New York in 1923; New York, 1923, gas lights, Captain Bouton, Marine,
SIDE B 01:00:00 -- 01:15:05
Discussion about navigation and how to use a sextant; Brown's Nautical Almanac, Greenwich mean time, celestial navigation, time zones, daylight savings time, meridian altitude, standard time, trade winds, North Star, sextant, navigation,
SIDE B 01:15:06 -- 01:17:00
Discussion about Captain Slocum and the Bay of Fundy; Captain Slocum, Bay of Fundy, fog.
SIDE B 01:17:00 -- 01:25:37
Discussion about Captain George Dunn and Captain Milton Chapman, with mention of towing ammunition barges in Halifax during WWII; Captain George Dunn, Captain Milton Chapman, ammunition barges, Halifax, WWII, tugboats, Halifax Basin, magnetic mines, U-boats, submarines, wages.
SIDE B 01:25:37 -- 01:26:37
Discussion about tugboats; tugboats, wages.
SIDE B 01:26:37 -- 01:31:29
Discussion about the Surf, a U. S. steam yacht, and a story about a trip to Newfoundland during WWII; W. M. MacDonald, Surf, steam yacht, Margaree Steamship Co., Newfoundland, WWII, coal,
SIDE B 01:31:29 -- 01:35:33
Discussion about Mary and Tom's 75th anniversary, the time the first met, and Mary's life at sea; Mary Trenholm, school, Louisbourg, Christmas.
Tape ends at 01:35:33.
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