Bill Price T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Price, Bill
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1997-03-24
Date Digitized
2010-06-16
Abstract
This interview is with Bill Price of Kington, England. In this interview Bill talks about the tavern in Kington, beer making, WWI, tough times in the 1920s and 1930s, his family who lived in Canada, old family lineages, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his birth, doctors, home remedies, farming, cooking, coal mining, transportation, and cider.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Kington, England
Subject (Temporal)
1920s
1930s
WWI
1919
1930
1885
1910
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:24
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:09:25
Discussion about the background of the Jones' and Fred Jones' Ye Olde Tavern in Kington, England; 1885, Jones, brewing beer, beer, 1930, beer prices, cider, tobacco, cider prices, tobacco prices, cigarette prices, cigarettes, Kington, brewery, 1919, railway, trams, Fred Jones, May Jones, Gertrude Jones.

SIDE A 00:09:25 -- 00:12:15
Discussion about WWI in England, with mention of zeppelins and the first airplanes; England, WWI, Kington, Gallipoli, zeppelins, airplanes.

SIDE A 00:12:15 -- 00:14:05
Discussion about the depression in the 1920s in England; depression, 1920s, Kington, singing miners, strike, tough times, prices, livestock prices, 1930s.

SIDE A 00:14:05 -- 00:23:15
Discussion about his family who served in WWI and their lives farming in Canada; WWI, John Price, Tom Price, 1905, farming, Canada, Vimy Ridge, 1918, 1919.

SIDE A 00:23:15 -- 00:27:55
Discussion about R. W. Banks, his family, and his trees; R. W. Banks, Kington.

SIDE A 00:27:55 -- 00:31:33
Discussion about old family lines in the area; Earls of Oxford, Kington, Harley, Titley, landlords, Greenleigh, Lord Bateman, Shobon Court, Duff-Gordon, Knill, Radnor.

SIDE A 00:31:33 -- 00:31:47
Discussion about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.
SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:33:44
Discussion about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continues; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of The Baskervilles, black dog.

SIDE B 00:33:44 -- 00:41:21
Discussion about his birth, his family's farm, his ancestry, and doctors; birth, 1910, appendicitis, doctors, bone setter, farming.

SIDE B 00:41:21 -- 00:42:19
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, goose grease, cough syrup.

SIDE B 00:42:19 -- 00:50:32
Discussion about farming, cooking, local shops, and school; farming, cooking, breakfast, pigs, cider, stooking, meals, meat, Kington, shops, tailor, school, meat prices.

SIDE B 00:50:32 -- 00:56:32
Discussion about coal mining and class systems; coal mining, coal miners, coal, coal mines, accidents, strikes, wages, class system.

SIDE B 00:56:32 -- 01:00:21
Discussion about transportation, with mention of cars, bicycles, motorbikes, and horses; transportation, cars, bicycles, motorbikes, horses, 1920s, Overland.

SIDE B 01:00:21 -- 01:03:24
Discussion about cider and pigs; cider, pigs, apples.

Tape ends at 01:03:24.