***There are occassions when the tape speeds up and the audio becomes slightly distorted, but the majority of the audio is of good quality.
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:02:34
Discussion about Orwell Corner and Billy Greenwood; Orwell Corner, Billy Greenwood, home child, Murchison, Orwell, home children.
SIDE A 00:02:34 -- 00:03:49
Discussion about Edward Hackett; WWI, Edward Hackett, home children, home child.
SIDE A 00:03:49 -- 00:05:49
Discussion about school, Gaelic, and early settlers in the area; Orville Corner, school, Gaelic, Scots, 1803.
SIDE A 00:05:49 -- 00:07:12
Discussion about their family history; settlers, ancestors, MacDonald, Owen Connolly, Lot 57.
SIDE A 00:07:12 -- 00:10:05
Discussion about various topics including potato farming, the Halifax Explosion, and the Spanish Flu; potato farming, summer vacation, school vacation, 1912, Halifax Explosion, Spanish Flu.
SIDE A 00:10:05 -- 00:12:24
Discussion about home remedies, being born on the family farm, and doctors; sulfur, cod liver oil, home remedies, midwives, doctors, Dr. Martin Martin, Dr. Frank Martin.
SIDE A 00:12:24 -- 00:15:49
Discussion about the phantom ship, forerunners, and a story about Barney Laughlin; phantom ship, storytelling, Clark's store, Barney Laughlin, Malcolm Campbell, forerunners.
SIDE A 00:15:49 -- 00:19:39
Discussion about snowstorms, deep snow, and trains stuck in the snow; snowstorms, snow, deep snow, 1923, stuck trains, shoveling snow, wages, Uigg Station.
SIDE A 00:19:39 -- 00:21:53
Discussion about the first cars; cars, Malcolm Campbell, Uigg, Model-T Ford.
SIDE A 00:21:53 -- 00:23:29
Discussion about people buried in the area, with mention of Stoney MacLeods; Donald Stoney, Donald MacLeod, Stoney MacLeods.
SIDE A 00:24:29 -- 00:29:50
Discussion about various topics including the Uigg school, local businesses, egg trading and grading, and Everett MacDonald; Uigg, Uigg school, Harold S. MacLeod, MacLeod's store, turnip factory, Dan Cummings, eggs, egg grading, bartering, egg trading, Vernon Bridge, Everett MacDougall, butter, egg prices, shipping.
SIDE A 00:30:45 -- 00:32:03
Discussion about coopers and blacksmiths; cooper, blacksmiths, barrells, horseshoe prices.
SIDE A ends at 00:32:03.
SIDE B 00:31:10 -- 00:34:07
A story about moving a house across the ice and Johnny Tom MacPherson; Johnny Tom MacPherson, house moving.
SIDE B 00:34:07 -- 00:36:01
Discussion about phases of the moon, their parents, and nicknames; phases of the moon, superstitions, Mary Ross, Murdoch Peter MacDonald, nicknames, MacLeods, MacDonalds.
SIDE B 00:36:01 -- 00:41:06
Discussion about the MacDonaldites, religion, and Sundays; MacDonaldites, Rev. Donald MacDonald, churches, 1840s, religion, Presbyterians, church, religion, Sundays, pilgrimages, sacrament, Free Church of Scotland.
SIDE B 00:41:06 -- 00:47:09
Discussion about Gaelic, their family history, and a story about donating blood during WWII; Gaelic, German, Wisner, Ross, donating blood, Inman, Zwicker, WWII, German soldiers, WWII hospital.
SIDE B 00:47:09 -- 00:56:05
Discussion about signing up for WWII and serving in Italy; WWII, Peter McQueen, Ten Mile House, Canadian army, army, John Gillis, 1941, artillery, Cape Breton Highlanders, Italy, casualties, D-Day dodger, 1944.
SIDE B 00:56:05 -- 00:59:33
Discussion about being in a British hospital in Italy during WWII and the end of the war; war hospital, German soldiers, WWII, 1944, V-E Day, shell shock, PTSD.
SIDE B 00:59:33 -- 01:03:03
Discussion about being injured during the war; casualties, WWII.
