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Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1996-04-24
Date Digitized
2010-06-25
Abstract
This interview is with Benjamin Lloyd Weeks of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family's coal business, city dumps, wharves, ships, shipping, working on ships with his father, rum running, his family, Drake the iceman, Chief Birtwhistle, and his friends.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:35:37
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:10:34
Discussion about his family's coal yard, the city dumps, and the Butts; coal yard, David and Fraser, city dumps, Dr. Keeping, rats, the Butts, shooting range.

SIDE A 00:10:34 -- 00:20:14
A story about a house that sunk and discussion about wharves, with mention of coal; Rocky Point, wharves, Pickard's wharf, Dulver, lighthouse, Buntain's wharf, coal, Springhill coal.

SIDE A 00:20:14 -- 00:41:10
Discussion about working on ships with his father, shipping, and sea captains, with mention of the Charlottetown Hotel; Geldart, four master, coal, Hochelga, steamers, SS Harland, Harland, Captain MacLean, Alfred Trenholm, cargo, shipping routes, ferry, Charlottetown Hotel, ship carpenter, 1928, lightning, WWII, dredging, Alberton, Hedley Weeks.

SIDE A 00:41:10 -- 00:45:29
A story about going to Montreal by train with his father; trains, traveling.

SIDE A 00:45:29 -- 00:47:42
Discussion about his family; Hedley Weeks, Walter Weeks, Cockshutt dealer, coal, farm machinery.

SIDE A ends at 00:47:42.
SIDE B 00:47:54 -- 00:48:28
Discussion about his family continues; Walter Weeks.

***A few minutes of the following discussion are of poor audio quality and are mostly inaudible.
SIDE B 00:48:28 -- 01:08:00
Discussion about their coal business; coal yard, coal, Captain Poley, Carl Kelly, coal prices, Bayview Coal, DeBloise, Pickard, Gillis, Murphy, Large, Sally Foster, Dave Walker, Sydney coal, Pictou coal, Virginia coal, English coal, oil, coal burning, base burners.

SIDE B 01:08:00 -- 01:10:30
Discussion about Drake the iceman; Drake, iceman, ice, Pond Street.

SIDE B 01:10:30 -- 01:13:28
A story about rum running and the Green Lantern bar in Summerside; Green Lantern, rum running, Clovie Perry, Summerside, Water Street, bootleggers.

SIDE B 01:13:28 -- 01:19:27
A story about Joe Ball and a rum boat on fire and a story about a North Side rum runner; rum running, fire, Joe Ball, tricks, salt, salt trick, sugar, cutter.

SIDE B 01:19:27 -- 01:23:51
Discussion about sailing from East Point and the Nellie J. Banks; Captain Dicks, Nellie J. Banks, East Point, schooners, Dalvay, George DeBlois.

SIDE B 01:23:51 -- 01:25:12
Discussion about his friend Gordon DeBlois who was killed in WWII, with mention of Al Rogers; WWII, letters, Al Rogers.

SIDE B 01:25:12 -- 01:28:21
Discussion about Chief Birtwhistle, with mention of Johnny Andrews; Chief Birtwhistle, Rose Birtwhistle.

SIDE B 01:28:21 -- 01:31:30
Discussion about a lantern he got from a mine in Pictou County; Pictou County, coal mine, mine lantern.

SIDE B 01:31:30 -- 01:35:37
Discussion about Mac Irwin's boat, milk delivery, and Week's Grocery; Mac Irwin, Week's Grocery, milk delivery, milkman.

Tape ends at 01:35:37.