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Vernon McCarvill T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McCarvill, Vernon
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview continues with Vernon McCarvill talking about his grandparents, stories from the Monaghan's funeral home, being a part of a large family, their cold family house and getting wood and what they would trade for it, road conditions in winter and using horses, cars, cows, travelling "stallion man", working with horses and

Date Recorded:2004-01-07
Duration:01:35:27

Richie Smith

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Smith, Richard Bagnall "Richie"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Richard "Richie" Bagnall Smith of New Glasgow, P.E.I. In this interview Richie talks about family, home remedies, mills, horses, mussel mud, farming, potatoes, the 1930s, thrashing, tractors, foxes, sheep, eggs, blacksmiths, sleighs, school, Christmas, radio, cars, traveling, and his wedding.
Date Recorded:2004-02-17
Duration:01:03:43

Merchant Navy

Type:Interview
Contributor:Crew, Norman
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:James, Donald
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Yeaden, Edison
Abstract:This interview is with Donald James from Pleasant Harbor NS, Norman Crew from Newfoundland, and Edison Yeaden discussing the Merchant Navy. It starts off with Norman Crew and he is talking about the Merchant Navy, life at sea, ships carrying war-brides, children and wounded soldiers, his Newfoundland background and his family, air

Date Recorded:2004-09-24
Duration:01:03:30

Mary Morrissey

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Morrissey, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Mary Morrissey talking about her grandparents from Springfield, home rememdies, her father James and his farm, her mother and coils of hay, teaching school and women's jobs, getting sick with the Spanish Flu, her first teaching jobs, polio affecting her brother Leo, a travelling tailor, self sufficinecy, her big

Date Recorded:2004-01-08
Duration:01:03:20

Marguerite Stewart T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stewart, Gordon
Contributor:Stewart, Marguerite
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Marguerite Stewart talking about deliveries to the cellar in the house on School Street, where they shopped in Charlottetown, her grandfather and the Salvation Army, how she met her husband Gordon, working in a dress shop, an interview to sing in New York City, singing on CFCY, Christmas, the Cudmore and

Date Recorded:2004-01-28
Duration:01:03:13

Marguerite Stewart T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stewart, Marguerite
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Marguerite Stewart talking about her family, the LePage family and their general store, the Cudmore and Rattary families, her grandparents and her aunt that helped raise her and her brothers, her father selling the farm and moving them to Charlottetown and what he did for work there, Ritz apartments and former

Date Recorded:2004-01-28
Duration:01:03:20

Lester MacLeod T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLeod, John "Lester"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John "Lester" MacLeod of Victoria and Albany, PEI. In this interview Lester talks about Tic Williams, how hockey has changed, old teams and players, Victoria, his father's meat business, coal, electricity, playing hockey in Denver, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2004-02-12
Duration:01:03:46

Lester MacLeod T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLeod, John "Lester"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John "Lester" MacLeod of Victoria and Albany, PEI. In this interview Lester talks about growing up in Victoria, his family, home remedies, his father's meat and cattle business, doctors, the SS Harland, shipping cattle, playing hockey growing up, going to Denver with Tic Williams to play hockey, and various

Date Recorded:2004-02-12
Duration:01:03:40

Kay Jelley T6 [Tape Six]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the last of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about a fire at Prince of Wales College, poetry, Christmas, ghosts, Lenie Bolger, dancing, church, homemade goods, peddlers, traveling, radio, nursing, Dr. George of O'Leary, and WWII blackouts and

Date Recorded:2004-01-07
Duration:01:03:39

Kay Jelley T5 [Tape Five]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the fifth of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about her father's horses, family coming home from away for the summers, the name Swabey, her parents, her siblings, potato and berry picking, fish, and washing clothes.
Date Recorded:2004-01-07
Duration:01:03:42

Hughie Trainor

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trainor, Hughie
Abstract:This interview is with Hughie Trainor talking about his family and childhood, the old Market Square, milk delivery, his uncle Bill Trainer dancing and his performances, the songs he would perform, Catholics versus Protestants, his parents' accident, meeting his wife at a show, the best and worst parts of showbusiness, and fighting

Date Recorded:2004-02-16
Duration:00:59:46

Hattie Hughes T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Hughes, Hattie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Hattie Hughes from Cardigan, P.E.I. In this interview Hattie talks about staying with her aunt Charlotte in Charlottetown, her cousin Charlie Ryan, her husband, Sundays, school, poverty, midwives, Lottie Coates, doctors, big families, home remedies, her mother's funeral, Cardigan, hauling ice, and working

Date Recorded:2004-02-02
Duration:01:03:37

Hattie Hughes T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Hughes, Hattie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Hattie Hughes from Cardigan, P.E.I. In this interview Hattie talks about her family, poverty and the 1930s, Christmas, school, chores, farming, her father, horses, homemade goods, salmon fishing, superstitions and ghost stories, Pound Parties and Jenny Farrell, delivering the mail, Benny Binns, African

Date Recorded:2004-02-02
Duration:01:03:31

Harold Ross T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Ross (MacDonald), Velma
Contributor:Ross, Harold
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Harold and Velma (nee MacDonald) Ross of Bideford, PEI. In this interview Velma and Harold talk about family, home remedies, ancestors, school, how they met, courting, their wedding and marriage, WWII, Christmas, changes over the years, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2004-04-20
Duration:00:45:03

Harold Ross T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Ross, Harold
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Ross of Bideford, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about his father, digging wells, his father's lumber mill, Christmas, fishing, fox ranching, racetracks, snow, building the Western Road, taking down the RCAF base in Mt. Pleasant, his service in the Medical Corps during WWII, and various other

Date Recorded:2004-04-20
Duration:01:03:45