Joyce Paynter T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Paynter (Andrews), Joyce
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998-03-03
Date Digitized
2010-09-02
Abstract
This is an interview with Joyce Paynter (nee Andrews) of Sutton, England and French River, P.E.I. In this interview Joyce talks about her husband's letters from WWII, the Battle of Britain, bombings and air raids, news during the war, WWI, moving from England to PEI, life on their farm in French River, doctors, the Flying Farmer, her work as a lighthouse keeper, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
England
French River, PE
Cousins Shore, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1947
WWI
WWII
1950s
1953
1946
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:35
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:16
Discussion about her husbands letters from his service in Italy continues on from Tape One; Italy, WWII, war letters.

SIDE A 00:01:16 -- 00:11:36
Discussion about the Battle of Britain, bombing, and friends killed in the war; Battle of Britain, WWII, air raids, bombing, buzz bombs, dogfights.

SIDE A 00:11:36 -- 00:16:40
Discussion about news during the war and her talks in schools about the war; WWII, Dunkirk, D-Day, bombing, television.

SIDE A 00:16:40 -- 00:24:04
Discussion about WWI; WWI, Armistice Day, Vera Lynn, singing, radio.

SIDE A 00:24:04 -- 00:31:45
Discussion about moving from England to PEI after WWII; 1946, Captain MacLeod, snow.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.
SIDE B 00:31:49 -- 00:36:45
Discussion about life on the farm in French River and Peach Duggan the country nurse; eggs, French River, Duggan's Store, doctors, Peach Duggan, midwives, country nurses, nurses, Dr. Beer.

SIDE B 00:36:45 -- 00:39:14
Discussion about the Flying Farmer and ice travel; Flying Farmer, pilots, Elton Woodside.

SIDE B 00:39:14 -- 00:45:15
Discussion about the lighthouse in Cape Tryon; Cape Tryon, lighthouses, lighthouse keepers, 1950s, wages, 1953.

SIDE B 00:45:15 -- 00:51:41
Discussion about life on the farm continues, with mention of childbirth and home remedies; 1950s, electricity, diapers, childbirth, home remedies, mud roads, roads, Peach Duggan.

SIDE B 00:51:41 -- 00:53:13
Discussion about her impressions of Islanders; Islanders.

SIDE B 00:53:13 -- 01:03:35
Discussion about being a lighthouse keeper continues, with mention of storms and drownings; storms, drownings, 1947, lighthouses, lighthouse keepers, Maisie Adams, French River, Cousins Shore, 1950s.

Tape ends at 01:03:35.