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This interview is with Katherine "Kay" Haslam Wood of Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about school, farming, her family, WWI and the Halifax Explosion, holidays, the general store, money, blacksmiths, transportation, courting, entertainment, church, pack peddlers, ghosts, skating, and hockey.

This is an interview with Lynda Lewis regarding Maisie Adams. In this interview Lynda and talks about cooking, their travels together, home remedies, Maisie's acting, and her fond memories of Maisie working with her on the set of Emily of New Moon.

This is an interview with Bobby and Arlene Clow of Hampshire, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about the history of the family store, how the business has changed over the years, how they run the store, goods sold there, wholesalers, meat and butchering, gasoline, eggs, and other local businesses.

Paul Stordy interviews Joe and Lena Carragher. They both start of by speaking about their family tree and Irish connections. They talked about where their families resided. Joe talks about joining the army and his experiences and the Germany's involvement in the war. He also talks about coming home from the war, marrying Lena, their neighbours and farming. He speaks about thunderstorms and how a barn was burnt. They speak about wakes, dances and weddings - entertainment in the early days.

This is an interview with Lloyd Gates of West Royalty, Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lloyd talks about his service in WWII with the RCAF, driving, serving in France, Holland, coming home after the war, changes in West Royalty, hauling ice, the end of the mill, home remedies, radio, the Upton Airfield, Christmas, and various other topics.

This is a lecture by Reg Porter titled "Growing Up Acadian in Irish Tignish", where he discusses family history, Lot 1, Mount Allison University, childhood and family members, Tignish, French-Irish relations, growing crops and fishing, education, religion, and being an altar boy. Reg Porter's lecture includes the playing of a song.

This interview is with Jim (James A.) MacLean of Montague, P.E.I. Jim begins by telling about his grandfather's forge, his father, and the Adams family. He then talks about his birth, working as a "Soldier of the Sod" during WWI, school, farming, gristmills, and life growing up in Montague. He talks about Maggie McGee, the Halifax Explosion, and general stores. He then goes on to tell about the Spanish Flu, wakes and funerals, woolen mills, and the Harvest Excursion out west in Regina, Saskatchewan. He also mentions Sturgeon tea socials, fights, Christmas, and Dan VanIderstine.

This is the second half of an interview with Elmer Waugh of f Wilmot Valley and Summerside, P.E.I. It includes his wife Audrey Waugh (nee Simmons). This interview begins with Audrey telling about her relation to King George III and Queen Elizabeth. She also talks about how she and Elmer met. Then Elmer tells about farming, potatoes, cars, his family, his brother Harry's service in WWII, ghosts, home remedies, and horses. He also talks about school, Stanley Stavert, hockey, electricity, the 1956 ice storm, and traveling.

Leo "Sailor" MacDonald was the police chief of Springhill, Nova Scotia from 1952-1984, the longest serving chief in Canada. In this interview he discusses his home town of Springhill and some of the most notable expriences of his life. Mr. MacDonald talks mostly about his baseball career as a young man, when he was seen as one of the best ball players in Atlantic Canada. The rest of the interview focuses on his time in the RCMP and the local police; he talks about escorting the Prince of England, Maurice Richard, and the wrestler "Whipper" Billy Watson. At the end of the interview he mentions the time he played baseball against Babe Ruth.

This is an interview with Boswell Alexander Robertson of Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Boswell talks about his family, home remedies, doctors, horses, pack peddlers and traveling salesmen, stores, Matthew and MacLean's, thrashing, Johnny Jim, life in the 1930s, and various other topics.