MacKay, Paul

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Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This interview is the fourth and final tape with Wallace "Wally" Jenkins Andrew of East Royalty, P.E.I. Wally begins by telling about how he met his wife Georgie Andrew (nee Matheson). He then talks about the Spanish Flu and the Halifax Explosion, and tells all about the search for what was apparently treasure buried by Captain Kidd. He then talks about selling cream to local ice cream parlours, his milk route, farming, and a finding some hidden rum. Wally then talks about potatoes, turnips, horses, his pet dog, pigs, mixed farms, and tractors. He goes on to talk about indoor plumbing, electricity, mussel mud, Wright's Bridge, Andrew's Pond, clothes, thrashing machines, and television. There is also mention of lime kilns, smoking, dances, and sleighs.
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Interviewee: Millar, Layton
Interviewee: Millar, Olive
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This interview is with Layton Millar of Ellerslie, P.E.I. His wife Olive also partakes in the interview, and there is a period towards the end where his friend Edwin Dennis speaks for a few moments. Layton begins by telling about his family, farming, homemade clothes and goods, and potato farming. He talks about cattle, creameries, grain, pigs, butter, jam, chickens and eggs, meat, and fish. He then goes on to tell about the first tractors, cars, radios, electricity, and telephones. He tells about his mother's work as a mid-wife and home remedies, food, foxes, his work as a rural mailman, Christmas, traveling, and blacksmiths. Also mentioned is church, the Co-op store he and Olive ran, the ice storm of 1956, and the big snow of 1923.
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Interviewee: Scranton, Charlie
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This is an interview with Charlie Scranton of Guysborough County, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Charlie talks about his family history, moving to PEI, commercial travelers and pack peddlers, horses and traveling on the ice, chickens, foxes, cars, tractors, farming, receiving the Order of Canada and other awards, his parents, religion, the Easter Seals, Camp Segunakadeck, and various other topics.
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Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This is an interview with Elsie Harris Collier (nee Bowdridge) of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. and formerly Burgeo, Newfoundland. In this interview Elsie talks about chores, quiet Sundays, mummers, Christmas, traveling, life in Newfoundland, her parents, WWII, moving to Halifax for work, moving to PEI, her wedding, fishing and hunting, food and table manners, entertainment, the Hindenburg, lightning storms, superstitions, working at a lobster cannery, and various other topics.
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Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This is an interview with Jimmy "The Lake" MacDonald of St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Jimmy talks about the healing springs, his family history, Dr. Roddie, nicknames, ice travel, chores on the farm, his parents, electricity, the telephone, rum running, hockey, horses, potato farming, and various other topics.
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Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This interview is with Jim (James A.) MacLean of Montague, P.E.I. He beings by talking about fox ranching, then continues a story about J. P. and rum running. Jim then talks about his days working in lumber camps throughout the Maritimes, including a story about a fist fight with a Maritime boxing champion. He then goes on to talk about fishing and changes over the years.
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Interviewee: Birch, A. Enid
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This is an interview with A. Enid Birch (nee Newcombe) of Birch Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Enid talks about music, her husband, dances, politics, blacksmiths, doctors and home remedies, going to Summerside on the train, local businesses, food, electricity, mills, chores on the farm, life in the 1930s, and various other topics.
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Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This is the second half of an interview with Andrew Robert Murnaghan of Tarantum, P.E.I. In this interview Andrew talks about mussel mud, mills, his grandfather's family and their work as coopers, cheese makers, strong men, peddling beef, coal, tractors, thrashing, horsepower, electricity, ice houses, trucks, and fish.