Thompson, Reg "Dutch"

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Interviewee: Bolger, Estelle
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This interview is with Estelle Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Estelle talks about her family, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, her mother, her father, her family's barbershop, Bob Fraser, Georgetown, cars, ice, a murder in the 1930s, snowstorms, and rats.
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Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This interview is with Andrew Robert Murnaghan of Tarantum, P.E.I. In this interview Andrew talks about farming by the phases of the moon, his family, blacksmiths, hauling and selling mussel mud, potato farming, horses, school, traveling to Charlottetown, pack peddlers, local stores, local characters, entertainment, home remedies, radio, cars, snowstorms, and rum and moonshine.
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Interviewee: Pratt, Keith
Researcher: Gray, Tristan John
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
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Keith Pratt talks about many different topics detailing his life in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in rural Prince Edward Island. In this recording he talks about several of his firsts: his first expierences with planes, tractors, phones and radios. He also talks about evolution of egg grading stations, and what kind of people ate lobster in his early years. He also touches on Christmas time, pranks, and trains. One of his final topics is when power came to his home town in the 50's and how it was knocked out less than 6 months later by an ice storm.
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Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
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This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam of Morell and West St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about healing springs, cars, working with Alec MacEachern on his fishing boat, lobster fishing, different kinds of fish, and lobster canneries.