Royal White T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: White, Royal
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2007-03-28
Date Digitized
2010-12-22
Abstract
This is an interview with Royal White of Murray Harbour and Murray River, PEI. In this interview Royal talks about shipping, various goods and fish he hauled with his vessels, the different vessels he owned, doctors, storms, fishing, lobsters, Salmon, cod, Newfoundlanders, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Murrary Harbour, PE
Newfoundland
Labrador
Subject (Temporal)
1959
1916
1930s
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:04:08
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
***Disclaimer - This interview contains language and subject matter some may find inappropriate.
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:05:44
Discussion about hauling lobsters in bad storms; 1959, Shirley Anne W, storms, lobster fishing.

SIDE A 00:05:44 -- 00:07:25
Discussion about his birth and his brothers; 1916.

SIDE A 00:07:25 -- 00:09:05
Discussion about doctors; doctors, Dr. Lester Brehaut, Dr. Brehaut, Dr. MacIntyre, operations, tonsilitis.

SIDE A 00:09:05 -- 00:11:35
Discussion about various topics including his name, Whitman C. Daley, and his mother; Whitman C. Daley, Henrietta Beaton.

SIDE A 00:11:35 -- 00:20:31
Discussion about his first boat and lobster fishing; commercial travelers, traveling salesmen, crossing ice, Percy White, Margaret Cavell, 1930s, schooners, herring, salt herring, lobster fishing, lobster bait, herring prices, tonnage.

SIDE A 00:20:31 -- 00:25:57
Discussion about hauling gravel on the Margaret Cavell, with mention of his second vessel the C. A. Roland; Margaret Cavell, hauling gravel, gravel, shipping, gravel prices, schooners.

SIDE A 00:25:57 -- 00:31:57
Discussion about his third vessel and what he hauled with her; shipping, Shirley Ann W., Revelstoke, coal, hauling coal, herring, wages, Dougall MacKinnon.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:57.
SIDE B 00:32:07 -- 00:45:40
Discussion about hauling fish continues, with stories about hauling offal and bribing a customs officer; hauling, shipping, offal, Boston, rum, Revelstoke, Shirley Ann W.

SIDE B 00:45:40 -- 00:50:22
Discussion about the Shirley Ann W's last trip; fires, Revelstoke, Shirley Ann W.

SIDE B 00:50:22 -- 00:55:15
Discussion about hauling salt and bricks, with mention of school; salt, Pugwash, shipping, bricks, Louisbourg, Wallace, Alf Chapman.

SIDE B 00:55:15 -- 00:58:51
Discussion about his father and grandfather, and hauling lobsters; Joe White, Captain Joe White, lobster fishing, lobsters, lobster prices, hauling lobsters, shipping, blue lobsters.

SIDE B 00:58:51 -- 01:00:58
Discussion about cod fishing in Labrador; cod, codfish, cod fishing, Labrador.

SIDE B 01:00:58 -- 01:02:31
Discussion about salmon fishing; salmon, salmon fishing, salmon prices, Atlantic salmon.

SIDE B 01:02:31 -- 01:04:08
Discussion about Newfoundlanders; Newfoundlanders.

Tape ends at 01:04:08.