Andrew Murnaghan T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Murnaghan, Andrew Robert
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1997-02-18
Date Digitized
2010-06-11
Abstract
This is the second half of an interview with Andrew Robert Murnaghan of Tarantum, P.E.I. In this interview Andrew talks about mussel mud, mills, his grandfather's family and their work as coopers, cheese makers, strong men, peddling beef, coal, tractors, thrashing, horsepower, electricity, ice houses, trucks, and fish.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Charlottetown, PE
Bethel, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1920s
1930s
1959
1946
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
00:25:22
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:00:51
Discussion about mussel mud with Andrew's son Cecil; mussel mud, fertilizer.

SIDE A 00:00:51 -- 00:02:36
Discussion about mussel mud and its effect on hay; mussel mud, hay, fertilizer.

SIDE A 00:02:36 -- 00:03:53
Discussion about old mills in the area; Heards Mill Road, mills, Lund's mill, Bethel.

SIDE A 00:03:53 -- 00:07:56
Discussion about his grandfather's brothers work as coopers, cheese makers, and other relatives of his; Dennis Murnaghan, coopers, barrels, Pat Murnaghan, William Murnaghan, Joseph MacEachern, Reginald Smith, cheese makers, Rudolph Murnaghan, Croken.

SIDE A 00:07:56 -- 00:10:02
Discussion about strong men; Albert Griffin, strong men, strong, Alexander Horton, blacksmith.

SIDE A 00:10:02 -- 00:11:30
A story about Bridgetty Cumminsky and blueberries; Bridgetty Cumminsky, blueberries, blueberry prices.

SIDE A 00:11:30 -- 00:13:54
Discussion about peddling beef; peddlers, beef, 1938, meat peddlers.

SIDE A 00:13:54 -- 00:14:41
Discussion about coal; coal, Hedley Weeks.

SIDE A 00:14:41 -- 00:15:23
Discussion about the Spanish Flu and The Great Depression; Spanish Flu, The Great Depression, 1930s, money.

SIDE A 00:15:23 -- 00:18:07
Discussion about his first tractor; Cockshutt tractor, 1946, tractors, Callbeck.

SIDE A 00:18:07 -- 00:21:04
Discussion about thrashing, stationary engines, and horsepower; horsepower, stationary engines, thrashing grain, thrashing.

SIDE A 00:21:04 -- 00:25:22
Discussion about electricity, water pumped by hand, ice houses, fish peddlers, trucks, lobsters, and boat rum; 1959, electricity, water pumps, hand pump, power, trucks, Ford, 1937, lobsters, boat rum, rum.

Tape ends at 00:25:22.
***The remainder of SIDE A is blank, as is all of SIDE B.