So anyway, we drove back, got there, got all our- all our stuff ready and then went and had supper. And they made these like cheesy buns.

Interviewer: That's what you remember about your trip to England. Speaker: That's what I- well the supper plus- Interviewer: (Laughs). Speaker: I almost fell asleep in my bowl of pasta. I was like this.

When I was younger, I really don't remember much of what we did. I have a picture of us kind-of sitting outside on our patio and eating supper with our little trays that had the cups spot in the hol-- like the separated areas and-

... while I was still teaching, I would come home at four-o'clock sharp and get- bolt in my supper and then be out 'bout- by 'bout half-past-four and ah I'd leave my wife at one end ...

My father had a good job, he got a good salary and he didn't stop living or-anything and ah, yet people would knock at the door once in a while, and "Any work I could do to get in my supper," you-know? Or you- "Could you spare a dollar?"

Oh it was very, very nice yes. We were married in the Church and we had the supper in the Church after and yeah. Verna was my little- I don't know what should call her.

They were probably about a dozen kids my age who were still going to school, of course. So, there were- I had good friends there. You-know, we played cards, we went to dances, we went to- out to supper. Just- you-know, not- not romantically or-anything but just a good group of kids. We played lots of cards and just go-- curled together.

In the bush and swim and lakes we didn't even know and fish in them and come back for supper- ... Come back when we got hungry.

He does because you knew when it was noon because the sun was like blar-- blazing over your head- ... And by supper time it was going down, so you knew enough to come home and eat.

Interviewer: So at home, were you ah- were you guys close with your neighbours, everyone in the neighbourhood? Speaker: Yes, uh-huh. We played games after supper especially with the neighbourhood kids.

Interviewer: So when did you meet your husband? Speaker: Oh, I met him um at a supper in the church. He was ah- we're United-Church and he was too and he was growing up in (inc). And ah, he was on the farm until he was about sixteen and then he came down here and (inc) at the supper then and so wasn't immediately that we went out but ah he was- he was in the ah young people's too and we used to ah we'd go to that together. It was interesting (laughs).

And sometimes people are stupid. I-mean, there's ah ah ah- property just down the street from us, it has a really big tree. And ah, I was headed out for a walk so it was late in the day after supper. And ah, I'm walking away from this house and bunch of people are running towards me. "Where you guys going?" "Oh, there's a bear up a tree."

Speaker: Arthritis and she's ended up- she's been laid up for two-and-a-half-years from the hospital to the nursing home. Interviewer: Oh no. Speaker: So I still have them- ah had them last night. Ah, take them out for supper and to let them come home and watch television and enjoy their own home. So that's how it ended up.

... that's a big business there and they stop you on the street and offer you a sweater or offer you a bottle of whiskey or offer you anything if you'll come to their party and a free supper, all-you-can-eat. And then they give the speech after of- of ah these apartments and how nice they are, and-

Speaker: (inc) ah- Christmas supper sometimes, Christmas (inc) day after Christmas. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: It all depends though on what goes on. Yeah- Interviewer: There must be so much food (laughs). Speaker: Lots of food (laughs).

I remember taking like the yellow school bus down and it was like the most uncomfortable thing in the world. Ah, we went to- it wasn't that fun. It wasn't like the trips nowadays. It was like the ROM-museum and the only fun part was probably going for supper the one night, ah- ah I think it was Eastside-Marios and then across the street we went to see ah, the Phantom-of-the-Opera.

Speaker: You-know, we play games, watch movies. We go shopping together, make- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Supper together, like it's a- it's a very social thing for me as well. Um, so that parts- I- I like that and so by doing those things, like I'm off now for the summer and I'll probably work on my courses for the summer ...

Well Dad, he laid into me when I got- when I went in the door. "Up- get to your bedroom, no supper!" And he nailed me with the strap across the butt. ... Ah I was up in my room, no supper. (makes crying noise) Five minutes later, Mother comes up with a big tray of food for me.

So it was different in that sense but the dance was good. And we had a supper, that was different than ours, like a full-blown supper like th-- three, four-course meal, so.

Speaker: Well, I have some close, close calls. ... Out there in- in the- like the cattle you never knew the- what cattle the guy bought. You get in the pen, the first thing you knew one was taking after you, so you had to duck under something. Interviewer: The cow would come after you. Speaker: Chasing you, yeah. ... (Laughs) You just dive underneath something. You-know. I told the kids "Never go in the barn. I never want to see you in the barn."