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Contributors
Interviewee: Carver, Gordon
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2010-01-08
Date Digitized
2010-07-15
Abstract
This is an interview with Gordon Carver of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about his family, cars, Charlie Hamm, mills, butter, school, snow, stores, crossing the ice, horses, tractors, traveling, thrashing, trains and train stations, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:53
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:01:15
Discussion about his relation to Roy Herman and other members of his family; Roy Herman, Herb Carver, George Carver, Lem Carver, blacksmiths.

SIDE A 00:01:15 -- 00:13:31
Discussion about cars, with mention Charlie Hamm; Charlie Hamm, carpenter, wages, cars, 1928 Durant, Charlie Hamm, Durant, car dealers, driving, Erskine, Whippet, 1940 Plymouth.

SIDE A 00:13:31 -- 00:17:10
Discussion about mills, butter factories, and cheese factories; Russell Driscoll, Ing's mill, mills, gristmills, dairies, butter factories, Wesley Wood, cheese factories.

SIDE A 00:17:10 -- 00:18:25
Discussion about the MacDonald Consolidated School; MacDonald Consolidated School, Percy Pippy.

SIDE A 00:18:25 -- 00:19:41
Discussion about his uncle Percy Pippy who served in both WWI and WWII; WWI, war veterans, Percy Pippy, Dunkirk.

SIDE A 00:19:41 -- 00:20:34
Discussion about school: school.

SIDE A 00:20:34 -- 00:25:48
Discussion about deep snow, with mention of his dog pulling a sleigh and violin lessons; deep snow, snowstorms, 1929, dogs, violin lessons, train fare, violin, card games, entertainment.

SIDE A 00:25:48 -- 00:26:43
Discussion about Sundays; Sundays, quiet Sundays.

SIDE A 00:26:43 -- 00:28:27
Discussion about MacEachern's store; MacEachern's store, general stores, egg trading, bartering.

SIDE A 00:28:27 -- 00:30:19
Discussion about crossing the ice, Tea Hill, and Governor's Island; Mack Irving, ice travel, Tea Hill, Judson, Governor's Island, oil drilling.

SIDE A 00:30:19 -- 00:31:54
Discussion about lobsters and fertilizer; fertilizer, lobsters.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:54.
SIDE B 00:32:03 -- 00:35:24
Discussion about going in to Charlottetown by horse and sleigh; Charlottetown, traveling, ice travel, wharves, livery stables, horse and sleigh.

SIDE B 00:35:24 -- 00:38:26
Discussion about tractors, thrashing, and horses; tractors, 1948, Hall and Stafford, thrashing, black oats, horses, driving horses.

SIDE B 00:38:26 -- 00:41:40
Discussion about going in to Charlottetown by horse and sleigh continues; traveling, ice travel, horse and sleigh, horses, snowstorms, smart horses, Dr. George Dewar.

SIDE B 00:41:40 -- 00:42:43
Discussion about Dr. George Dewar; Dr. George Dewar.

SIDE B 00:42:32 -- 00:46:07
Discussion about horse breeding and tractors; horse breeding, stallions, horses, tractors, Ferguson tractor, gas prices.

SIDE B 00:46:07 -- 00:50:46
Discussion about Pownal, with mention of driving across the ice; Pownal, George Lawton, gunsmith, William Judson, Rocky Point, ice travel.

SIDE B 00:50:46 -- 00:56:51
Discussion about train stations and shipping hay to Sydney by rail; trains, Bunbury, flag station, Mt. Herbert, train stations, Hazelbrook, Roy Jones, station agents, Henry Jones, shipping, railway, hay.

SIDE B 00:56:51 -- 00:59:00
Discussion about home remedies and tobacco; home remedies, cod liver oil, tobacco, chewing tobacco.

SIDE B 00:59:00 -- 01:01:24
Discussion about moonshine; moonshine.

SIDE B 01:01:24 -- 01:03:53
Discussion about Bunbury; McCarron, windmill, Bunbury.

Tape ends at 01:03:53.