Abstract
This interview is with Maude and Jack MacEachern from Ponds in Pictou county, Nova Scotia. The interview begins with a discussion about salmon and lobster fishing. They discuss prices and regulations, and there is mention of working in lumber mills during the winter. They tell about their family histories, Tiny Mason and other bootleggers, and house dances. There is also mention of early radios and cars, schools, old general stores, and doctors in the area. They talk about shipbuilding, lumber yards, Castle Harris, and Bob Porter's Funeral Home. The tape ends with a discussion of the feuds between Protestants and Catholics in the Maritimes.