SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:11:08
A story about a mill thrashing wheat, his job at Canada Packers in 1946, and fishing cod; cod, fishing, Canada Packers, 1946, thrashing, mills.
SIDE A 00:11:08 -- 00:27:00
A story about Jay Walter, a strike, men he worked with, what Charlottetown was like in the 1940s, Archie Birtwistle, the waterfront, his first time seeing a plane, and alcohol scripts; Charlottetown, 1940s, Archie Birtwhistle, airplanes, planes, alcohol, alcohol scripts, strikes, J. Walter Jones.
SIDE A 00:27:00 -- 00:31:15
Discussion about Christmas, alcohol, going to church and working on it after it burned; fires, St. Peters, church, alcohol, Christmas.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:15.
SIDE B 00:31:26 -- 00:42:20
Discussion about various topics including chewing tobacco, thrashing grain, burning coal, St. Peter's Bay blacksmiths Ambrose Hines and Frank Jay, Western horses, silver foxes, livery stables, and travel on the river; Western horses, horses, silver foxes, foxes, blacksmiths, chewing tobacco, trashing, coal, St. Peter's, Ambrose Hines, Frank Jay, livery stables.
SIDE B 00:42:20 -- 00:53:28
Discussion about various topics including anvils, the first car in the area, the first radio and the radio plays and fiddle music, where he went during the war, why he was turned down for service several times, and the ammunition building in Bedford burning; Bedford, WWII, radio, music, anvils, cars.
SIDE B 00:53:28 -- 01:02:42
Discussion about various topics including what Halifax was like during the war, working escort duty, being in the hospital for VE Day, mussel mud, Christmas around the house, candy, going school, the family farm, and where they got flour; school, Cable Head, mussel mud, VE Day, Christmas, candy, WWII, Halifax.
Tape ends at 01:02:42.
