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Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor: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

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Price, Bill
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Bill Price of Kington, England. Also included on this tape are interviews with patrons of a pub in Kington. They are Paddy MayGothlin, Mick Rand, and Alf. Topics covered in these interviews include beers and pubs, British slang, Kington, ghost stories, WWII, American and Canadian soldiers living in England,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Price, Bill
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Bill Price of Kington, England. In this interview Bill talks about the tavern in Kington, beer making, WWI, tough times in the 1920s and 1930s, his family who lived in Canada, old family lineages, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his birth, doctors, home remedies, farming, cooking, coal mining, transportation, and cider

Type:Interview
Contributor:Cavanagh, Bill
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Bill Cavanagh of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Bill begins by telling about Tiny Mason and rum running. He then goes on to talk about Hughie MacLeod and moonshine, working in the lumber woods, and dances and picnics. The interview concludes with a discussion about making moonshine.
Date Recorded:1993-03
Duration:00:45:34

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bruce, Bill
Contributor:Bruce, John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Bill Bruce. In this interview Bill talks about his ancestors, cars, Sydney, flying, airplanes, WWII, Upton Airfield, Buzz Burling, pilots, Elton Woodside, bootleggers, St. Pierre, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:17:49

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Murdock, Bessie
Contributor:Murdock, Leroy
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Bessie and Leroy Murdoch of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. The interview begins with discussion of the phantom ship and ghosts. Leroy then tells about his first fishing boat. Discussion moves on to lobster prices, canneries, Salmon, and John Doyle. They then tell of farming and Fen Thompson, the Arbuckles, and Ed

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of a music and interviews from a Ceilidh at Wood Islands, P.E.I. The recording includes various short interviews, music and dancing, Gaelic phrases, and stories about Scottish heritage. Some musicians and interviewees on the tape include Ann Martin, William Stewart, Rev. Matheson, and Duncan McInnis.
Date Recorded:2001-04-23
Duration:01:03:19

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fitzgerland, Terrence L. "Babs"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Terrence L. "Babs" Fitzgerald of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Babs talks about his name, school, where he grew up, people and places around Charlottetown, wharves and the waterfront, his mother, entertainment, his brothers, his service in WWII with his father, cars, rum running and Captain Dicks,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fitzgerland, Terrence L. "Babs"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Terrence L. "Babs" Fitzgerald of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Babs talks about Chief Birtwhistle, his ancestry and the Fitzgerald family, the Wiggins side of his family, politics, horses and deliverymen in Charlottetown, his mother's ring and its connection to Admiral Lord Nelson, his mother's work

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Rogers (Mathieson), Avila
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Avila Rogers (nee Mathieson) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Avila talks about courting, house parties, her father's work, a visit from Prince Edward, ice cream parlours, businesses in Charlottetown, Minnie McGee, home remedies, Christmas, school, Prince of Wales College, her siblings, the family

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Rogers (Mathieson), Avila
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Avila Rogers (nee Mathieson) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Avila talks about movies and plays, growing up in Charlottetown, WWI and WWII, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, life in the 1930s, her family and their involvement in politics, her family history, growing up on Water Street,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Graham (White), Vivian
Contributor:Graham, Austin
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Austin and Vivian (nee White) Graham of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview the Grahams talk about Spring Park, Charlottetown, Austin's work as a milkman for Pure Milk Company, Austin's work at Bruce Stewart's, wharves in Charlottetown, Market Square, Christmas and Sundays, rum running, blacksmiths,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Graham (White), Vivian
Contributor:Graham, Austin
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Austin and Vivian (nee White) Graham of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview the Grahams talk about their family history, farming, Hunter River, Stanley Bridge, Cavendish, potatoes, cars, gravel, checkers, pack peddlers, hockey, Lucy Maud Montgomery, mussel mud, ice, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1998-01-15
Duration:01:03:32

Type:Interview
Contributor:Lambe, Arthur R.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Arthur R. Lambe of Charlottetown and Emerald, P.E.I. In this interview Arthur talks about animals on the railroads, Keith Richardson, people he worked with on the railway, Emerald and Emerald Station, Breadalbane, a story about selling a horse, accidents on the railway, a story about a train missing its stop

Type:Interview
Contributor:Lambe, Arthur R.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Arthur R. Lambe of Charlottetown and Emerald, P.E.I. In this interview Arthur talks about Peter Power the blacksmith, working on the railway, his father, chores on the family farm, horses, his family, getting a job on the railway, different railway jobs, people he worked with, working as a foreman, rails and