SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:05:29
Discussion about his birth in the family home and the death of his brother Norman; childbirth, Dr. Bouvyer, midwives, Ellen Sherren, Norman Best, spinal meningitis.
SIDE A 00:05:29 -- 00:09:22
Discussion about the Spanish Flu and Dr. Bouvyer; Spanish Flu, Dr. Bovyer, 1918.
SIDE A 00:09:22 -- 00:14:04
Discussion about doctors, John Myers, and big families; doctors, dentists, Dr. Marvin Bell, Bull Lea, John Myers, MLA, big families, Dr. Everett Bell, Dr. Bell, politicians.
SIDE A 00:14:04 -- 00:16:02
Discussion about his grandparents; Sara Thomson, Mark Best.
SIDE A 00:16:02 -- 00:18:52
Discussion about home remedies, with mention of his father's family; home remedies, mustard plasters, Lucy MacDonald, Lucy Best, cod liver oil, sulfur and molasses.
SIDE A 00:18:52 -- 00:21:59
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, Christmas trees, Christmas dinner.
SIDE A 00:21:59 -- 00:28:14
Discussion about Crapaud; mills, Crapaud, Leard's mill, Harry Leard, sawmills, stores, Bowness and MacLean, Crosby's store, tailors, funeral homes, shipbuilding, clams.
SIDE A 00:28:14 -- 00:31:23
Discussion about various topics including ice houses and school; ice ponds, ice, ice houses, iceboxes, school.
SIDE A 00:31:23 -- 00:36:10
Discussion about his mother, electricity, and the 1956 ice storm; 1951, 1956, ice storms, electricity, lights, Lucy Best, Lucy MacDonald, water power, water wheels.
SIDE A 00:36:10 -- 00:39:09
Discussion about the Howatts and the Hollands; Helen Holland, Guy Holland, tailors, Arthur Howatt.
SIDE A 00:39:09 -- 00:42:51
Discussion about school continues; school, walking, teachers, Lizzie MacKinnon, Dan Bell, Agnes Dixon.
SIDE A 00:42:51 -- 00:46:23
Discussion about traveling and cars; traveling, 1923, cars.
SIDE A 00:46:23 -- 00:47:30
Discussion about deep snow; deep snow, snow, 1923.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:30.
SIDE B 00:47:36 -- 00:53:07
Discussion about deep snow continues, with mention of bushed ice; deep snow, snow, cold weather, bushed ice, bushing the ice, buffalo robes.
SIDE B 00:53:07 -- 00:57:56
Discussion about the family farm; farming, plowing.
SIDE B 00:57:56 -- 01:02:05
Discussion about horses; horses, Wellington McNeill, Western horses, Percheron horses.
SIDE B 01:02:05 -- 01:07:14
Discussion about driving the school van; school vans, wages, breaking the roads, teachers, Wilfred Boulter, Jimmy Farrell.
SIDE B 01:07:14 -- 01:09:29
Discussion about Everett Howatt and Mr. Mullins; Everett Howatt, Junior Howatt, Crapaud, Mr. Mullins.
SIDE B 01:09:29 -- 01:12:11
Discussion about driving the school van continues; school vans, smart horses.
SIDE B 01:12:11 -- 01:14:08
Discussion about eggs and pigs; eggs, pigs, Fred Leard.
SIDE B 01:14:08 -- 01:16:45
Discussion about cars, with mention of foxes and horses; cars, foxes, horses, driving, Model-T Ford.
SIDE B 01:16:45 -- 01:20:08
Discussion about church and chewing tobacco; chewing tobacco, Sunday school, Robert Simmons, twist tobacco, twist.
SIDE B 01:20:08 -- 01:24:30
Discussion about potatoes; potatoes, potato varieties, Fred Wotton.
SIDE B 01:24:30 -- 01:27:18
Discussion about firewood; firewood.
SIDE B 01:27:18 -- 01:28:04
Discussion about his first tractor; tractors, farm machinery.
SIDE B 01:28:04 -- 01:30:22
Discussion about Wellington McNeill and cattle; Wellington McNeill, cattle buyers, cattle prices.
SIDE B 01:30:22 -- 01:31:50
Discussion about cream; cream, hauling cream.
SIDE B 01:31:50 -- 01:32:59
Discussion about the Hindenburg; Hindenburg.
SIDE B 01:32:59 -- 01:35:05
Discussion about the woolen mill in Crapaud, with mention of Robert Stanfield; woolen mills, fires, Robert Stanfield.
Tape ends at 01:35:05.
