SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:50
Discussion about salting cod and the raceway; Cape Wolfe, raceway, 1937, wages, salting cod.
SIDE A 00:02:50 -- 00:05:00
Discussion about Riley's lobster cannery and workers from New Brunswick; Riley, lobster cannery, outhouses.
SIDE A 00:05:00 -- 00:08:11
Discussion about fishing at age 11; lobster fishing, lobster, wages, 1940, lobster prices, 1944, helpers.
SIDE A 00:08:11 -- 00:11:25
A story about fishing for salmon with his uncles at age 11; fishing, salmon, biggest salmon, salmon nets, 1940.
SIDE A 00:11:25 -- 00:16:42
Discussion about cod fishing, with mention of herring and a 100lb cod; cod prices, Captain Thompson, Captain Finch, herring, fishing nets, biggest cod, Mark Ramsay, 1957, jigs, midwater trawl.
SIDE A 00:16:42 -- 00:20:05
Discussion about cod sizes, the last time he fished, and a giant cod; dragger, 1992, gaff cod, giant cod, cod sizes, gaff.
SIDE A 00:20:05 -- 00:22:09
Discussion about cod fishing, with mention of fish populations; Reid Bass, lobster fishing, cod fishing, fish populations, fish numbers, cod prices, 1950, lifejackets, Richibucto.
SIDE A 00:22:09 -- 00:24:05
Discussion about the best fishing over his 55 years at sea; fishing, 1979, 1993, lobster fishing, lobster prices, Howard's Cove Seafoods, 1991, 1983.
SIDE A 00:24:05 -- 00:25:33
Discussion about his family and the Cooke name; Lloyd Cook, Cooke, Cook, Dr. Ralph Cooke.
SIDE A 00:25:33 -- 00:27:00
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, stocking, doll, oranges.
SIDE A 00:27:00 -- 00:30:33
Discussion about life growing up in Cape Wolfe, with mention of pulp from Richibucto, clothes, and big families; big families, pulp, Richibucto, Cape Wolfe, clothes.
SIDE A 00:30:33 -- 00:32:45
Discussion about his grandparents; Scotland, Deurdon, MacDonald, Protestant.
SIDE A 00:32:45 -- 00:36:35
Discussion about home remedies, with mention of sulfur and molasses and cod liver oil; arthritis, Jill Allman, Dalton, cod livers, cod liver oil, sulfur, molasses, home remedies.
SIDE A 00:36:35 -- 00:42:04
Stories about angry farm animals, with mention of the Shaws; farm animals, pets, Shaw, turkey, cows, Ruth Deurdon, George Shaw, ram.
SIDE A 00:42:04 -- 00:45:46
A story about his first job digging potatoes at age 8; potato farming, wages, digging potatoes, jeans, Pat O'Connor, beater digger, 1937.
SIDE A 00:45:46 -- 00:47:20
Discussion about picking blueberries and work; blueberries, berry picking, work.
SIDE A 00:47:20 -- 00:47:39
Discussion about picking potatoes continues, with mention of other food; potato picking, potatoes, potato farming.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:39.
SIDE B 00:47:47 -- 00:49:37
Discussion about picking potatoes continues, with mention of one of the first tractors in the area; potato picking, potato farming, potatoes, tractors, 1940s, Cockshutt.
SIDE B 00:49:37 -- 00:52:07
Discussion about community support and a fishing story; fishing, community.
SIDE B 00:52:07 -- 00:55:30
Discussion about the Great Depression, being self-sufficient, and his mother's cooking; Great Depression, cooking, jam, charity, bread, baking.
SIDE B 00:55:30 -- 00:56:23
Discussion about potato farming and story about fighting rams, with mention of Pat O'Connor; farming, potatoes, Green Mountains, blue potatoes, rams, Pat O'Connor, MacWilliams.
SIDE B 00:57:35 -- 00:59:45
Discussion about horses and cattle; horses, cattle, lumber woods, butter, Jersey cows, milk.
SIDE B 00:59:45 -- 01:05:34
A story about his father and bootlegging; bootlegging, cutter, snowstorm, liquor, West Point.
SIDE B 01:05:34 -- 01:07:27
Discussion about prohibition officers; prohibition, prohibition officers, Easters.
SIDE B 01:07:27 -- 01:09:03
A story about his uncle Fraser's boat being cut in half by a prohibition cutter; prohibition, cutter, Fraser Cooke, MacWilliams.
SIDE B 01:09:03 -- 01:17:29
A story about a hurricane in 1959; hurricane, 1959, Gasperaux, drowning, storm, Eddy, moon, superstition.
SIDE B 01:17:29 -- 01:19:12
A story about a big lobster, with mention of one that was 16lbs; lobsters, big lobsters, trawls, cod trawl.
SIDE B 01:19:12 -- 01:20:47
Brief discussion about hurricane wreckage at Cape Wolfe; Cape Wolfe, Cape Wolfe Rock, raceway, Elwood Cooke.
SIDE B 01:20:47 -- 01:22:21
Discussion about Howard's Cove, with mention of the Portland Packing Company and Irish moss; Irish moss, Portland Packing Company, Howard's Cove, cannery, Irish moss prices.
SIDE B 01:22:21 -- 01:24:01
Discussion about Teresa and Bernard Riley and their family of fifteen children; Teresa Riley, Bernard Riley, big families, honeymoon, Model-T Ford, 1918.
SIDE B 01:24:01 -- 01:24:38
Brief discussion about schooners, with mention of the Maggie and the Saladin; schooners, Maggie, Saladin, Cape Wolfe, 1864, Cape Wolfe, Samuel Kinley, James Duncan.
SIDE B 01:24:38 -- 01:26:31
Discussion about Tom Riley; Tom Riley, lobster, Redmond Riley, lobster prices.
SIDE B 01:26:31 -- 01:29:53
Discussion about the hurricane in 1951 continues, with mention of Fraser Cooke and Yvonne Durrell; hurricane, Fraser Cooke, Alvin Durrell, Yvonne Durrell.
SIDE B 01:29:53 -- 01:30:37
Brief discussion about the 1956 ice storm, with mention of electricity; ice storm, 1956, electricity, gas lights.
SIDE B 01:30:37 -- 01:33:06
Discussion about tuna fishing, foxes, and Frank Metherall; tuna fishing, foxes, Frank Metherall, Tuplin.
SIDE B 01:33:06 -- 01:35:28
Discussion about fish, cooking, and lobster; fish, cooking, lobster, fish licence, lobster prices.
Tape ends at 01:35:28.
