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Interview with Lloyd Burke, Kingdom Burke, Kenneth Burke and Hauk Anderson

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Identifier
NA 700 (local)
Date
1972 (Date created)
Summary

Lloyd Burke, Kingdom Burke, Kenneth Burke, Hauk Anderson, and anonymous man, interviewed by Frederick Pratson, July 20, 1972 in East Dover, Nova Scotia. The group of inshore fisherman discuss their early 20th-century experiences in and around East Dover; how they began fishing; how television spoiled social evenings; shoveling the road; being at sea during bad weather; working in a munitions factory during WWI; shipwrecks; impact of pollution; ghost stories; getting lost on the water; dangers of whales; running rum; pensions; working at the mercy of the weather; near-deaths at sea; sharks and the dangers of catching them; tales of pirate treasure; Halifax Explosion of 1917, sighting German submarines during WWII; and why inshore fishing was no longer economically advisable in 1972. Transcript: 115 pp with some gaps; Recording:  T417 – T420   4½ hours

Creator and/or Contributor
Lloyd Burke (creator), Kingdom Burke (creator), Kenneth Burke (creator), Hauk Anderson (creator), Frederick Pratson (contributor)
Language
Dialects)
Other Subject Headings
The group of inshore fisherman discuss their early 20th-century experiences. (Local)
Temporal Coverage
Materials Designation
sound tape reels (analog)
Related Entities:
Lloyd Burke (creator)
Kingdom Burke (creator)
Kenneth Burke (creator)
Hauk Anderson (creator)