SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:04:01
Addie talks about the origin of her family name and where babies were born in the 1900s; birth, family, doctors, 1900s.
SIDE A 00:04:01 -- 00:05:57
Addie talks about her first memories as a child, most notably the time she and her younger brother Frank had a funeral for a dead chick and she recites the poem they said for the dead bird; poetry, children, death, funerals, chickens, poems.
SIDE A 00:05:57 -- 00:07:37
Her mother was a Horton and they took the train many times to go visit her family; family, Horton, trains, railroad, traveling, railway.
SIDE A 00:07:37 -- 00:10:08
Trips on the train and the nice dog that would come meet her; dogs, trains, traveling.
SIDE A 00:10:08 -- 00:13:30
Discussion about her grandparents; family.
SIDE A 00:13:30 -- 00:15:02
What women did on the farm; farming, women's work, chores.
SIDE A 00:15:02 -- 00:17:23
Stories of travels to Charlottetown and a puncheon of molasses; horses, molasses, candy, sugar, Charlottetown, traveling.
SIDE A 00:17:23 -- 00:19:25
Addie talks about her old neighbour Mr. Solomon Mutch who would offer her money for kisses; children, money, neighbours, friend.
SIDE A 00:19:25 -- 00:21:06
The west farm and the Jones family; farms, neighbours, Jones.
SIDE A 00:21:06 -- 00:22:48
Pork, killing pigs, and doing the same for beef by storing it in a central creamery food locker; pork, slaughtering, beef, freezers, cold storage.
SIDE A 00:22:48 -- 00:24:14
The local mills; mills, grain, wheat, Gates' Mill, Ings' Mill.
SIDE A 00:24:14 -- 00:29:48
John Baker and Mrs. Henry and their house in Bunbury; neighbours, Bunbury, John Baker, Henry.
SIDE A 00:29:48 -- 00:31:50
WWI veteran Mr. Darry and his wooden leg; wooden legs, veterans, WWI.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:50.
SIDE B 00:31:50 -- 00:35:30
Rationing in WWII and care packages for the her brothers with a story about the packages being given to a different soldier and getting a nice letter from him; rationing, war packages, war parcels, WWII, soldiers, war letters.
SIDE B 00:35:30 -- 00:37:31
Selling milk to the central creamery and getting it separated there; milk, creameries, butter, Charlottetown.
SIDE B 00:37:31 -- 00:39:05
Oysters in the Hillsborough River; oysters, seaweed, painting, Hillsborough River.
SIDE B 00:39:05 -- 00:42:45
Boats traveling up and down the Hillsborough River and the old Hillsborough River bridge; bridges, ships, boats, Hillsborough River, railway bridges.
SIDE B 00:42:45 -- 00:46:21
"Indians" in Bunbury and a story about Mildred Mason; Native Canadians, First Nations People, Indians, pack peddlers, Bunbury, Mildred Mason.
SIDE B 00:46:21 -- 00:47:54
Trains in old Bunbury and how Bunbury has built up over the years; Bunbury, trains, houses.
SIDE B 00:47:54 -- 00:51:05
The old railroad bridge that spanned across the Hillsborough River; bridges, Stratford, Bunbury, Charlottetown, railroad, railway, Hillsborough River.
SIDE B 00:51:05 -- 00:53:37
Streets in Charlottetown and the pork factory that was very close to the old bridge; Charlottetown, pork, factories, slaughterhouses.
SIDE B 00:53:37 -- 00:56:00
Making jams and preserves and selling strawberries; strawberries, preserve, jam, tea, sugar, prices.
SIDE B 00:56:00 -- 01:00:45
Going to church and a story about how Addie almost froze to death in the local parish; church, cold weather, Southport, Stratford, Protestant.
01:00:45 -- 01:03:45
Having concerts and plays during WWI to raise money for the troops; concerts, music, plays, fundraising, money, WWI.
Tape ends at 01:03:45.
