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MCNEIL, Bill

1989-0460

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1988 ?

1988

Bill McNeil (Interviewer)

Interview of Edith Hewson, one of 14 children who grew up on a farm near the Qu'appelle Valley region of Saskatchewan. She recalls what life was like in a large farm family, the family pets, leisure activities, how she worked her way through school by telling fortunes at a local tea-room, and by working as a housecleaner and babysitter for townsfolk who liked to hire hard working farm girls. She also remembers the difficult years of the Depression of the 1930s, when farmers gave up raising livestock because transportation and other costs exceeded the prices the farmers were getting for the animals; food handouts and other efforts to assist people hit hard by the Depression and her family's move from the farm to Chilliwack, British Columbia in 1933.~Edith Hewson describes activities she and her family enjoyed, such as reading, playing the piano and participating in a debating club.

English

Libre

A1 9812-0023

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Bill McNeilCBC has rights only for one broadcast of each of the programs.Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.