Collection search - Thomas, Ambrose - Interview

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Thomas, Ambrose - Interview

Item number (ISN):

176719

Series title:

Voice of the Pioneer

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

176719

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MCNEIL, Bill

Accession:

1981-0111

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1979-10

Production company:

Bill McNeil (Interviewer)

Description:

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Interview of Ambrose Thomas, longtime resident of Gabarus, Nova Scotia, about his memories of Gabarus. Thomas, who was one of ten children, was a fisherman and a worker at a nearby military base and recalls the "merchant system" in which the merchant in town extended credit to the fisherman for his supplies and in return purchased the catch at low prices. Thomas also recalls the many shipwrecks along the rocky shoreline of Gabarus. He relates that many fishermen were involved in the illegal rum-running trade that flourished in Nova Scotia from 1916 to 1939. He describes how large ships from the West Indies anchored off the 12-mile limit called "rum row", and how small fishing boats met the ships at night and brought the rum to shore where trucks hauled it to the larger centres. He also talks about how the rum-runners "outsmarted" the RCMP by dressing as clergy and painting milk bottles filled with rum white. Other topics include the proliferation of illegal stills in the area and the social mores and traditions of the townspeople.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Production date not known.~2. Interview prepared for broadcast on the CBC Radio series VOICE OF THE PIONEER in four installments, on October 7, 14, 21 and 28, 1979.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

176494

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0111/071

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

651853

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

176719-1981-0111-071.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1981-0111/071

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

651854

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

176719-1981-0111-071.MP3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1981-0111/071

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permisson of Bill McNeilCBC has rights only for one broadcast of VOICE OF THE PIONEER.Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.

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