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Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Wilson, John
Abstract:This is an interview with Johnny Wilson of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Johnny talks about cooking at lobster factories and lumber camps, life in the lumber camps, coal mining, bootlegging, money, hard times, horses, creameries, Westville, his family, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1993-04-15
Duration:01:04:03

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Reid, Johnny Henry
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Johnny Henry Reid of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Johnny talks about Stompin Tom Connors, his court case, musicians who played at the Prince Edward Lounge, bootleggers and rum running, moonshine, pack peddling, tough times and poverty, Charlottetown businesses, Arabic, money, business, advertising,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Reid, Johnny Henry
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Johnny Henry Reid of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Johnny talks about his parents and his family history, Charlottetown, Christmas, school, schooners and the waterfront, selling moonshine, Johnny's Fish and Chips, working in Amherst, his marriage, the Prince Edward Lounge, Stompin' Tom Connors, and

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about lobster fishing, schooners, rum running, Savage Harbour, fishing, the 1930s, the phases of the moon, pack peddlers, the Harvest Excursion, radio, fiddlers, dances, trains, Scottish settlers, and Gaelic.
Date Recorded:1999-02-19
Duration:01:03:39

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam of Morell and West St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about healing springs, cars, working with Alec MacEachern on his fishing boat, lobster fishing, different kinds of fish, and lobster canneries.
Date Recorded:1999-02-05
Duration:01:03:50

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam of Morell and West St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about church, home remedies, horses, Christmas, Dr. Roddie, the Spanish Flu, snowstorms, trains, berries, fox ranching, cars, potato farming, apples, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1999-01-20
Duration:01:03:42

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam of Morell and West St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about his nickname, school, snowstorms, ice travel, mills, family, the Halifax Explosion, WWI, the Spanish Flu, marsh hay, horses, blacksmiths, potato farming, starch factories, butter, mussel mud, Bishop

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacEachern, John W.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
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

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trainor, John
Abstract:This is an interview with John Trainor of Southport, P.E.I. In this interview John talks about plane crashes and pilots, Charlottetown, dances, horses, tobacco, thrashing, horsepower, the Harvest Excursion, church, bootleggers, characters, schooners, radio, and fiddlers.
Date Recorded:2007-01-09
Duration:00:31:42

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trainor, John
Abstract:This is an interview with John Trainor of Southport, P.E.I. In this interview John talks about his family, home remedies, life in the 1930s, potato farming, cars, horses, chores, forerunners and ghost stories, telephones, school, dances, Christmas, rum running and moonshine, traveling on the ice, delivering mail, storms, his service

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald (Hughes), Mildred
Contributor:MacDonald, John Stephen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John Stephen and Mildred (nee Hughes) MacDonald of North Lake, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about working in the lumber woods, characters, shipwrecks, flour bag clothes, firewood, horsepower, mills, midwives, traveling man, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2009-01-21
Duration:00:32:06

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald (Hughes), Mildred
Contributor:MacDonald, John Stephen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John Stephen and Mildred (nee Hughes) MacDonald of North Lake, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about the SS Charlottetown, John's service in WWII, Dr. Gus, politics, Billy MacMillan, home remedies, family, horses, potato farming, mining, Christmas, ghosts, and work in the lumber woods.
Date Recorded:2009-01-21
Duration:01:04:03

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Riley, John M.
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John M. Riley of Charlottetown, P.E.I. It appears on Side B of William Stavert Tape Two. John Was a fighter pilot who served in WWII. He was shot down over Tunisia and was placed in the Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War camp. In this interview John talks about being shot down, sweeps over France, fighter planes

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Moore, John
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with John Moore of Milton, P.E.I. John tells about the history of his house and the family farm, the history of the area, and local businesses. He mentions farm machinery, cars, trains, and his family. He also talks about entertainment, life growing up, school, blacksmiths, and traveling.
Date Recorded:1999-01-10
Duration:01:35:50

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacEachern, John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
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