SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:07:41
Discussion about his parents and their life in Borden, with mention of the changes in Borden and Cape Traverse; Rogerson, Helen Herring, Borden, Cape Traverse, 1913, cookhouse, Borden Wharf, ferries, tar-paper shacks.
SIDE A 00:07:41 -- 00:10:42
Discussion about German P.O.W.s in Borden, with mention of the railroad; railroad gauges, German P.O.W., P.O.W., WWII, German Nationals.
SIDE A 00:10:42 -- 00:12:22
Discussion about the Spanish Flu, the end of WWI, and the Halifax Explosion; Spanish Flu, WWI, Halifax Explosion.
SIDE A 00:12:22 -- 00:13:53
Discussion about lobster canneries and lobster fishing, with mention of canned chicken; Cape Traverse, Ewitts, Howatt, canned chicken, lobster fishing, lobster canneries.
SIDE A 00:13:53 -- 00:16:41
Discussion about changes in Borden, with mention of stores and local businesses and a fire; Borden, general stores, fire, 1920s, Strang's store, hotel.
SIDE A 00:16:41 -- 00:18:20
Discussion about the changes in the railroad gauges and the transfer shed; 1925, railroad, railway, shipping, Borden.
SIDE A 00:18:20 -- 00:20:29
Discussion about his first job, with mention of working on the ferry and a story about a ferry being chased by a U-boat; 1932, ferry, Borden, SS Prince Edward Island, jobs, divers, steam, Captain MacGuire.
SIDE A 00:20:29 -- 00:23:20
Discussion about his job diving for the CNR, with mention of a man drowning; Ceretti, diving, diver, CNR, diving suit, scuba divers, drowning, death.
SIDE A 00:23:20 -- 00:26:17
Discussion about the Italian Air Force landing in Victoria, with mention of Ceretti and a story about two men drowning; Ceretti, Italian Air Force, Victoria, drowning.
SIDE A 00:26:17 -- 00:32:41
Discussion about schooners, with brief mention of Joe Reid's ship, and stories about the Nellie J. Banks; Captain MacGuire, Nellie J. Banks, schooners, Joe Reid, Captain Dicks, guns, boat rum, rum, rum running, 3 mile limit, 12 mile limit.
SIDE A 00:32:41 -- 00:37:57
Discussion about playing hockey and how it's different today, with mention of selling a keg of rum to help buy skates; Lee Taylor, hockey, Maritime Championship, Al Fagan, Tom Paquet, Don MacPherson, Wendell MacWilliams, skates, skate prices, rum.
SIDE A 00:37:57 -- 00:39:01
Discussion about Christmas; presents, Christmas, oranges, bananas, Christmas tree, Santa Claus.
SIDE A 00:39:01 -- 00:48:01
Discussion about hockey continues, with mention of rinks, traveling to play games, players, rivalries, and teams; hockey, rivalry, rinks, open air rinks, Charlottetown Abbies, 1931, Borden Nationals, Victoria, Lee Taylor, wages, paid players, sports fans, Beck, hockey trains, fights, Danny MacLeod, Summerside Crystals, cigarettes, Colorado, 1930s, Stanley Lord, Cap Lord.
SIDE A ends at 00:48:01.
SIDE B 00:48:09 -- 00:55:45
Discussion about hockey continues, with mention of rinks, traveling on the ice, Tic Williams, and a women's team from Borden; Charlottetown, ice travel, hockey, Victoria, hockey rinks, Dizzy Block, Tic Williams, Borden, Harold Ross, naphtha lights, open air rinks.
SIDE B 00:55:45 -- 00:56:38
Discussion about the Hindenburg flying over the Island; Hindenburg, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:56:38 -- 00:58:21
Discussion about the Gordon Jay The Singing Cowboy, CHGS, and Oscar's first radio; Gordon Jay, The Singing Cowboy, CHGS, radio, singing, Kisma.
SIDE B 00:58:21 -- 01:01:11
Discussion about his father's car and a story about Oscar taking it for a drive as a kid; Saxon 6, cars, Durant, driving, Clayton Green.
SIDE B 01:01:11 -- 01:02:27
Discussion about The Great Depression, with mention of hobos; The Great Depression, Borden, hobos, railroad.
SIDE B 01:02:27 -- 01:03:13
Discussion about school, with mention of the school that was made over to look like the Abbie; school, Abbie.
SIDE B 01:03:13 -- 01:04:43
Discussion about working as a diver during WWII, with mention of U-boats; U-boats, diver, WWII.
SIDE B 01:04:43 -- 01:06:13
Discussion about the railroad in Borden during The Great Depression and working for the CNR; Captain Pike, CNR, Great Depression, Borden, railroad, Roland Pickering.
SIDE B 01:06:13 -- 01:14:18
Discussion about life growing up in Borden, with mention of flour bag clothes, farm animals in town, and his mother's boarding house; Borden, boarding house, the Pig's Eye, hotel, Landsdowne Hotel, room and board prices, Cape Traverse, socks, Jemima Howatt, Phillip Howatt, 1930s, flour bag clothes, horses, farm animals, Art Jay, traveling salesmen, hens, food prices.
SIDE B 01:14:18-- 01:16:00
Discussion about shipping ice on the train and ice houses; ice houses, CNR, ice, Hunter River.
SIDE B 01:16:00 -- 01:18:32
Discussion about the SS Prince Edward Island ferry and gravel being shipped over from the mainland; SS Prince Edward Island, ferry, coal, Springhill coal, gravel, armour rocks.
SIDE B 01:18:32 -- 01:23:39
Discussion about the Perry brothers from Summerside, bootlegging, and rum running; Andrew Perry, Clovie Perry, hockey, Jack Schurman, Soviet speakeasy, rum, bootlegging, Snowball Allen, Cape Tormentine, Captain Dicks, Johnny Reid, pack peddlers.
SIDE B 01:23:39 -- 01:24:49
Discussion about doctors, with mention of Dr. Bell and Dr. Dorothy; Dr. Bell, doctors, Dr. Dorothy, midwives.
SIDE B 01:24:49 -- 01:28:12
Discussion about his family, home remedies, and the train called the Pig's Eye; Rogerson, home remedies, lice, kerosene, boils, sulfur and molasses, cod liver oil, salt herring, mustard plaster, drugstores, Pig's Eye, trains, Summerside.
SIDE B 01:28:12 -- 01:30:13
Discussion about deep snow and shoveling out stuck trains; snow, 1923, shoveling, stuck trains, snowstorms.
SIDE B 01:30:13 -- 01:33:10
Discussion about the ferries; ferries, stuck ferries, car ferries.
SIDE B 01:33:10 -- 01:34:57
Discussion about hockey continues, with a story about a rough player; Victoria, Louie MacLeod, hockey.
SIDE B 01:34:57 -- 01:36:08
Discussion about the circus coming to Borden; circus, Borden, wide gauge rails, elephants.
Tape ends at 01:36:08.
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