SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:04:55
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, bananas, Christmas tree, Christmas dinner, French, Santa Claus.
SIDE A 00:04:55 -- 00:07:00
Discussion about her family; Henry Despres, Tony Despres, Norris Gallant, Agno Despres.
SIDE A 00:07:00 -- 00:10:16
Discussion about how she got a job with Dr. Lyons; politics, Dr. Lyon, Peter Lyons, Wendy Lyons.
SIDE A 00:10:16 -- 00:11:34
Discussion about growing up in Adamsville, NB; Adamsville.
SIDE A 00:11:34 -- 00:16:00
Discussion about various topics including WWI, the Halifax Explosion, and her name; Halifax Explosion, WWI, PEI.
SIDE A 00:16:00 -- 00:19:58
Discussion about food, with mention of Adamsville; food, soup, blueberries, rabbits, Freco, meat pies, Adamsville, French, Acadian, barley soup.
SIDE A 00:19:58 -- 00:21:45
Discussion about traveling and cars; traveling, cars.
SIDE A 00:21:45 -- 00:24:52
Discussion about school; school, Cocagne, 1914, apples, nuns.
SIDE A 00:24:52 -- 00:27:48
Discussion about her work as a teacher before working for Dr. Lyons; teachers, teaching, Moncton, Dr. Lyons, Cocagne.
SIDE A 00:27:48 -- 00:30:11
Discussion about her father's farm, breaking the roads, and various other topics; farming, electricity, breaking the roads.
SIDE A 00:30:11 -- 00:31:58
Discussion about her birth in the family home and midwives; midwives, Sylvia Despres.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:58.
SIDE B 00:32:06 -- 00:32:47
Discussion about her birth in the family home and midwives; midwives, Sylvia Despres.
SIDE B 00:32:47 -- 00:36:17
Discussion about food continues; food, porridge, lobster, salt herring, fish cakes, cod, blood pudding, fish.
SIDE B 00:36:17 -- 00:39:31
Discussion about her rooming house and her husband's bakery in Montague; Montague, rooming house, bakery, Emmett Murphy, bakers.
SIDE B 00:39:31 -- 00:42:38
Discussion about working for Eaton's in Montreal, with a story about the Boy Scouts; Eaton's, Timothy Eaton, Emmett Murphy, Boy Scouts.
SIDE B 00:42:38 -- 00:43:47
Discussion about their bakery in Montague continues; Warren MacLean, Montague, bakery, bakers.
SIDE B 00:43:47 -- 00:45:04
Discussion about life during the 1930s; 1930s, Depression, Great Depression.
SIDE B 00:45:04 --00:47:53
Discussion about her family in Boston and her brothers; Boston, Tony Despres, Henry Despres.
SIDE B 00:47:53 -- 00:51:08
Discussion about music and entertainment, with mention of pets; musicians, Tony Despres, Henry Despres, card games, pets, harmonica.
SIDE B 00:51:08 -- 00:54:51
Discussion about weaving and homemade clothes; weaving, homemade clothes, clothes, flour bag clothes.
SIDE B 00:54:51 -- 00:56:09
Discussion about airplanes; airplanes.
SIDE B 00:56:09 -- 00:59:37
Discussion about hooking and knitting; hooking, rugs, knitting.
SIDE B 00:59:37 -- 01:02:27
Discussion about her longevity; longevity, health, long life.
SIDE B 01:02:27 -- 01:03:50
Discussion about quilting; quilting.
SIDE B 01:03:50 -- 01:04:04
Discussion about the last train to go through Kinkora; Kinkora.
Tape ends at 01:04:04.
