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This is an interview with Christy Isabelle Johnston of Long River and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Christy talks about school, home remedies, her brother, her parents, WWI, chores on the farm, horses, traveling, food, stores, mills, transportation, doctors, Sundays, her grandparents, funerals, and various other topics.

Paul Stordy interviews Mother Ethel Duffey who resides at the Sacred Heart Home. Mother Duffey talks about the famine that brought on disease, her family tree as well as marriages and occupation. Cardinal McGuigan, ships coming to Charlottetown and the structures used to keep homes warm. She also mentions the average life structure for people in the early days (Church, farming, pastimes which may have been dances etc) and families of that day. She then goes on to mention intermarriages, miscarriages, customs including wakes and courtship; and tells the story of a Thunderstorm which killed two people.

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 on to tell about trips to Barbados, Boston, and Sydney, driving motorcycles on board the Marine, and the purchase of the Nellie Dixon. Mary tells of her life on board before Tom continues with stories of trips to New York. Tom talks in great detail about navigation and the proper use of sextants, mentions Captains Slocum, Dunn, and Chapman, and tells of towing ammunition ships in the Halifax Basin during WWII. The interview concludes with Tom telling about tugboats, a trip to Newfoundland during WWII, and how me first met his wife Mary.

This is an interview with Garnet and Thelma Godfrey (nee Jackson) of Upton, PEI and Moncton, NB. In this interview Garnet and Thelma talk about Garnet's work in aviation, the Upton Airport, pilots, planes, flying the DEW Line, airmail, flying in the Arctic, and various other topics related to flying.

This is an interview with Everett MacDougall of Glenwood and Vernon Bridge, PEI. In this interview Everett talks about blacksmiths, his father and grandfather, his father's store, horses, dating, cars, rum running, Glenwood and O'Leary, businesses, traveling salesmen, mussel mud, egg grading, and various other topics.

This interview is with Donald B. MacKay of Cornwall and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about his Scottish ancestors and their immigration to P.E.I., churches, traveling ministers, a MacKay on the Hector, his wife's family, crossing the Atlantic during WWII, serving in the RAF, bombing missions, planes, ranks and wages, and D-Day.

This is the second half of an interview with Harry Holbourn and Marjorie (Somers) Heffell of Travellers Rest, P.E.I. In this interview Harry and Marjorie talk about horses, the Raynors, religion and Sundays, rum running, ghosts and forerunners, funerals, their half brother Jack and his mechanic work, doctors and home remedies, farm work, sheep, horsepower, mills, cheese, travel, bears, and foxes.

This is an interview with Florence Charlotte "Flo" Turner of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Also included on this tape is Dougall Dunkie MacDonald. In this interview they talk about Tiny and Ed Mason, rum running and bootlegging, Stormy Sandy, fishing, lobster and fish canneries, fires, local families, dances, cars, and peddlers.