Nellie Young

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Young (Mossey), Nellie Mary
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2002-04-04
Date Digitized
2010-08-19
Abstract
This is an interview with Nellie Mary Young (nee Mossey) of Souris and Red Point, P.E.I. In this interview Nellie talks about her grandparents, home remedies, WWI, clothes, doctors and midwives, cooking at Johnston's factory, North Lake, school, Christmas, family, potato picking, cars, television, courting, stores in Souris, the Women's Institute, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Souris, PE
Subject (Temporal)
WWI
1940s
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:40
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:02:26
Discussion about her grandparents; Edward Mossey, Moriah MacEachern.

SIDE A 00:02:26 -- 00:03:46
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, molasses, sulfur and molasses.

SIDE A 00:03:46 -- 00:05:57
Discussion about various topics including WWI and the Spanish Flu; WWI, Spanish Flu.

SIDE A 00:05:57 -- 00:07:42
Discussion about her birth in the United States and her father; United States, Peter Young.

SIDE A 00:07:42 -- 00:09:03
Discussion about flour bag clothing; flour bags, flour bag clothes.

SIDE A 00:09:03 --- 00:11:11
Discussion about doctors and midwives; Dr. Gus, doctors, midwives, operations.

SIDE A 00:11:11 -- 00:31:23
Discussion about working at Johnston's factory at North Lake and people she knew in the area; cookhouses, cooking, cooks, Johnston's factory, North Lake, wages, food, Gertrude MacDonald, Jim MacLean, lobster cannery, lobster factory.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:23.
SIDE A 00:31:29 -- 00:33:24
Discussion about working at Johnston's factory at North Lake continues; Johnston's factory, cookhouse, cooking, food.

SIDE B 00:33:24 -- 00:36:24
Discussion about various topics including school, starch factories, and drownings; school, starch factories, drownings, John Dixon.

SIDE B 00:36:24 -- 00:38:44
Discussion about Christmas and her family; Christmas, plum pudding, Christmas dinner.

SIDE B 00:38:44 -- 00:41:26
Discussion about potato picking; Ed Mossey, farming, potato picking, wages, Alberta Rose.

SIDE B 00:41:26 -- 00:42:21
Discussion about cars; cars, Model-A Fords, driving.

SIDE B 00:42:21 -- 00:44:25
Discussion about the first television she saw; television, TV, 1940s.

SIDE B 00:44:25 -- 00:48:13
Discussion about Mossey's store and wagon, with mention of taffy pulls; Mossey, Mossey's store, Mossey's wagon, taffy pulls.

SIDE B 00:48:13 -- 00:50:30
Discussion about courting and traveling; courting, horse and sleigh, entertainment, Major Ralph Young, walking.

SIDE B 00:50:30 -- 00:54:23
Discussion about stores in Souris; Matthew and MacLean's, Matthew and MacLean's store, Souris, Leard's store, tailors.

SIDE B 00:54:23 -- 00:57:03
Discussion about cooking continues; cooking, motels, tourists.

SIDE B 00:57:03 -- 01:02:03
Discussion about the Women's Institute; Women's Institute, Bessie Ching.

SIDE B 01:02:03 -- 01:03:40
Discussion about various topics including tractors and electricity; electricity, tractors.

Tape ends at 01:03:40.