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Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Scranton, Charlie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Charlie Scranton of Guysborough County, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Charlie talks about doctors, Guysborough, his mother and her cooking, Christmas, sheep and wool, farming, school, how he got started with poultry, moving to PEI, WWII, his family history, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2010-02-08
Duration:00:59:55

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gallant, Charles
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Charles Gallant. In this interview Charles talks about home remedies, Charlottetown, school, Market Square, his siblings, working on the waterfront, rum running, ships, the Harland, hotels, the 1930s, fires, being a hobo, WWII, swimming, cars, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1998-04-20
Duration:01:03:12

Type:Interview
Contributor:Ferguson, Cecil Kitchener
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Cecil Kitchener Ferguson of Charlottetown and Hampton, PEI. In this interview Cecil talks about cooking, his service in WWII, farming, Hampton, blacksmiths, horses, Christmas, his family, Sundays and religion, the phantom ship and ghost stories, hockey, skunks, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2002-11-10
Duration:01:30:52

Type:Interview
Contributor:Cardigan Heritage Fair
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of the Cardigan Hertiage Fair. It includes interviews with various people in attendance and covers such topics as immigration to PEI, WWII, Boughton Island, and songs about PEI. Some of the interviewees are Father Francis Corcoran, Kent MacDonald, Margaret Quinn, and Martin and Annie VandenBroek.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:02:45

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
Abstract:This is the fourth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling a story about finding kegs of rum. He then talks about the end of the schooners, tells a story about two men trying to catch the same swordfish, explains some sailing expressions, and talks about home

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
Abstract:This is the third tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling about trips to and from British Guiana with mention of a pet monkey. He then goes on to tell about superstitions and old time sailors, the sinking of the Cape D'Or, a trip down to Barbados with his wife

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
Contributor:Trenholm, Mary
Abstract:This is the eleventh tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. This interview begins with a discussion about eating different seabirds. Tom then begins a story about his father's muzzle-loader, but changes to the topic of cod and haddock fishing before finishing his original story. He then goes

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pike, Captain Ben
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Captain Ben Pike of Burin, Newfoundland. In this interview Captain Pike talks about serving in the Canadian Merchant Navy during WWII, Roland Pickering, rough trips on the North Atlantic, seasickness, being wounded near Barbados during WWII, how he met his wife Thelma, how he joined the Merchant Navy, sailing

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of interviews done in England in March of 1999. Interviewees included in the recording are Ivor Dunkerton and the Kington Ramblers. Topics discussed include cider, how cider is made, Herefordshire, Kington, walking through the countryside, Radnorshire, WWII, and wildlife.
Date Recorded:1999-03-23
Duration:01:03:32

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a tape title Brit '97 T1. This tape consists of interviews done in Herefordshire, England. Interviewees listed are Pete, Gerry, Alf, and Megan. Topics covered include gypsies and ghosts stories.
Date Recorded:1997-03-22
Duration:01:03:42

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: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:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Ross, Bertha
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Bertha Ross talking about church socials, her mother growing potatoes, moving to Bridgetown, the world wars, blacksmiths, the Halifax Explosion, traveling, her mother's family visiting from Boston, lobsters, her father, old age, and people not living as long.
Date Recorded:2004-02-04
Duration:00:53:45

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