Audio file
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2007-12-06
Date Digitized
2010-10-08
Abstract
This is an interview with Martha Walker (Kennedy) of North River, PEI. In this interview Martha talks about her family, her father's liver stable, Charlottetown, her parents, school, skating, horse races, horses, her work as a nurse, home remedies, Mac Dixon, people she knew, deep snow, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:04:00
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:07 -- 00:06:31
Discussion about her family background and chores at the family livery stable; livery stables, manure, chores, Phyllis Murray, North River, Huey Walker.

SIDE A 00:06:31 -- 00:08:54
Discussion about traveling over the ice by horse and sleigh; horse and sleigh, ice travel, Clyde River.

SIDE A 00:08:54 -- 00:10:50
Discussion about her parents; Phyllis Murray, Huey Walker.

SIDE A 00:10:50 -- 00:14:50
Discussion about her father's livery stable, with mention of Dr. Seaman; livery stables, horses, North River, Dr. Seaman, Huey Walker, Walker's Livery Stable.

SIDE A 00:14:50 -- 00:17:12
Discussion about school, the skating rink in Cornwall, and her father's livery stable; Cornwall, skating, rinks, cheese factories.

SIDE A 00:17:12 -- 00:18:30
Discussion about cars; cars.

SIDE A 00:18:30 -- 00:19:40
Discussion about Christmas and homemade clothes; Christmas, presents, homemade clothes, flour bag clothes.

SIDE A 00:19:40 -- 00:31:56
Discussion about various topics including horse races on the ice, horses, and the family home while looking at a photo album; horse races, ice races, North River, horses, horse and sleigh, Mary Frizzell.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:56.
SIDE B 00:32:03 -- 00:44:20
Discussion about various topics including people she knew, Charlottetown, and her family while looking at a photo album; Gunnar Aasen, Charlottetown, Market Square, jiggers, deep snow.

SIDE B 00:44:20 -- 00:47:23
Discussion about horse races and her father's livery stable; horse races, Clyde River, livery stables, horses, Walker's Livery Stable.

SIDE B 00:47:23 -- 00:48:47
Discussion about blacksmiths; blacksmiths, horseshoeing.

SIDE B 00:48:47 -- 00:52:58
Discussion about various topics including people she knew, her work as a nurse, and doctors; Hum Docherty, nursing, nurses, doctors.

SIDE B 00:52:58 -- 00:54:01
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, mustard plasters, cod liver oil.

SIDE B 00:54:01 -- 00:55:16
Discussion about her family; Huey Walker.

SIDE B 00:55:16 -- 00:56:46
Discussion about Mac Dixon, with mention of Chief Birtwhistle; Mac Dixon, WWII, Walker's Livery Stable, Chief Birtwhistle.

SIDE B 00:56:46 -- 01:01:20
Discussion about her father's livery stable continues, with mention of their horses; Walker's Livery Stable, Huey Walker, oats, horses.

SIDE B 01:01:20 -- 01:02:30
Discussion about deep snow and traveling by horse and sleigh; deep snow, snow, buffalo robes, horse and sleigh.

SIDE B 01:03:15 -- 01:04:00
Discussion about the traveling man, with mention of Harvest Mellish; traveling man, Harvest Mellish, horses.

Tape ends at 01:04:00.