SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:23
Discussion about living in Black River Mills; Black River Mills, Lou Coles.
SIDE A 00:01:23 -- 00:04:17
Discussion about his grandparents; Florence Euland, Euland, Newfoundlanders, Fanny Euland.
SIDE A 00:04:17 -- 00:06:00
Discussion about his parents, with mention of his father working in Boston; Florence MacLure, Hugh MacLure, Boston.
SIDE A 00:06:00 -- 00:06:46
Discussion about his birth in the family home; Brackley Point, Dr. Matheson, 1915, birth.
SIDE A 00:06:46 -- 00:08:29
Discussion about farming and changes over the years; 1915, farming, cattle.
SIDE A 00:08:29 -- 00:13:13
Discussion about horses and plowing, with mention of horse trading and beater diggers; horse trading, horses, plowing, 1930s, beater digger, Bruce Stewart, MacKenzie digger.
SIDE A 00:13:13 -- 00:14:16
Discussion about foxes; Dempsey, foxes.
SIDE A 00:14:16 -- 00:15:09
Discussion about Walter Weeks and trading horses for tractors; Walter Weeks, tractors, Lewis MacCallum.
SIDE A 00:15:09 -- 00:16:19
Discussion about his father going to work on the Welland Canal as a carpenter; 1924, Welland Canal, Sampson, carpenter, Hugh MacLure,
SIDE A 00:16:19 -- 00:16:54
Discussion about mussel mud; mussel mud.
SIDE A 00:16:54 -- 00:22:11
Discussion about local blacksmiths and work Walter did as a blacksmith, with a story about Western horses and shoeing; blacksmiths, Art Casford, Arthur Casford, horseshoeing, wheelwright, welding, Western horses.
SIDE A 00:22:11 -- 00:24:37
Discussion about horses, with a story about Dr. Matheson's horses; Dr. Matheson, horses, Dr. Bouyer, driving horses.
SIDE A 00:24:37 -- 00:29:49
Discussion about Gregor's Hotel and a story about Dr. Bouyer; Gregor's Hotel, carpenter, Dr. Bouyer, tourism, beach, swimming.
SIDE A 00:29:49 -- 00:30:37
Discussion about his carpentry work; carpenter, Hugh MacLure, furniture building.
SIDE A 00:30:37 -- 00:31:36
Discussion about picking potatoes; picking potatoes, Harold Cudmore, elevator digger.
SIDE A 00:31:36 -- 00:31:44
Discussion about building diggers with Donnie Allen; Donnie Allen, potato diggers.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:44.
SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:36:46
Discussion about building diggers with Donnie Allen continues; elevator diggers, potato diggers, Donnie Allen, Hall and Stavert, 1940s.
SIDE B 00:36:46 -- 00:37:49
Discussion about potato varieties; potato varieties, Dakota Red potatoes, Green Mountain potatoes.
SIDE B 00:37:49 -- 00:38:56
Discussion about his connection to Freetown; Freetown, Brewer Auld, school inspector.
SIDE B 00:38:56 -- 00:39:23
Discussion about pesticides and herbicides; blight, lime, Bluestone, Paris Green, pesticides, herbicides.
SIDE B 00:39:23 -- 00:40:39
Discussion about farm animals, with mention of sheep and hens; hens, sheep, farm animals, eggs.
SIDE B 00:40:39 -- 00:42:52
A story about taking singing lessons with Mr. Hurst; singing lessons, Mr. Hurst, singing.
SIDE B 00:42:52 -- 00:49:25
A story about a man building a cannon to blow up the church, with mention of windmills; cannon, Protestants, Roman Catholics, Presbyterian, church, windmills.
SIDE B 00:49:25 -- 00:50:51
Discussion about quiet Sundays, Scots, and his father; Scots, Sundays, quiet Sundays, Gaelic.
SIDE B 00:50:51 -- 00:53:29
Discussion about shoeing horses and his work as a blacksmith; horseshoeing, horseshoe prices, blacksmith coal, horseshoes.
SIDE B 00:53:29 -- 00:56:16
Discussion about Monaghan thrashers and custom thrashing; thrashers, Monaghan thrasher, MacQuarrie, custom thrashing.
SIDE B 00:56:16 -- 00:58:54
Discussion about anvils and a story about Albert Woodside lifting a 450lb anvil; Phillips, Albert Woodside, anvils.
SIDE B 00:58:54 -- 00:59:55
Discussion about planting and butchering pigs by the phases of the moon; butchering pigs, phases of the moon, planting.
SIDE B 00:59:55 -- 01:01:13
Discussion about black oats and apples; black oats, apples, apple orchard, Alexander apples, Ben Davis apples, apple varieties, Red Astrikan apples.
SIDE B 01:01:13 -- 01:02:13
Discussion about pigs and meat buyers; farmer's market, pigs, pork, meat buyers, beef, Davis and Fraser.
SIDE B 01:02:13 -- 01:03:03
Discussion about fish; fish, flakes.
SIDE B 01:03:03 -- 01:03:44
Discussion about ham, bacon, and smoked meat; bacon, ham, smoked meat.
Tape ends at 01:03:44.
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