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Robbie Robertson T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview Robbie Robertson talks about his family, his father being a fisherman and his mother dying when he was young, one brother joining the Navy along with other locals, burials then and now, and different kinds of coffins. He goes on to talk about his school days, the prices of fish, his first time lobster fishing and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:03:34
Mike Avery
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Avery, Mike
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview with Mike Avery he talks about his father's general store and the railway system being good for business, a job patrolling the tracks for debris, a trolly accident on the rails in Scotchfot, railway watches, joining the railway, the last person hired, the trucking industry, and trying to get rid of the railway. He
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-10
  • Duration:01:03:34
Art Doyle T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Doyle, Art
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Art Doyle who talks about Mount Stewart, how small it has become and how much time he spent outside of it, shipbuilding, raising water levels and why Mount Stewart used to be good for oyster fishing. He goes on to talk about R.C. Clark who was a great business man, fishing, ferries, the history of the blueberry
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-10
  • Duration:01:03:55
Robbie Robertson T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview with Robbie Robertson he talks about his father's shipbuilding, about the roads during his youth, trading fish during the Depression and how fishing has changed, rum running and tricks used to avoid the police, electricity, his first radio and the horrible condition of the roads during the 1930s. He goes on to talk
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:03:26
MacLeod Bros. T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLeod, Don
  • Contributor:MacLeod, Lloyd
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lloyd and Don MacLeod. In this interview the brother talk about traveling, money, potato inspectors, MacLeod's Garage, egg grading, school, Arthur Vessey, Elton Woodside, telephones, Dr. Jim Collins, rationing, WWII, their parents, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1995-02-14
  • Duration:01:03:18
MacLeod Bros. T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLeod, Don
  • Contributor:MacLeod, Lloyd
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lloyd and Don MacLeod. In this interview the brother talk about eggs, meat peddlers, cars, traveling, Vernon River, stores, hotels, WWI, Lyman Williams, radios, trains, Christmas, roads, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1995-02-14
  • Duration:01:03:08
John W. MacEachern
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John W.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John W. MacEachern. In this interview John talks about the hot springs, Canavoy, school, mills, horses, blacksmiths, his father, fishing, berries, cold storage, sharks and whales, Mt. Stewart, boats, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1995-04-24
  • Duration:01:03:30
John MacEachern T1[Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:John MacEachern talks about Prince Edward Island farms and how they have evolved during his lifetime. He talks about using the barter system and horsepower. Mr. MacEachern goes on to speak about the trains during the winter, fiddlers, foxes and ends off speaking about the local trickster Lester Hayden.
  • Date Recorded:1995-02-17
  • Duration:01:03:46
John MacEacharn T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview with John MacEachern he talks about drownings in Charlottetown, Lake Verde Station, other railways and train wrecks, having no electrical power during the 1930s, changing of German last names, the Harvest Trains/Excursions, blacksmiths, bad roads on PEI, teachers, and school taxes. He also goes on to talk about
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  • Date Recorded:1995-02-17
  • Duration:01:03:09
James Banks T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Banks, James
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:James Banks interview continued with him talking about the Johnston murder, life as a child, Christmas, school, the Spanish Flu in 1918, playing the fiddle at dances, the first radio he heard and bought, his first car, stories about his father, and reasons for nicknames.
  • Date Recorded:1995-12-15
  • Duration:01:03:30
Earl Keefe
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Keefe, Earl
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Earl Keefe. In this interview Earl talks about thrashing, blacksmiths, coal, coffins, blacksmith tools, sleighs, Kinkora, local families, graveyards, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1995-08-02
  • Duration:01:03:20
Bill Reddin
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Reddin, Bill
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Mr. Bill Reddin talks about his expirences on PEI. He speaks about his family's history in shipbuilding in Pownal, rum running, and his mothers bartering skills. He also goes on to talk about cattle and oil drilling on Governors Island. Other topics he covers are drownings, ferries, candy, beans, sinking boats, burials, death, travel
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-08
  • Duration:01:03:32
Addie Hamm T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Hamm, Addie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Addie speaks about how the Haifax Explosion rattled her front door, good times at Irish wakes, her favorite jams, quilting as a past time, Catholic and Protestant relations in Bunbury, local train stations, marine hospitals, weavers, and how she learned tailoring and dressmaking in Charlottetown. Her love of the needle and thread
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  • Date Recorded:1995-02-24
  • Duration:00:31:50
Addie Hamm T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Hamm, Addie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Addie talks about heavy robes called "buffaloes", trains getting stuck in the snow, stingy peppermint hoarding house guests, pack peddlers, Alice "The Squaw", her father's superstitions, covered wagons for school children, a birthday book, how a drunk driver hit a young school girl when she was young, fox farms, how chickadees are her
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  • Date Recorded:1995-02-24
  • Duration:01:03:45
Addie Hamm T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Hamm, Addie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Addie Hamm of Bunbury, PEI talks about growing up in the 1920s and 1930s. She and Dutch chat about her first memories when she and her younger brother had a funeral for a dead chicken, sending care packages to the wrong soldier, and "Indians" in Bunberry. Mrs. Hamm also touches on other topics such as her family name, trains, the
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  • Date Recorded:1995-02-24
  • Duration:01:03:45