Emmett Hickey T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Hickey, John "Emmett"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1999-01-25
Date Digitized
2010-07-30
Abstract
This is an interview with John "Emmett" Hickey of Indian River, P.E.I. In this interview Emmett talks about St. Mary's Church, his family, mills, blacksmiths, horses, stores, doctors, rum, chewing tobacco, school, peddlers, harvesting grain, hauling milk, livestock, food, traveling, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Fish Island, PE
Kensington, PE
Indian River, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1903
1920s
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:35
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:03 -- 00:06:21
Discussion about St. Mary's Church; St. Mary's Church, 1903, Jim Tuplin.

SIDE A 00:06:21 -- 00:08:51
Discussion about his family, with mention of the Harvest Excursion; Peter Hickey, Mary Ann MacIntyre, Harvest Excursion.

SIDE A 00:08:51 -- 00:10:12
Discussion about Tuplin's gristmill; gristmills, Tuplin's mill, Fred Tuplin.

SIDE A 00:10:12 -- 00:14:26
Discussion about Louis MacLellan the blacksmith; blacksmiths, Louis MacLellan, horseshoeing, horseshoes, horseshoe prices.

SIDE A 00:14:26 -- 00:17:08
Discussion about horses; horses, driving horses, car bans.

SIDE A 00:17:08 -- 00;19:05
Discussion about McNutt's store; McNutt's store, bartering, trading.

SIDE A 00:19:05 -- 00:24:20
Discussion about Dr. Gillis, with stories about rum, home remedies, and the Spanish Flu; doctors, Dr. Gillis, liquor scripts, scripts, rum, home remedies, Spanish Flu.

SIDE A 00:24:20 -- 00:25:38
Discussion about foxes; foxes, fox prices.

SIDE A 00:25:38 -- 00:26:48
Discussion about school; Indian River School, school.

SIDE A 00:26:48 -- 00:28:35
Discussion about pack peddlers and harvesting grain; pack peddlers, grain, sickles.

SIDE A 00:28:35 -- 00:31:33
Discussion about the post office and hauling milk; post office, Indian River, Johnny MacLellan, hauling milk, milk.

SIDE A ends 00:31:33.
SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:34:18
Discussion about hauling milk continues; hauling milk, milk, Hamilton cheese factory, cheese, butter.

SIDE B 00:34:18 -- 00:48:28
Discussion about livestock, food, thrashing and baling, and potato farming; food, pork, salt pork, poaching, livestock, pigs, thrashing, baling, potato farming.

SIDE B 00:48:28 -- 00:42:27
Discussion about school continues; school, walking.

SIDE B 00:42:27 -- 00:45:50
Discussion about chewing tobacco; chewing tobacco, twist tobacco, tobacco, Riley twist, twist tobacco prices.

SIDE B 00:45:50 -- 00:49:10
Discussion about taxes; taxes, school taxes, road taxes.

SIDE B 00:49:10 -- 00:53:00
Discussion about trains and traveling; trains, traveling, Lindsay's Hotel.

SIDE B 00:53:00 -- 00:53:51
Discussion about music; musicians, Fibber MacGee, Don Messer.

SIDE B 00:53:51 -- 00:54:46
Discussion about listening to hockey games on the radio; radio, hockey games.

***The remainder of the tape, 00:54:56 -- 01:03:35, is blank.
Tape ends at 01:03:35.