SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:04
Discussion about taking P.E.I. cheese to Boston; cheese, Boston.
SIDE A 00:01:04 -- 00:04:27
Discussion about the Gill family ancestry; Richard Gill, miller, England, 1821, Devonshire, Mary Thompson, John Thomas Gill, Kelly's livery stables, Charlottetown, blacksmith, Wyatt and Burress, Elliotvale, Gill's Corner, blacksmith, Highfield.
SIDE A 00:04:27 -- 00:07:54
Discussion about their father's business; Gill's Corner, blacksmithing, Richard Gill, farming machinery, plows, blacksmith, 1880, 1861.
SIDE A 00:07:54 -- 00:14:10
Discussion about getting metal and iron for blacksmithing; blacksmith, metal, iron, Charlottetown, ferry, credit, wagon, ferry toll, Murphy's Wharf, coal prices, coal, blacksmithing coal.
SIDE A 00:14:10 -- 00:19:56
Discussion about blacksmithing and horse-shoeing; horseshoe corks, horse-shoeing, blacksmithing, horses.
SIDE A 00:19:56 -- 00:22:22
Discussion about chasing down a bear; bear, Tracadie,
SIDE A 00:22:22 -- 00:22:57
Brief discussion about blacksmithing; axes, tools, blacksmithing, hoes, picks.
SIDE A 00:22:57 -- 00:28:48
Discussion about wheelwrighting and woodworking, and a story about their father going into the Cardigan River with the horse and wagon; Captain Compton, schooner, sleighs, wagons, wheels, Magdalen Islands, wheelwright, woodworking, carpenter, Cardigan, Cardigan Bridge, Cardigan River, horse, rum.
SIDE A 00:28:48 -- 00:31:45
Discussion about woodworking continues, with mention of sleighs and power sources; woodworking, sleighs, sleigh prices, wood sleigh, horsepower, pung sleigh, carpenter, wind power.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.
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SIDE B 00:31:53 -- 00:36:28
Discussion about power sources continues; horsepower, windmill, woodworking, 1908, gas engine, make and break ignition.
SIDE B 00:36:28 -- 00:44:42
Discussion about their father building his own machinery and wheelwrighting, with mention of local wood; machinery, drill press, wheelwright, barter, wood, yellow birch, wheels, sawmill, oak, lumber, Vernon River.
SIDE B 00:44:42 -- 00:46:50
Discussion about their father making school desks; school desks.
SIDE B 00:46:50 -- 00:52:53
Discussion about Eddy's first job in their father's shop; Eddy Gill, Leo Gill, forge, blacksmiths, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:52:53 -- 00:55:18
Discussion about making sleigh parts, desks, and tables; sleighs, desks, tables, blacksmithing.
SIDE B 00:55:18 -- 00:59:11
Discussion about their family of 21 children; Margaret Bennett, George W. Bennett, Exeter, Mary Murray, Ethel Paquet, Margaret Mitchell, Annie Sullivan, John L. Sullivan, family, Cardigan.
SIDE B 00:59:11 -- 01:02:25
Discussion about blacksmiths and apprenticeships; Sullivan, blacksmithing, blacksmiths, apprentices, Pat Welch, Lem Hughes, Joe MacDonald, wages, Jimmy Doyle.
SIDE B 01:02:25 -- 01:03:39
Discussion about Johnny's first job in their father's shop; WWII, Eddy Gill, Johnny Gill.
Tape ends at 01:03:39.
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