MacKinnons T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors

Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"

Interviewee: MacKinnon, Bob

Interviewee: MacKinnon, Queenie

Researcher: MacKay, Paul

Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul

Date Recorded

1995-03-03

Date Digitized

2010-03-03

Abstract

This interview with Bob and Queenie MacKinnon begins with a brief mention of a nearby burial site. The conversation quickly changes to Ings' dam and hauling ice to cool milk. Bob then tells about his first tractor and talks about local gristmills. The MacKinnons then tell about their first radios, and Queenie tells a funny story about a runaway bull. Bob then talks about his first car, tells about his father crossing the harbour on the ice, and then the MacKinnons tell about mussel mud and silver foxes. There is brief mention of forerunners before the conversation ends abruptly. The remainder of the tape consists of Queenie reading several of her journal entries from years ago, and a very brief conversation with Bob about how farming changed in 1952.

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Physical Location

Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson

Duration

00:31:53

Member of

Dutch Thompson Audio Collection

Model

1 1 Item in Collection

Transcript

SIDE A 00:00:03 -- 00:00:27
Brief mention of graves on the fence line; graves, burial.

SIDE A 00:00:28 -- 00:02:48
Discussion about Ings' dam and hauling ice from the dam to cool milk; dam, ice, milk, ice house, Hazelbrook, Pendergrass, Judson, butter factory, butter fat, Bobby Ings.

SIDE A 00:02:48 -- 00:03:27
Discussion about Bob's first tractor, for which he paid $1600; 20 cockshot, tractor.

SIDE A 00:03:27 -- 00:05:21
Discussion about local gristmills, including Ings' gristmill; Ings' gristmill, Scott's mill, Ross' mill, Vernon River, explosion, grain, water power, Hayden's mill.

***Tape appears to skip at 00:05:21 and the topic changes abruptly.
***Several periods of static from 00:05:30 to 00:07:30.
SIDE A 00:05:21 -- 00:07:58
Discussion about their first radio; Earnscliffe, radio, headphones, Big Rock Candy Mountain, 1940, Frank Woods, Don Messer, 1939, McInnis, Raymond Sellick.

***Tape appears to stop and start abruptly at 00:07:58.
SIDE A 00:07:58 -- 00:09:48
Discussion about a loose bull going across the bridge; cattle yard, Canada Packers, bull, enema, vet, veterinarian, horn, draw bridge.

***Tape appears to stop and start abruptly at 00:07:58.
SIDE A 00:09:48 -- 00:10:39
Discussion about Bob's first car, a 1935 Dodge; 1935 Dodge, dust, car.

SIDE A 00:10:39 -- 00:11:47
Discussion about crossing the harbour to town on the ice; Earnscliffe, ice, bridge.

SIDE A 00:11:47 -- 00:14:07
Discussion about mussel mud; Earl Jenkins, mussel mud, mussels, hay, fertilizer, Earnscliffe, China Point, farming, Levi Young.

SIDE A 00:14:07 -- 00:15:15
Discussion about foxes; foxes, silver foxes, Vernon River, Drake.

***Tape appears to stop and start abruptly at 00:15:15.
SIDE A 00:15:15 -- 00:16:16
Discussion about old stories of deaths in the area and forerunners; forerunner, death.

***Tape appears to stop and start abruptly at 00:16:16.
***Dutch is preparing for the interview 00:16:16 to 00:16:56.
SIDE A 00:16:57 -- 00:17:23
Queenie reads from her diary, September 19, 1959; diary, harvesting, snow.

SIDE A 00:17:25 -- 00:18:18
Queenie reads from her diary, November 14, 1959; diary, Austin Coady, Hazelbrook, Steven French, Gasperaux.

SIDE A 00:18:18 -- 00:19:20
Queenie reads from her diary, October 20, 1967; diary, mangles, potatoes, harvesting, teenagers.

SIDE A 00:19:20 -- 00:20:26
Queenie reads from her diary, January 28, 1975; diary, power outage, storm, snow, mail, hospital.

SIDE A 00:20:27 -- 00:21:53
Queenie reads from her diary, May 23, 1983; diary, lobster day, Fortune Harbour, lobster, grain.

SIDE A 00:21:54 -- 00:23:28
Queenie reads from her diary, September 14, 1986; diary, Brad Keith, CBC, television, reunion.

SIDE A 00:23:29 -- 00:25:11
Queenie reads from her diary, June 16, 1990; diary, Japanese, travel.

SIDE A 00:25:12 -- 00:27:11
Queenie reads from her diary, November 1, 1993; diary, Mark Kempf, horse, travel, walking.

SIDE A 00:27:11 -- 00:28:16
Queenie reads from her diary, September 12, 1995; diary, Brent, mare, foal.

SIDE A 00:28:16 -- 00:30:03
Discussion about Queenie's diary; diary.

***Tape stops and starts abruptly at 00:30:03.
SIDE A 00:30:03 -- 00:31:53
Discussion about how farming changed in 1952; farming, mud, China Point, 1952, haystacks, combines, bales, grain, thrash, stook.

***Tape ends mid-sentence.
***This interview is SIDE A only of MacKinnons T2. SIDE B is blank.