Audio file
Contributors
Interviewee: Reid, Gavin David
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1995-12-20
Date Digitized
2010-07-08
Abstract
This is an interview with Pansy Maria (nee Myers) and Gavin David Reid of Victoria Cross and Montague, P.E.I. In this interview Pansy and Gavin talk about family, Christmas, blacksmiths, veterinarians, stores in Montague, Pansy's brother who served in WWI, the Halifax Explosion, horses, cattle, school, church, mills, sheep, and their marriage.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:30
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:00:42
Discussion with Pansy about a cure for warts; warts, home remedies, cures.

SIDE A 00:00:42 -- 00:03:32
Discussion with Pansy about her family and her ancestors; Myers, Wood, 1898, Dr. Collins, Mt. Albion, Drake, Millview.

SIDE A 00:03:32 -- 00:06:42
Discussion with Pansy about Christmas; Christmas, presents, dolls, Santa Claus, Christmas goose.

SIDE A 00:06:42 -- 00:17:04
Discussion with about Pansy's father and his work as a blacksmith and veterinarian; Brudenell, blacksmith, George Hamilton Myers, veterinarian, horses, Ham Myers, castration, liniment, Dr. Smith, mastitis, cures, medicine.

SIDE A 00:17:04 -- 00:19:52
Discussion about trains and stores in Montague; trains, Montague, Lester Mellish, Poole and Thompson, tailors, milliners, hats, church.

SIDE A 00:19:52 -- 00:27:43
Discussion about Pansy's brother, Milton Myers, who served in WWI as a wireless operator; WWI, casualty, shrapnel, Milton Myers, 1914, wireless operator, Vimy Ridge, WWI veteran, parcels, Red Cross, war letters, Brudenell, Armistice Day.

SIDE A 00:27:43 -- 00:30:55
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion.

SIDE A 00:30:55 -- 00:31:43
Discussion about the Women's Institute; Women's Institute.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:43.
SIDE B 00:31:48 -- 00:37:00
Discussion about school, with mention of religion; school, Brudenell School, Mary Smith, teachers, tricks, religion, school subjects, poems, poetry, Victoria Cross, Protestants, Catholics.

SIDE B 00:37:00 -- 00:39:42
Discussion with Gavin about his family, with mention of an epidemic of measles; 1906, measles, Victoria Cross.

SIDE B 00:39:42 -- 00:41:52
Discussion with Gavin about his award winning Ayrshires; 1928, Ayrshires, trophies, cattle.

SIDE B 00:41:52 -- 00:45:20
Discussion with Gavin about his father's stallions, with mention of a hired man; stallions, service horses, horses, David Reid, horse breeding, Jim Dewar, salary.

SIDE B 00:45:20 -- 00:46:25
Discussion about gristmills; gristmills, Brudenell, Howatt's mill, MacRae's mill, Heatherdale, Sutherland's mill, Montague.

SIDE B 00:46:25 -- 00:48:20
Discussion with Pansy about horses; horses, driving horses.

SIDE B 00:28:20 -- 00:49:18
Discussion with Pansy about Brudenell River, with mention of mussel mud; Brudenell River, mussel mud, smelt.

SIDE B 00:49:18 -- 00:51:20
Discussion about sheep, wool, and carding mills; sheep, wool, knitting, lambs, pets, carding mill, Howatt's mill, yarn.

SIDE B 00:51:20 -- 00:53:43
Discussion with Pansy about the Spanish Flu and other illnesses, church, and Sundays; church, illnesses, church union, Presbyterian, United Church, Sundays, walking, Spanish Flu, vaccinations, scarlet fever.

SIDE B 00:53:43 -- 01:03:30
Discussion about music lessons, courting, their marriage, and their children; music lessons, courting, entertainment, diabetes, wedding, honeymoon, 1921.

Tape ends at 01:03:30.