Roy Clow T19 [Tape Nineteen]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Clow, Roy
Researcher: Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
Date Recorded
2008-02-08
Date Digitized
2010-02-25
Abstract
The last of Roy Clows interviews continues talking about Joe Condon's love of lobster and never getting three of his trucks registered. He goes on to talk about Ralph Condon and their school days, his career in the Fisheries, becoming a second mate of the Seakness and getting the untrained captain fired, Reg Macdonald the bootlegger and transporting rum, and Clear Springs Lobster Factory owned by the Johnson who was also involved in liquor. He also goes on about his mother working at the Pictou Island Factory, working for 25 cents a day, and Donald Ross's massive bull.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Souris, PE
Clear Springs, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1930s
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:04:15
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:01:52
Joe Condon's love of lobsters, his 3 trucks, and how he never got them registered; trucks, lobster, Joe Condon.

SIDE A 00:01:52 -- 00:04:24
Ralph Condon took a shotgun to school and for they would shoot it; Ralph Condon, guns, school.

SIDE A 00:04:24 -- 00:08:41
St. Pauls Island, shooting seals and all of the shipwrecks in the surrounding coast, and Roy's career in the Fisheries; St. Paul's Island, seals, sealing, shipwrecks, Fisheries.

SIDE A 00:08:41 -- 00:19:05
Stories about Roy's job as as second mate of the Seakness; sea captains, sceond mate, Fisheries, Seakness.

SIDE A 00:19:05 -- 00:26:26
Roy speaks about Reg MacDonald the bootlegger, the Johnson's and Gordan Haines, and how they transported rum in the day time using bails of straw and sheep as camoflage; rum runners, rum running, bootlegging, bootleggers, Reg MacDonald, Gordon Haines, Souris.

SIDE A 00:26:26 -- 00:27:36
The lobster fatory in Clear Springs and how the Johnsons unloaded liquor there; Clear Springs, lobster factories, rum running, rum runners, bootlegger, bootlegging.

SIDE A 00:27:36 -- 00:30:14
Discussion about Roy's mother working on a Pictou Island factory, with mention of working on farms; lobster factories, Pictou Island.

SIDE A 00:30:14 -- 00:32:04
Roy talks about working for 25 cents a day and a huge bull; bulls, wages, hard work, Donald Ross.

SIDE A ends at 00:32:04.
SIDE B 00:32:13 -- 01:04:15
Discussion about Donald Ross's massive bull continues; bulls, Donald Ross.

Tape ends at 01:04:15.