Arthur Lambe T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Lambe, Arthur R.
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2005-05-20
Date Digitized
2010-07-21
Abstract
This is an interview with Arthur R. Lambe of Charlottetown and Emerald, P.E.I. In this interview Arthur talks about animals on the railroads, Keith Richardson, people he worked with on the railway, Emerald and Emerald Station, Breadalbane, a story about selling a horse, accidents on the railway, a story about a train missing its stop, and his career as a railway worker.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Emerald, PE
Breadalbane, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1950s
1968
1989
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:48
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:33
A story about seeing a bear in Sackville while working on the railway; railway, bears, Sackville.

SIDE A 00:01:33 -- 00:03:13
A story about hitting cows with a train; trains, cows, accidents, railway, train speeds.

SIDE A 00:03:13 -- 00:08:27
A story about Keith Richardson getting a job on the railway; Keith Richardson, railway, Don Livingstone.

SIDE A 00:08:27 -- 00:15:36
Discussion about his retirement from the railway, with mention of Gordon Wells and men he worked with; Gordon Wells, railway, railway doctor.

SIDE A 00:15:36 -- 00:18:00
Discussion about the transition from steam to diesel engines; steam engines, diesel engines, train engines, trains.

SIDE A 00:18:00 -- 00:22:24
Discussion about living in Emerald, stores and businesses there, and some people who lived there; Emerald, Watson Fife, Aubrey Fife, Harry Ford's store, credit.

SIDE A 00:22:24 -- 00:27:38
Discussion about getting electricity in Emerald, delivering the mail to New London, and other work he did with horses; Emerald, electricity, power, Palmroy Murray, Fife's Warehouse, mail, delivering mail, horses, MacDonald.

SIDE A 00:27:38 -- 00:31:52
Discussion about potato picking and a story about selling a horse; potato picking, wages, Austin Scales, Les Simmons, Norboro, Dorothy Croken.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:52.
SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:41:20
A story about selling a horse continues; Dorothy Croken, Hughes, cars, Austin Sclaes, horse prices.

SIDE B 00:41:20 -- 00:43:32
Discussion about traveling everywhere by horse, with mention of voting and politics; Springfield, voting, horses, voting, politics, Cadillac.

SIDE B 00:43:32 -- 00:44:23
Discussion about Palmroy Murray and his power plant in Breadalbane; Breadalbane, Palmroy Murrary, power plant, hydro plant.

SIDE B 00:44:23 -- 00:49:02
A story about a train missing its stop; Jimmy Snow, fights, Murdoch Kennedy, CNR.

SIDE B 00:49:02 -- 00:51:57
Discussion about Breadalbane; Breadalbane, station agents, Murdoch Kennedy, train stations, Lorne Seaman, Breadalbane Station.

SIDE B 00:51:57 -- 00:54:06
Discussion about Vic Saunders; Vic Saunders, Summerside, railway.

SIDE B 00:54:06 -- 00:59:55
A story about a head-on collision in Emerald; Emerald, trains, accidents, railway, Jimmy Power.

SIDE B 00:59:55 -- 01:02:14
Discussion about the end of passenger cars and steam engines; 1968, 1989, passenger cars, railroad, railway, steam engines, Emerald Station.

SIDE B 01:02:14 -- 01:03:48
Discussion about his career working on the railway, with mention of his father and school; school, railroad, railway.

Tape ends at 01:03:48.