SIDE A 00:00:03 -- 00:13:00
Discussion about his ancestors, the Belfast Riot, and the Free Church of Scotland; Decantelope, 1805, silversmiths, Charlottetown, 1833, Irish, 1847, Belfast, Belfast Riot, riots, politics, religious feuds, religion, Scots, Kelly's Cross, Free Church of Scotland, Seven Mile Road.
SIDE A 00:13:00 -- 00:17:16
Discussion about his grandparents, with mention of the Acorn side of his family and mills; 1782, Acorn, Germans, Acorn's mill, 1788, Pownal, Eleanor Williams, John Acorn, mills.
SIDE A 00:17:16 -- 00:20:35
Discussion about slavery on PEI; slaves, slavery, William Creed, 1767, Bimbo Sickles, Governor Fanning, Albion, African Canadians.
SIDE A 00:20:35 -- 00:22:42
Discussion about the last bear on PEI; bears, 1920s, Geordie Leslie.
SIDE A 00:22:42 -- 00:23:34
Discussion about his birth and his siblings; 1904.
SIDE A 00:23:34 -- 00:25:55
Discussion about Christmas and skating; Christmas, presents, skating, stock skates, skating ponds.
SIDE A 00:25:55 -- 00:30:20
Discussion about sheep, wool, and cattle; sheep, wool, carding mills, cattle, looms.
SIDE A 00:30:20 -- 00:33:37
Discussion about various topics including the cheese factory, nicknames, and sea captains; cheese factories, nicknames, sea captains, Bridgetown, Henry Ronald Sandy MacDonald, Jimmy The Keg MacDonald, Captain Dan MacDonald, Victory Chimes, Tracadie Jack MacDonald, Tracadie Jack, Captain John MacDonald, Cardigan, courting.
SIDE A 00:33:37 -- 00:37:30
Discussion about school; school, Primrose School, Rose Nicholson, Rose MacKinnon, education, readers, textbooks, games.
SIDE A 00:37:30 -- 00:41:26
Discussion about the Templar Lodge and shipyards in Bridgetown; Templar Lodge, 1921, shipyards, Bridgetown, 1880s, shipbuilding, Hector Cantelo, ship foreman, blacksmiths, Sterling MacDonald, William MacLeod.
SIDE A 00:41:26 -- 00:42:36
Discussion about cheese makers; Ernest Cantelo, cheese, cheese makers, Jim McCormack.
SIDE A 00:42:36 -- 00:46:29
Discussion about horses and plowing; horses, plowing, horse races, Georgetown Exhibition.
SIDE A 00:46:29 -- 00:47:03
Discussion about the Dundas Fair; Bentley Creed, Dundas Fair, 1941.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:03.
SIDE B 00:47:13 -- 00:49:16
Discussion about WWI and the Halifax Explosion; WWI, Halifax Explosion.
SIDE B 00:49:16 -- 00:52:12
Discussion about horsepower; horsepower.
SIDE B 00:52:12 -- 00:53:58
Discussion about cars; cars, Frank Solomon, 1918.
SIDE B 00:53:58 -- 00:56:22
Discussion about radio; radio, 1923, Angus MacMaster, radio programs.
SIDE B 00:56:22 -- 00:58:00
Discussion about sleighs; sleighs, Francis sleighs.
SIDE B 00:58:00 -- 01:01:40
Discussion about his wife, Launching, and courting; Florence Gardner, Launching, courting, dances, Father Pius MacDonald.
SIDE B 01:01:40 -- 01:03:19
Discussion about his first car and his first tractor; cars, tractors.
SIDE B 01:03:19 -- 01:07:05
Discussion about farming, life during the 1930s, and shipping produce and coal; 1930s, poverty, The Great Depression, fish prices, eels, farming, mixed farms, turnips, turnip prices, shipping, coal.
SIDE B 01:07:05 -- 01:11:07
Discussion about various topics including electricity, crime, and Gunner Bill Blackett; lights, electricity, 1950s, crime, taverns, Mrs. Martin, rum running, Gunner Bill Blackett, hunting.
SIDE B 01:11:07 -- 01:12:30
Discussion about trains; trains, train fare.
SIDE B 01:12:30 -- 01:14:01
Discussion about entertainment; circus, entertainment.
SIDE B 01:14:01 -- 01:15:44
Discussion about WWII and the biggest changes on the Island; WWII, transportation.
SIDE B 01:15:44 -- 01:19:40
Discussion about various topics including Orange Halls, Masonic Lodges, and religion; Orange Halls, Masonic Lodges, religion, Catholics, Protestants.
SIDE B 01:19:40 -- 01:21:24
Discussion about the telephone, with mention of fires; telephones, party lines, fires, bucket brigades.
SIDE B 01:21:24 -- 01:26:25
Discussion about wakes and funerals, with mention of the Spanish Flu; funerals, wakes, Catholics, Protestants, hearses, Simon Cantelo, Spanish Flu.
SIDE B 01:26:25 -- 01:28:22
Discussion about the healing springs, baptism, and the MacDonaldites; baptism, Bishop MacEachern, MacDonaldites.
SIDE B 01:28:22 -- 01:29:15
Discussion about ghost stories; ghost stories.
SIDE B 01:29:25 -- 01:33:13
Discussion about Bridgetown, with mention of murder, buried treasure, and the shipyards; murder, Bridgetown, 1933, buried treasure, pirates.
Tape ends at 01:33:13.
