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SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:14
Brief discussion about local mills; water mill, Baltic, Gowanbrae, shingles, lumber, superstitions.
SIDE A 00:01:14 -- 00:02:22
Brief discussion about catching lobsters in the early 1900s; lobsters, early 1900s, poor.
SIDE A 00:02:22 -- 00:06:24
Discussion about butchering pigs according to the moon and other superstitions, with mention of family; superstitions, moon, pigs, butcher, pig feed, tides, wheat, fishing, buoys.
SIDE A 00:06:24 -- 00:10:23
Discussion about his family and the Souris area; 1918, 1922, Bristol, Perkins, Cambridge, immigrants, adze, shipbuilding, Dan Gregory, Neil MacDonald, MacLean, Knight, family, Souris, religion, wharf, Babineau's Wharf.
SIDE A 00:10:23 -- 00:12:50
A story about Peter MacPhee, with mention of Protestants and Catholics and the history of Souris; Protestants, Catholics, Pete MacPhee, J. J. Hughes, Pettipas, coal, Souris, religion.
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SIDE A 00:12:50 -- 00:14:16
Discussion about local starch factories; MacLean, starch factory, starch, Bob Dixon, Gowanbrae, East Baltic, potatoes, J. J. Hughes.
SIDE A 00:14:16 -- 00:17:18
Discussion about blacksmiths, wakes, and funerals; 1900, Pat Hennessey, will, drinking, wakes, blacksmiths, funerals.
SIDE A 00:17:18 -- 00:19:27
A story about the only woman to have dinner on a rum vessel, with mention of cigarettes; rum running, Hilda MacDonald, Hilda MacPhee, Chester MacDonald, cigarettes, Captain Dicks, Captain Fudge, rum prices, cigarette prices.
SIDE A 00:19:27 -- 00:22:39
Discussion about WWII, with mention of zig zags crossing the Atlantic and seasickness; New Amsterdam, torpedoes, Scotland, Halifax, WWII, zig zag, seasickness, CWAC, Niuew Amsterdam.
SIDE A 00:22:39 -- 00:25:17
Discussion about home rememdies, including MacIntyre Blue Potatoes and salt herring; salt herring, MacIntyre Blue Potatoes, home remedies, cod liver oil, sulphur, molasses, cure, Ryan.
SIDE A 00:25:17 -- 00:27:50
Discussion about potatoes; Early Rose, Irish Cobbler, MacIntyre Blue, black potatoes, Robert Baker, Green Mountain, potatoes.
SIDE A 00:27:50 -- 00:31:16
Discussion about Reggie MacDonald's vessels and a German submarine near Souris; 1943, Arnold Gaudet, car ferry, Abegweit, Reggie MacDonald, Orell, Lunenburg, sealing, Tignish, WWII, submarine, German submarine, u-boat.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:16.
SIDE B 00:31:21 -- 00:34:47
Discussion about general stores the Souris area, and Neil MacPee; Eddie Robinson, Theodore Robinson, Chepstow, Dixon's, Baltic, convenience store, general store, Fraser's, Angus MacPhee, Frank Mossey, North Lake, Red Neil, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:34:47 -- 00:45:18
Discussion about growing up in Chepstow, fishing, and MacLean's Wharf; Gregory, 1824, England, Souris, Chepstow, food, fish prices, 1937, MacLean's Wharf, fishing, wages, Billy MacLean, Harry MacLean, lobsters, fish, Fairbanks engines, 1930, potato house, Tom Kickum, Roy MacLean, Matthew and MacLean's, credit, lobster factories, farming, MacDonald, freezer, due bill.
SIDE B 00:45:18 -- 00:46:08
Brief discussion about milliners and fur tailors; milliner, millinery, Vaughan, fur tailors, fur.
SIDE B 00:46:08 -- 00:50:51
Discussion about MacLean's Wharf continues; cans, Great Depression, wages, Matthew and MacLean's, MacLean's, job, 1930s, mortgages, John Knight, horse shed, Hughes, Stern.
SIDE B 00:50:51 -- 00:51:35
Brief discussion about livery stables in Souris; veterinarian, Dr. Fred MacDonald, livery stables, Souris.
SIDE B 00:51:35 -- 00:53:34
Discussion about prohibition, rum running, and bootlegging; rum prices, prohibition, rum running, bootlegging, liquor prices, horse sheds, Bryce MacKay.
SIDE B 00:53:34 -- 00:59:00
Discussion about Hughes' store and Stern's store, with mention of MacLean's and salting fish; Roy MacLean, Hughes' store, Stern's store, MacLean's, Nutwood, cod, salt prices, salting fish, Malagash, 1917, 1930s, solar salt, pay day, groceries, Matthew and MacLean's.
SIDE B 00:59:00 -- 01:03:20
Discussion about MacLean's continues, with mention of egg grading, shipping, hangouts, and warehouses; oats, egg grading, egg prices, hangouts, MacLean's, warehouse, medicine, drugs, shipping, warehouses, 1930s.
Tape ends at 01:03:20.
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