SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:02:26
Discussion about her grandparents; Elizabeth McLaughlin, Monica McLaughlin, Joseph Gallant, Kitty Ann MacPhee.
SIDE A 00:02:26 -- 00:04:46
Discussion about her mother and that side of the family, with mention of superstitions and raising geese; Elizabeth McLaughlin, Monica McLaughlin, geese, geese prices, superstitions, Peakes.
SIDE A 00:04:46 -- 00:08:44
Discussion about her mother's work as a nurse, with mention of traveling to New York and California and her work as a midwife; RN, nurse, California, New York, Registered Nurse, nursing, midwife, Monica McLaughlin, wages.
SIDE A 00:08:44 -- 00:10:46
Discussion about her mother's training at Falconwood Hospital and how her parents met there; Falconwood Hospital, Neil Gallant, St. Charles, Boston, 1928.
SIDE A 00:10:46 -- 00:12:15
Discussion about The Great Depression; The Great Depression, Christmas, money.
SIDE A 00:12:15 -- 00:15:44
Discussion about moving to Stanhope where her father worked at the Stanhope Beach Inn, with mention of soap and pony rides; flake soap, soap, Stanhope Beach Inn, 1934, pony rides, ponies, Stanhope.
***The audio drops from 00:15:46 -- 00:16:45.
SIDE A 00:15:44 -- 00:18:49
Discussion about Christmas, with mention of the Eaton's catalogue; Christmas, Christmas dinner, presents, turkey, Eaton's catalogue.
SIDE A 00:18:49 -- 00:20:14
Discussion about electricity; electricity, 1970s.
SIDE A 00:20:14 -- 00:23:32
Discussion about the telephone and the night her husband died; accident, telephone, snowplow, Cardigan, 1956, death, radio, snowstorm, Glennie Redmond.
SIDE A 00:23:32 -- 00:29:36
Discussion about raising her children as a single parent, with mention of Mother's Allowance and being a foster parent to 76 children; single parent, Mother's Allowance, 1956, ice storm, Brendan Redmond, Mary Redmond, Teresa Redmond.
SIDE A 00:29:36 -- 00:31:33
Discussion about midwives and births, and a story about her mother working with Dr. Collings; midwife, midwives, birth, Dr. Collings, Vernon River, The Great Depression, Father McGuigan, Monica McLaughlin.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:33.
SIDE B 00:31:37 -- 00:33:14
A story about her mother working with Dr. Collings continues; Monica McLaughlin, Harold MacLeod, Father McGuigan, midwife, midwives, birth, Dr. Collings, Vernon River, The Great Depression, cards.
SIDE B 00:33:14 -- 00:34:55
Discussion about her mother being in New York during a typhoid fever epidemic; typhoid fever, epidemic, New York, Monica McLaughlin.
SIDE B 00:34:55 -- 00:35:56
Discussion about her birth, with mention of Dr. MacIntyre doing operations in kitchens; birth, midwives, Dr. Collings, midwife.
SIDE B 00:35:56 -- 00:38:04
Discussion about stores and businesses in Vernon River when she was growing up, with mention of Wallace MacNeill; MacLeod's store, Vernon River, doctor's office, mill, Gordon Ross, Matthew and MacLean, Ross' Mill, Wallace MacNeill, clan chief.
SIDE B 00:38:04 -- 00:38:38
Discussion about Gaelic; Gaelic, Lord's Prayer.
SIDE B 00:38:38 -- 00:40:45
Discussion about New York dressed chicken and egg trading; egg trading, egg circles, New York dressed chicken, eggs, egg grading, ducks.
SIDE B 00:40:45 -- 00:41:34
Discussion about school; school, Stanhope, Alberry Plains, walking.
SIDE B 00:41:34 -- 00:42:45
Discussion about potato picking and potato varieties; potato picking, potato varieties, Irish cobblers, Green Mountains, blue potatoes and salt herring, fish.
SIDE B 00:42:45 -- 00:44:34
Discussion about school continues, with mention of her first day of school; school, Jack Horgan, teacher, Stanhope, Alberry Plains, French.
SIDE B 00:44:34 -- 00:46:00
Discussion about writing entrance exams and attending Prince of Wales College; Prince of Wales College, entrance exams, Charlottetown, matriculation, first class teaching licence, teaching licence.
SIDE B 00:46:00 -- 00:53:51
Discussion about teaching, with mention of students, schools in which she taught, Christmas, and school inspectors; teacher's salary, salary, wages, teaching, teacher, Summerville, Vernon River, Elliotvale, Carmichael, Dr. McInnis, Duncan Carmichael, Genevieve Carmichael, Christmas, Clinton MacLean, snow days, teaching days, curriculum, school inspector, Harold Hines, strap, skipping grades.
SIDE B 00:53:51 -- 00:55:02
Discussion about the Hindenburg; Hindenburg, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:55:02 -- 00:56:28
Discussion about ghost stories, with mention of Peakes; ghost stories, ghosts, Peakes.
SIDE B 00:56:28 -- 00:57:06
Discussion about the 1929 earthquake; earthquake, 1929.
SIDE B 00:57:06 -- 00:57:39
Discussion about pack peddlers; pack peddlers, peddlers.
SIDE B 00:57:39 -- 00:58:20
Discussion about drugget and wool; drugget, wool.
SIDE B 00:58:20 -- 01:00:02
Discussion about flour bag clothes; flour bags, flour bag clothes.
SIDE B 01:00:02 -- 01:00:48
Discussion about big families; big families, Elliotvale.
SIDE B 01:00:48 -- 01:01:22
Discussion about relatives from the U.S.; Boston, California.
SIDE B 01:01:22 -- 01:03:09
Discussion about gender roles, with mention of male teachers being paid more; gender roles, teaching, salary, teacher's salary, women's rights, women's work.
Tape ends at 01:03:09.
