Dave Mills

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Mills, David Neil
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2003-06-25
Date Digitized
2010-08-25
Abstract
This is an interview with David Neil Mills of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dave talks about his model train, his father's work on the railway, diesel engines, water towers, roundhouses, railway workers, taxis, businesses in Charlottetown, cars, day trips, and various other topics about the railway.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Charlottetown, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1950s
1956
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:47
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05: -- 00:03:15
Discussion about his model train and how he started with them; model trains, toy trains.

SIDE A 00:03:15 -- 00:11:29
Discussion about his father's work on the railway and his memories of the trains; Gordon Mills, railway workers, railway, railway pass, trains, blacksmiths, railway jobs, rats.

SIDE A 00:11:29 -- 00:17:40
Discussion about his model train continues; model trains, toy trains.

SIDE A 00:17:40 -- 00:20:23
Discussion about diesel engines; soot, railway, trains, diesel engines, train engines.

SIDE A 00:20:23 -- 00:22:13
A story about the water towers; water towers, water, railway, rats.

SIDE A 00:22:13 -- 00:24:41
Discussion about the roundhouses; roundhouses, engine houses, railway.

SIDE A 00:24:41 -- 00:29:24
Discussion about the railway's influence and people who worked with the railway; rail yards, railway, trains, ferries, railway wharf, warehouses.

SIDE A 00:29:24 -- 00:31:49
Discussion about cab companies and boarding houses; taxis, cabs, Jimmy Power, Joe Shelfoon, Taxi Dan, Dan MacDonald, boarding houses, Maggie Lappin, Victoria Hotel.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:49.
SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:36:31
Discussion about his father's work on the railway continues, with mention of accidents on the railway; Gordon Mills, railway, railway men, trains, accidents, diesel engines.

SIDE B 00:36:31 -- 00:43:32
Discussion about businesses in Charlottetown; Charlottetown, stockyards, sidewalks, wooden sidewalks, coal yards, restaurants, Johnny Reid, stores, corner stores.

SIDE B 00:43:32 -- 00:51:41
Discussion about his model train continues; model trains, toy trains, car shop, engine shop, train cars.

SIDE B 00:51:41 -- 00:56:31
Discussion about the railway continues, with mention of the Butts and the railway bridge; Butts, railway, railway bridge, 1956.

SIDE B 00:56:31 -- 00:58:01
Discussion about his first car; 1955, cars, Morris Minor, driving.

SIDE B 00:58:01 -- 00:59:46
Discussion about day trips to Milton; Milton, traveling, day trips, Milton Station.

SIDE B 00:59:46 -- 01:03:47
Discussion about his model train continues, with mention of railway men and the Pig's Eye; model trains, toy trains, turntables, Pig's Eye, railway men.

Tape ends at 01:03:47.