***This tape is SIDE B only, SIDE A is Jean Down T2 [Tape Two].
SIDE B 00:00:00 -- 00:02:21
Discussion about his name and his birth; Orland Ross Down, Ross Down, Dr. George Dewar, Infirmary, 1922.
SIDE B 00:02:21 -- 00:04:07
Discussion about the old railway bridge and his parents; railway bridge, Charlottetown, Augustus Warren Down, Gladys Isabel Ross.
SIDE B 00:04:07 -- 00:07:30
Discussion about growing up in Charlottetown and the family cottage in Stanhope; Charlottetown, Stanhope, 1929, 1930s, cars, cottages, rum runners, Captain Dicks, tourism.
SIDE B 00:07:30 -- 00:08:15
Discussion about lobster and seafood; lobster, seafood, fish.
SIDE B 00:08:15 -- 00:10:08
Discussion about his nickname and animals in town; Charlottetown, Farmer Down, nicknames, cows, milking, mink, Fitzroy Street.
SIDE B 00:10:08 -- 00:19:02
Discussion about growing up in Charlottetown in the 1930s; Charlottetown, childhood, Exhibition Grounds, rats, golf, golfing, golf caddies, The Butts, swimming, rifle range, 1936, 1930s, Pud Beer, Davis and Fraser, mischief, smelts, fighting, Experimental Farm, sledding, tobogganing, hockey, Bob Holman, ice cakes, George MacLeod, North Enders, CAA Grounds, street hockey, games, entertainment, sports.
SIDE B 00:19:02 -- 00:23:14
Discussion about school; school, Model School, Prince of Wales College, fires, West Kent, West Kent School, teacher training, Queen's Square School, football, rivals, school rivals, rivalries.
SIDE B 00:23:14 -- 00:25:09
Discussion about listening to the radio; radio, Don Messer, radio programs, George Chappell, George Chappell and The Islanders, Russell Down, Backwoods Breakdown, 1930s, Don Messer and The Islanders, musicians, fiddlers.
SIDE B 00:25:09 -- 00:26:22
Discussion about his name; nicknames, Down.
SIDE B 00:26:22 -- 00:32:00
Discussion about Charlottetown continues; Charlottetown, 1930s, Market Square, J. M. Roop, Brown Brothers, butchers, MacLeod, Bill MacNeill, fish market, bowling alleys, jiggers, fishing, Whitlock's Pond, Upton, Joe O'Brien, poorhouse, pranks, tricks, Jimmy Power, Chief Birtwhistle, Shelfoon, Duck Acorn, Ed Acorn, Stewart's Bakery, donuts, Roxy Restaurant, hotels, taxis, taxi drivers, restaurants.
Tape ends at 00:32:00.
