Audio file
Contributors
Interviewee: MacNeill, Neil
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2009-01-17
Date Digitized
2010-12-20
Abstract
This is an interview with Neil MacNeill of Little Sands, PEI. In this interview Neil talks about the family farm, mills, the Compton's, the lumber business, the starch factory and potatoes, shipping, buying and selling cattle, horses, tractors, fishing, livestock, traveling on the train, Christmas, blueberries, snow, trashing, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:04:01
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:05:17
Discussion about various topics including the family farm, school, mills and the Comptons; school, gristmills, mills, Wood Islands, Dan Compton.

SIDE A 00:05:18 -- 00:06:37
Discussion about Hector Stewart and fishing; Hector Stewart, fishing.

SIDE A 00:06:37 -- 00:09:31
Discussion about the lumber business; lumber, shipping, pine.

SIDE A 00:09:31 -- 00:10:13
Discussion about flour bag clothes and stores; flour bag clothes, bartering, poverty.

SIDE A 00:10:13 -- 00:15:38
Discussion about the starch factory and potatoes; starch factories, Murray Harbour, potatoes, Lloyd Miller, hauling potatoes, potatoes, potato prices, potato varieties, blue potatoes.

SIDE A 00:15:38 -- 00:19:13
Discussion about food and shipping; codfish, fish, hake, pork, 1931, pork prices, apples, apple varieties, shipping.

SIDE A 00:19:13 -- 00:20:16
Discussion about the Wood Islands ferry; Wood Islands, ferries, 1941, Erie Isle.

SIDE A 00:20:16 -- 00:25:33
Discussion about buying and selling cattle; Wellington MacNeill, cattle, cattle buyers, cattle trading, Jack MacDonald, auctioneers.

SIDE A 00:25:33 -- 00:26:56
Discussion about the phantom ship; phantom ship, Souris Trader.

SIDE A 00:26:56 -- 00:28:32
Discussion about fishing; fishing, Pictou Island.

SIDE A 00:28:32 -- 00:30:40
Discussion about various topics including the Halifax Explosion and Cassius Clay of Montague; Halifax Explosion, Cassius Clay, Montague, Joe Prowse, blacksmiths.

SIDE A 00:30:40 -- 00:31:56
Discussion about Murray River blacksmiths and the chicken cannery; blacksmiths, Murray River, chicken, chicken cannery, Bill Jenkins, Jack Hooper, Dutney.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:56.
SIDE B 00:32:05 -- 00:37:30
Discussion about livestock, with mention of foxes; pigs, livestock, cattle, Frank Mutch, mangles, kale, silver foxes, foxes, bulls, 1930s, caplin, fox feed.

SIDE B 00:37:30 -- 00:39:11
Discussion about trading horses for tractors; tractors, horses.

SIDE B 00:39:11 -- 00:41:28
Discussion about horses; horses.

SIDE B 00:41:28 -- 00:43:05
Discussion about the traveling man; stallions, Peter Martin, traveling man, Hunter River, Percheron, horse breeding.

SIDE B 00:43:05 -- 00:47:58
Discussion about various topics including Bishop MacEachern's sled and Bill Bruce; Bishop MacEachern, Bill Bruce, zeppelins, 1931, pilots.

SIDE B 00:47:58 -- 00:48:26
Discussion about traveling on the train; Hopefield Station, trains, railway.

SIDE B 00:48:26 -- 00:49:31
Discussion about apples and bananas; apples, bananas, ice cream.

SIDE B 00:49:31 -- 00:51:26
Discussion about Christmas, with mention of gambling; Christmas, presents, Christmas tree, Christmas dinner, gambling.

SIDE B 00:51:26 -- 00:52:19
Discussion about deep snow; deep snow, snow, snowstorms.

SIDE B 00:52:19 -- 00:53:41
Discussion about forerunners; forerunners, ghosts, ghost stories, witches.

SIDE B 00:53:41 -- 00:55:54
Discussion about his mother's cooking, milk, and the creamery; bannock, cooking, baking, milk, creameries, Hazelbrook Creamery.

SIDE B 00:55:54 -- 00:56:51
Discussion about the PEI Development Plan; PEI Development Plan.

SIDE B 00:56:51 -- 00:57:46
Discussion about the biggest changes over the years; population.

SIDE B 00:57:46 -- 00:58:23
Discussion about blueberries; blueberries.

SIDE B 00:58:23 -- 01:00:08
Discussion about home children; home children, orphans, Johnny Lewis, Bernardo Boys.

SIDE B 01:00:08 -- 01:01:20
Discussion about thrashing; thrashing, Alec Blue, Colin Hector MacNeill, custom thrashing, thrashing machines, rats, owls.

SIDE B 01:01:20 -- 01:04:01
Discussion about various topics including shooks, Hector Stuart, butter, and a ; shooks, Hector Stuart, tobacco, shipping, butter, Compton's.

Tape ends at 01:04:01.