Audio file
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998-04-11
Date Digitized
2010-08-06
Abstract
This is an interview with Nora Alexandria Wonnacott (nee Halloran) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Nora talks about her family history, her father and his work, growing up in Charlottetown, Christmas, cooking, WWI, how she met her husband Bruce, courting, dances, and entertainment.
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Subject (Geographic)
Subject (Temporal)
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:21
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:06:00
Discussion about her family history; Peter Halloran, carriage maker, carriages, blacksmiths, Catherine Campbell, Queen Victoria.

SIDE A 00:06:00 -- 00:06:49
Discussion about school; school, convent, Prince Street School.

SIDE A 00:06:49 -- 00:09:19
Discussion about her family history continues, with mention of her siblings; Albert Halloran, Campbell.

SIDE A 00:09:19 -- 00:13:18
Discussion about her father, his work, and painting; Peter Edward Halloran, Peter Halloran, painters, politics, Bruce Stewart's, carriage makers, carriages.

SIDE A 00:13:18 -- 00:16:27
Discussion about her birth in her grandfather's home in 1898, with mention of Dr. Kelly, Garden City Dairy, and the Chelton dance hall; Dr. Kelly, 1898, childbirth, Garden City Dairy, dance halls, Chelton.

SIDE A 00:16:27 -- 00:19:10
Discussion about her father continues; Peter Halloran, chamber pots.

SIDE A 00:19:10 -- 00:29:32
Discussion about Christmas, cooking, and Easter; Christmas, Santa Claus, candy, presents, toys, plum pudding, cooking, Christmas concerts, Gov. Wentworth, Easter, church.

SIDE A 00:29:32 -- 00:31:28
Discussion about the Titanic; Titanic, 1912.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:28.
SIDE B 00:31:36 -- 00:37:34
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion and her brother's service in WWI; WWI, Halifax Explosion, Albert Halloran, war letters, war parcels, WWI soldiers.

SIDE B 00:37:34 -- 00:46:14
Discussion about her husband's service in WWI; WWI, calvary, WWI soldiers, war letters, Bruce Wonnacott, Lloyd Wonnacott, Dan MacKinnon, 11th Battery.

SIDE B 00:46:14 -- 00:47:26
Discussion about the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu.

SIDE B 00:47:26 -- 01:03:21
Discussion about how she met her husband, courting, and entertainment; courting, Bruce Wonnacott, religious feuds, dances, dance halls, Chelton dance hall, Foster's dance hall, dancing, White's restaurant, silent movies, movies, opera houses, Wonderland, plays, theatres, theatre, movie houses, movie admission prices, movie ticket prices, Oscar Wilde.

Tape ends at 01:03:21.