MacKay, Paul

This is an interview with Roland Pickering. In this interview Roland talks about WWII, convoys, ships, burials at sea, Captain Pike, the Merchant Marines, rum running, sunken ships, drownings, French River, Christmas, potatoes, and various other topics.

This is an interview with Clarisse Gallant. In this interview Clarisse talks about Cudmore's store, her parents, speaking French, tuberculosis, midwives, quiet Sundays, religion, cars, mills, chores, horses, peddlers, blacksmiths, home remedies, Christmas, house parties, and various other topics.

This is an interview with Jeanette "Jessie" (nee McVittie) Marshall of Westmoreland and Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Jeanette talks about her family, Crapaud, Victoria, mills, wool and knitting, WWI, the Spanish Flu, Dr. Bouvyer, her mother's work as a nurse and midwife, home remedies, the Halifax Explosion, school, teaching, the SS Harland, her husband, Westmoreland, teaching, Prince of Wales College, her mother's store, playing the piano, and various other topics.

This is an interview with Harley Ings. In this interview Harley talks about school, Walter Jones, cattle, milk and dairies, cheese, Mt. Herbert, blacksmiths, horses, strong men, politics, silver foxes, WWII, plowing, tractors, thrashing, potato diggers, the orphanage and various other topics.

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.

This interview is with John "Sterling" MacDonald of Bridgetown, P.E.I. Sterling begins by talking about his beginnings as a blacksmith, and tells about his father's work as a blacksmith down in Nevada. He then tells about life in Charlottetown in the 1930s, horses, shoeing, and coal. He alks about sleighs and wagons, the decline in the number of horses, trading eggs for groceries, and dances. Sterling then talks about Bridgetown in the 1930s, moonshine, rum running and bootlegging, cheese factories, gristmills, and animals. The interview concludes with Sterling telling about his carpentry work and sums up his life as a blacksmith.

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.

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.

This is an interview with Joyce Paynter (nee Andrews) of Sutton, England and French River, P.E.I. In this interview Joyce talks about her family, growing up in England during the 1930s, WWII, Christmas, how she met her husband, the Canadian Women's Army Corps, her wedding during the war, and moving to PEI after the war.

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.