SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:19
Discussion about his family background and old mills in the area; mills, Dunk River.
SIDE A 00:03:19 -- 00:07:07
Discussion about his grandparents and other people in his family, with mention of school and chores; MacLeod, railway foreman, school, chores.
SIDE A 00:07:07 -- 00:07:54
Discussion about the Devil's Punchbowl; Devil's Punchbowl, Granville.
SIDE A 00:07:54 -- 00:09:40
Discussion about horses; horses, plowing, gang plow.
SIDE A 00:09:40 -- 00:11:23
Discussion about farm animals, sheep, and spinning wool; spinning wool, farm animals, cattle, sheep, shearing sheep, carding mill, French's mill.
SIDE A 00:11:23 -- 00:12:37
Discussion about the local starch factory; starch factory, Burnett, Hunter River.
SIDE A 00:12:37 -- 00:14:30
Discussion about life in the 1930s; 1930s, emigration, asphalt plant, Fredericton.
SIDE A 00:14:30 -- 00:24:28
Discussion about joining the war in 1942 and what it was like landing on D-Day, with mention of POWs; D-Day, WWII, 1942, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, North Novas, 1944, POW, Germans.
SIDE A 00:24:28 -- 00:29:43
Discussion about German POWs in Holland and what it was like being there during the war; POW, Germans, German POWs, Holland, North Novas, German soldiers, Dutch, WWII.
SIDE A 00:29:43 -- 00:31:35
Discussion about D-Day continues, with mention of his training; D-Day, army training, WWII.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:35.
SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:32:48
Discussion about D-Day continues, with mention of the first man he saw killed; D-Day, casualties, WWII, German soldiers.
SIDE B 00:32:48 -- 00:36:17
A story about being shelled and getting lucky; shells, WWII, casualties.
SIDE B 00:36:17 -- 00:38:04
Discussion about D-Day continues, with mention of the RAF and RCAF; RAF, RCAF, D-Day, WWII, fighter planes.
SIDE B 00:38:04 -- 00:40:18
Discussion about being in Belgium during WWII; Belgium, WWII, Frank McAdam.
SIDE B 00:40:18 -- 00:42:27
Discussion about leaving the war with gangrene and seeing Dr. Murchison and the medals he received; Dr. Murchison, war medals, WWII, medals, Armistice Day.
SIDE B 00:42:27 -- 00:45:01
Discussion about house parties, dances, and fiddlers; house parties, dances, fiddlers, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:45:01 -- 00:46:16
Discussion about winters, with mention of breaking the roads, bushing the ice, and deep snow; winter, bushing the ice, breaking the roads, deep snow, snowstorms, horse and sleigh.
SIDE B 00:46:16 -- 00:47:17
Discussion about electricity; electricity, Pomroy Murray, power plant, lights, power.
SIDE B 00:47:17 -- 00:49:33
Discussion about Bredalbane, people he knew there, and local businesses, with mention of funerals; train station, Bredalbane, Ivan Kennedy, Gordon MacKay, Roddy MacKay, Bob MacLeod, casket, Murdoch Kennedy, Kennedy's store, funerals.
SIDE B 00:49:33 -- 00:50:36
Discussion about the first telephones and a story about people listening in; telephones.
SIDE B 00:50:36 -- 00:51:48
Discussion about his work as a truck driver; wages, truck driver, truck driving, Lorne Seaman, Breadalbane.
SIDE B 00:51:48 -- 00:54:45
Discussion about taking the train and work shoveling it out in the winter; wages, train, taxi fare, stuck trains.
SIDE B 00:54:45 -- 00:58:12
Discussion about his first car, a story about the hood blowing off, his first radio, and mention of hockey; cars, Model-T Ford, car prices, radio, hockey, Toronto Maple Leafs.
SIDE B 00:58:12 -- 00:59:48
Discussion about Christmas and skates; skates, Christmas, Christmas tree, presents, board games, sleighs.
SIDE B 00:59:48 -- 01:00:41
Discussion about blacksmiths; George Dixon, Headley Woodside, blacksmiths, forges.
SIDE B 01:00:41 -- 01:01:13
Discussion about potato prices; potato prices, 1930s.
SIDE B 01:01:13 -- 01:03:29
Raymond sings a song about the North Novas; North Novas, song, singing, WWII.
Tape ends at 01:03:29.
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