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Contributors
Interviewee: Campbell, John
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2006-01-16
Date Digitized
2010-09-24
Abstract
This is an interview with John and Lois (nee MacKay) Campbell of Graham's Road and New London, PEI. In this interview John and Lois talk about John's family background, the Campbell family farm, tractors, horses, farm machinery, potato farming, apples, blacksmiths, sleighs, how they met, their marriage, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:47
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:03 -- 00:06:22
Discussion with John about his family background; John S. Cousins, lobster canneries, fishing, French River, John E. Cousins, dairy, fires, 1938, Elizabeth Cousins, William Campbell.

SIDE A 00:06:22 -- 00:11:10
Discussion with John about the Campbell family farm; Fred Campbell, farming, plowing, horses, gang plows, Graham's Road.

SIDE A 00:11:10 -- 00:26:09
Discussion with John about tractors, horses, and farm machinery; tractors, 1938, 1950, farm machinery, thrashing, thrashing machines, stationary engines, tractor prices, horsepower, horses, Oliver tractors, Massey-Ferguson tractors, Fred Campbell, farming, farmers, Halls thrasher, custom thrashing, acreage, blood horses, driving horses.

SIDE A 00:26:09 -- 00:27:46
Discussion with John about his first truck; trucks, pigs, 1949, truck prices.

SIDE A 00:27:46 -- 00:29:05
Discussion with John about stores and potato warehouses in Emerald and Kensington; Emerald, Kensington, potato warehouses, stores.

SIDE A 00:29:05 -- 00:31:50
Discussion with John about potato farming; potato farming, potatoes, Austin Scales, 1951, potato prices.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:50.
SIDE B 00:31:56 -- 00:38:50
Discussion with John about potato farming continues; potato farming, potatoes, 1951, potato varieties, blight, potato seeds, cobblers, Kennebec, blue potatoes, elite seed.

SIDE B 00:38:50 -- 00:41:01
Discussion with John about apples; apples, apple orchards, apple varieties.

SIDE B 00:41:01 -- 00:45:11
Discussion with John about horses, the traveling man, and traveling by horse and sleigh; blood horses, horses, horse breeding, traveling man, Archie Chappell, stallions, horse and sleigh, breaking the roads, Francis sleighs, sleighs, Jimmy Craig, Billy Gunn.

SIDE B 00:44:11 -- 00:47:50
Discussion with John about blacksmiths; blacksmiths, Bert Ward, sleighs, Hedley Woodside.

SIDE B 00:47:50 -- 00:49:41
Discussion with John about Elton Woodside; Elton Woodside, pilots.

SIDE B 00:49:41 -- 00:50:38
Discussion with John about his birth at home; midwives.

SIDE B 00:50:38 -- 01:03:47
Discussion with Lois and John about how they met and their marriage; house dances, courting, church, hockey, Graham's Road Monarchs, hockey teams, hockey players, honeymoons, 1955, dances, New London, Lois MacKay.

Tape ends at 01:03:47.