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Contributors
Interviewee: Wooton, George
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2006-01-27
Date Digitized
2010-09-14
Abstract
This is an interview with George Wooton of Charlottetown and Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about his family history, mills, his father and his work with horses and the mail, Breadalbane, snow, cars, doctors, life on the family farm, egg trading, Crapaud, trains, Victoria, school, hockey, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:02:20
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:03 -- 00:08:36
Discussion about his family history and their work as millers; ancestors, Leard, millers, Johnny Brick, lime kilns, George Leard, millwrights, Coleman, Warren Leard, Crapaud.

SIDE A 00:08:36 -- 00:15:54
Discussion about his father and his work with horses and as a mailman; mailman, Fred Wooton, horses, F. A. Wooton, Frederick Augustus Wooton.

SIDE A 00:15:54 -- 00:18:30
Discussion about the train coming into Breadalbane, electricity, and stores there; trains, Breadalbane, Kennedy's store, electricity.

SIDE A 00:18:30 -- 00:21:13
Discussion about his father's work continues, with mention of the Orient Hotel in Victoria; taxis, Fred Wooton, mailman, postage, hotels, Victoria, Orient Hotel, stamps.

SIDE A 00:21:13 -- 00:23:31
Discussion about deep snow; deep snow, snow, snowstorms.

SIDE A 00:23:31 -- 00:26:10
Discussion about doctors, with mention of his birth on the family farm; doctors, Dr. Nelson Bovyer, Dr. Bovyer.

SIDE A 00:26:10 -- 00:29:42
Discussion about cars; cars, gas, gasoline, Model-T Ford, Fred Wooton, 1913.

SIDE A 00:29:42 -- 00:30:53
Discussion about his birth in the family home continues; childbirth, Dr. Bovyer, 1923, midwives.

SIDE A ends at 00:30:53.
SIDE B 00:30:55 -- 00:31:45
Discussion about his birth in the family home continues; 1923.

SIDE B 00:31:45 -- 00:34:00
A story about going to the hospital; hospitals, Edwina Campbell.

SIDE B 00:34:00 -- 00:38:03
Discussion about various topics and life on the family farm; farming, firewood, chores.

SIDE B 00:38:03 -- 00:41:45
Discussion about working with horses on the farm; horses, mangles, ponies.

SIDE B 00:41:45 -- 00:47:40
Discussion about egg trading and buinesses in Crapaud; Crapaud, eggs, egg grading, egg trading, bartering, candling, stores, Canfield's store, Parker Canfield, Jean Canfield, Wood's store, butter, ice, Masonic Lodge, butter factories, creameries.

SIDE B 00:47:40 -- 00:49:20
Discussion about trains; trains, the Pig's Eye, Jitney.

SIDE B 00:49:20 -- 00:53:17
Discussion about Victoria, with mention of wharves and the SS Harland; Victoria, lobster factories, wharves, shipping, cattle drives, Harland, SS Harland.

SIDE B 00:53:17 -- 01:01:51
Discussion about school; school, Charlie Howatt, teachers, school subjects, Latin, Major General Irwin, hockey, physical education, games, Edith Inman.

SIDE B 01:01:51 -- 01:02:20
Discussion about the Victoria rink and hockey; Victoria, rinks, hockey, hockey rinks, hockey teams Victoria Unions.

Tape ends at 01:02:20.