SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:11:56
Discussion about his family history and their businesses in Pugwash and Charlottetown; 1774, Black, schooners, Pugwash, china, 1911, Charlottetown, Col. Fred Moore, five and dime stores, Black and Co., Black and Company, Frederick Strong Moore, Charles Hibbert Black, Charles Black.
SIDE A 00:11:56 -- 00:17:20
Discussion about stores in Charlottetown and the Market Square; Charlottetown, Market Square, stores, Sunnyside, White's restaurant, ice cream, gambling, library.
SIDE A 00:17:20 -- 00:19:32
Discussion about the circus in Borden and ferries to Pictou; Pictou, Borden, circus, ferries.
SIDE A 00:19:32 -- 00:26:08
Discussion about school and his first jobs; school, first jobs, Model School, West Kent School, Mount Allison University, 1930, wages, Experimental Farm, bicycles, summer jobs.
SIDE A 00:26:08 -- 00:28:08
Discussion about Charlottetown wharves; Charlottetown, Charlottetown wharves, wharves.
SIDE A 00:28:08 -- 00:33:30
Discussion about WWI, the Halifax Explosion, and the Boer War; WWI, 1914, Beaconsfield, Halifax Explosion, Boer War, 105th Regiment, marching songs, 1917, Col. Fred Moore.
SIDE A 00:33:30 -- 00:37:06
Discussion about the Spanish Flu and home remedies; home remedies, Spanish Flu, cod liver oil, Castor oil.
SIDE A 00:37:06 -- 00:43:42
Discussion about his grandparents, with mention of wakes and funerals; 1845, Col. Fred Moore, funerals, wakes, Bouvyer, military officers.
SIDE A 00:43:42 -- 00:45:35
Discussion about the Black family history; Pugwash.
SIDE A 00:45:35 -- 00:46:38
Discussion about his service in WWII; WWII, Lt.-Col. Fred Black, Royal Canadian Artillery.
SIDE A ends at 00:46:38.
SIDE B 00:47:27 -- 00:48:01
Discussion about WWII continues; WWII.
SIDE B 00:48:01 -- 00:52:25
Discussion about his grandfather and his military service, with mention of his grandmother; funerals, Col. Fred Moore, Col. Frederick Moore.
SIDE B 00:52:52 -- 00:54:04
Discussion about and a reading of his brother's poetry; poetry, poems, Harold Black.
SIDE B 00:54:04 -- 01:00:51
Discussion about his great grandfather going to California looking for gold and reading of old letters regarding his family; California, gold rush, Bouvyer, Captain M. T. Paquet, 1849, 1908, 1882, 2nd Canadian Battery, P.E.I. Brigade, Frederick Strong Moore, Col. F. S. Moore.
SIDE B 01:00:51 -- 01:08:16
Discussion about studying at Mount Allison University, serving in the army, and working for Veteran Affairs; Mount Allison University, army, Canadian Army, civil service, Veteran Affairs, WWII.
SIDE B 01:08:16 -- 01:22:56
Discussion about living in London and visiting Buckingham Palace and other traveling done while working for Veteran Affairs; London, Buckingham Palace, Veteran Affairs, Ritchie, King George VI of England, King George VI, Queen Mother, Vimy, Attache of Veteran Affairs, WWII, Skye, Dunvegan Castle.
SIDE B 01:22:56 -- 01:34:05
Discussion about his experiences in WWII, with mention of Remembrance Day and being shot at; WWII, 1940, 12th Field Regiment, D-Day, Vimy, Vimy Ridge, war veterans, Remembrance Day, Germans.
Tape ends at 01:34:05.
