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Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2003-07-29
Date Digitized
2010-05-26
Abstract
This interview is the third tape of four with Wallace "Wally" Jenkins Andrew of East Royalty, P.E.I. Wally begins by finishing a discussion from Tape Two about his father's Cadillac. He then talks about why it was called The Submarine and mentions another car called The Grasshopper. He then talks about the old roads and trips to New Glasgow, learning to drive, and tells of a car accident involving his father. He then goes on to talk about snowstorms, Wright's Bridge and homes in the area, tractors, and how mills worked. He tells a story about his brother falling off a chimney and talks about his birth, Dr. Jenkins, WWII, marsh mud, rum running, and home remedies. Also mentioned is his mother's boarding and catering business, the Raleigh man, pumpkin rum, Christmas, and Prince of Wales College.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:35:22
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
Side A 00:00:04 -- 00:00:42
Discussion about his father's Cadillac continues from Tape Two; Cadillac.

Side A 00:00:42 -- 00:04:35
Discussion about why the Cadillac was called The Submarine, with mention of a car called The Grasshopper; 1916, Cadillac, Saxon, cars, Colonel Fred Andrew.

Side A 00:04:35 -- 00:08:19
Discussion about the old roads, with mention of trips up to New Glasgow to visit his uncle; Frank Andrew, New Glasgow, cars, mechanic, roads, traveling, dust, tricks, car bans.

Side A 00:08:19 -- 00:09:58
Discussion about learning to drive a car; Model-T Ford, Saxon, cars, driving, 1923, Cadillac.

Side A 00:09:58 -- 00:11:28 A story about a car accident; car accident, accident, cars.

Side A 00:11:28 -- 00:12:19
Discussion about learning to drive a car continues, with mention of driver's licences; driver's licence.

Side A 00:12:19 -- 00:16:25
Discussion about their first tractor, which had steel wheels, and Caterpillar tractors; tractors, steel wheels, Caterpillar tractors, International tractors.

Side A 00:16:25 -- 00:30:02
Discussion about their barns and a story about trying it put out a fire; barns, fire, 1931, fire engine, 1930, cattle barn.

Side A 00:30:02 -- 00:32:14
Discussion about the winter of 1931; snowstorm, 1931, 1923.

Side A 00:32:14 -- 00:34:30
Discussion about Wright's Bridge and houses in the area; Wright's Bridge, Andrew's Pond.

Side A 00:34:40 -- 00:39:06
Dutch and Wally watch a film about ice cutting while Wally explains how it was done; ice cutting, 1946, barn.

Side A 00:39:06 -- 00:42:05
Discussion about mills and how they worked; Mill Road, grain, mills, flour, kiln, oats, oatmeal, Isle of Skye, grinding stones.

Side A 00:42:05 -- 00:44:32
A story about his brother Fred falling off the chimney at the mill; chimney, accident, Fred Andrew, Colonel F. I. Andrew.

Side A 00:44:32 -- 00:47:14
Discussion about the mill continues, with mention of the toll scoop; mill, gristmill, toll scoop, grain toll, miller's toll.

Side A 00:47:14 -- 00:47:36
Discussion about his uncle Robert Thompson's mill in Suffolk; Robert Thompson, mill, Suffolk.

Side A ends at 00:47:36.
SIDE B 00:47:44 -- 00:48:46
Discussion about his uncle Robert Thompson's mill continues; Robert Thompson, mill, Suffolk, John B. Andrew.

SIDE B 00:48:46 -- 00:49:49
Discussion about his birth, his family, and how he got his middle name; birth, Georgina Thompson, Jenkins, Dr. Stephen Jenkins, doctors.

SIDE B 00:49:49 -- 00:51:58
Discussion about Dr. Jack Jenkins and a story about a man with a glass eye; glass eye, WWII, Dr. Jack Jenkins.

SIDE B 00:51:58 -- 00:53:25
Discussion about being a Captain in the army during WWII; army, Captain, 8th Battery, 2nd Battery, WWII guns, Howitzer, Parker Craig.

SIDE B 00:53:25 -- 00:54:09
Discussion about his birth continues, with mention of being born on the kitchen table; Dr. Jenkins, birth.

SIDE B 00:54:09 -- 00:59:44
Discussion about using marsh mud to build the dam at their mill; marsh mud, mill, dam, brick clay, 1813, 1700s, Bird Island Mills, Meacham's 1880 Atlas.

SIDE B 00:59:44 -- 01:03:45
Discussion about rum running and bootlegging, with a story about finding buried cans of rum; rum running, 1920s, Stanhope, three mile limit, 3 mile limit, bootlegging, Mill Road, kegs of rum, rum.

SIDE B 01:03:45 -- 01:05:09
A story about rum running and a pillowcase full of money; money, rum running.

SIDE B 01:05:09 -- 01:08:28
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, cod liver oil, bread poultice, tonics, sulfur and molasses.

SIDE B 01:08:28 -- 01:14:15
Discussion about his mother renting out rooms to tourists and hosting dinner parties, with mention of butchering chickens; hens, butchering chickens, boarding room rates, boarding house, dinner parties, traveling salesman, teachers, tourists, tour boats.

SIDE B 01:14:15 -- 01:16:52
Discussion about the Raleigh man and peddlers, with mention of boils and sick cattle; Raleigh man, liniments, salves, Rundle's salve, ointments, peddlers, boils, sick cattle.

SIDE B 01:16:52 -- 01:17:38
Discussion about home remedies continues; tonic, tansy tea, home remedies, dandelion wine.

SIDE B 01:17:38 -- 01:22:19
Discussion about pumpkin rum, and a story about exploding bottles of pumpkin rum; pumpkin rum, brown sugar, raisins.

SIDE B 01:22:19 -- 01:30:19
Discussion about Christmas, with a story about a goose as a present; presents, Christmas, goose, Belle Ferguson, Thompson, John T. Ferguson, stooking, banana, Christmas trees, good luck, salt, plum pudding, presents, coal, Santa Claus, oranges.

SIDE B 01:30:19 -- 01:35:22
Discussion about going to Prince of Wales College, with mention of the old Prince of Wales College building and a story about crawling through the air vents; Prince of Wales College, fire, 1931, 1933.

Tape ends at 01:35:22
***Tape ends mid-sentence.