Speaker: No, I didn't like it- well I guess so- and the rides. I remember the octopus, I almost got thrown out of that one year. Interviewer: (Laughs). Speaker: Um, yeah I went to the Fall-Fair and-stuff but I never really- and Summer-Fest and Bikers-Reunion and-stuff but, I-don't-know- life in New-Liskeard is- like growing up, I just got drunk- Interviewer: Did you? When did you- Speaker: There's nothing else to do.

Speaker: ... maybe you don't know them personally but you feel bad and you try and- the community tries to get together, try and do something that will help the co-- the family that is either mourning or whatever happens. Interviewer: Mm, that's interesting. Speaker: And I know even with the Bikers-Reunion that we have every year. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: There's tons of volunteers and we all have fun with it and there's lots of people who like the banner boys, they- they're doing this like year-round and they're getting banners ready and setting them up ...

Speaker: ... one of the Pillens passed away because of cancer and one of the big things for him was he loved motorcycling. Interviewer: Oh yeah? Speaker: So they decided that they're going to make this big Bikers-Reunion just so they can support his memory and bring all this money together to fight cancer and all kinds of stuff and I know there's people who come like overseas to be able to come to this reunion and there's lots of fun and fireworks usually.

Speaker: And ah I was talking to one of the fellows and I said, "Where are you going next?" And he said, "Well I-don't-know, there's some talk about a a biker's group that go way way way up north." Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: "Oh!" I said, "Do you mean the Bikers-Reunion at- at- in New-Liskeard?" "That's the one!" Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: So yeah. Mm-hm. It's well-known and- and everybody supports it. Everybody.

Speaker: It was- it was just- it was a wonderful wonderful um ah combined project for everybody here. And Kirkland-Lake like all the areas around had their input too. So it was ah- Interviewer: Would you say the same for the Fall-Fair and the Bikers-Reunion? Speaker: Bikers-Reunion was wonderful. Yeah.

Speaker: You're in luck; I could take you for a ride. Interviewer: (Laughs) Interviewer 2: (Laughs) Interviewer: So I- that means that Bikers'- you must really enjoy Bikers-Reunion. Speaker: Yeah, I enjoy Bikers-Reunion. Yeah and ah, I enjoy riding the bike. Yesterday um, as far as riding the bike is concerned, I've been on some pretty big trips.

Speaker: So your Bikers-Reunion in New-Liskeard has five, six, eight-thousand bikes. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: The biker party in Sturgis has over seven-hundred-thousand bikes. Interviewer 2: Oh my God. Interviewer: No. Speaker: And it's the same size town, so.

I- I-think that the Bikers-Reunion will be a success, not just because of the people that work at it and it's a good idea and it's a great place, but you-know it's a good day's ride from just about anywhere in the province.

The I-P-M was quite large, like the biggest thing here, other than Bikers-Reunion, I'm sure you've seen the signs.

Speaker: And they bring like roses and care packages to each of the patients like (inc) like bikers cry, like these people you never expect and they just like start bawling, like it's a really emotional- 'cause what Bikers-Reunion is all about, is battling cancer. Interviewer: Oh okay. Speaker: Because I guess Brian lost his mother and brother to cancer, not sure, to- Interviewer: Is Brian the (inc)? Speaker: Yeah, the- who started it, Brian-Pine.

Interviewer: Do you feel like our community isn't as close as it used to be? Speaker: Well I think that here, the community's really good. You-know, they- they pull together and- and it's really nice. They certainly um a lot of volunteers especially for the Bikers-Reunion you-know? Interviewer: Yeah, mm-hm. Speaker: Yes, they ah don't have trouble getting people to volunteer.

SPeaker: But ah anyway, yeah the Bikers-Reunion so we haven't really taken part in it. We can- Interviewer: (inc). Speaker: Walk better when it first started and we would walk down and- and go around and actually he- Interviewer: I worked out of the (inc). Speaker: Yes you did, uh-huh.

Interviewer: So do you like Summer-Fest then? Speaker: Um, I found as a kid, I liked it a lot more but it's- it's kind-of a fun event now, I guess when you're sixteen, there's the Bikers-Reunion too, right? Is that part of Summers-Fest? Interviewer 2: Yeah. Speaker: Summer-Fest (laughs). I- I-mean- like, that's pretty fun. They normally have cool things like that guy who was flying.

Speaker: Or keep that trend going, actually staying outside for the whole summer when there are these stupid bikes outside making noise 'til like three-A-M. Interviewer: Aw. Speaker: Also what annoys me about it is that the first year that they had it, it was still called Bikers-Reunion. These people haven't met before like that's not a r-- Interviewer 2: (Laughs). Interviewer: (Laughs). Speaker: They should have had a better name for it (laughs) but anyways- Interviewer: (Laughs) "These people haven't met before."

And ah, as most- well, l-- most of the kids our age, the parents were- dad had been in the war. And he never spoke of it. Never. Um, other than- now, he kept in touch with family he had been billeted with.

Speaker: Yes I (inc) quite a bit when I was a kid but you never see anybody do it now. Interviewer 1: (inc) Interviewer 2: Yeah. Never, no more. So you- w-- how would you do that? You just collect it or- Speaker: Well you -you have a binder and it goes around the field and ah it auto-- it binds the sheathes and takes them out as you go around and then you'd have to come around and- and pick the sheathes off the ground and stook them in- in ah against each other.

Speaker: And sure enough, he'd forgot to turn the power off. I've had twenty-five year close calls in my lifetime. Twenty-five. Interviewer: Wow. Speaker: One of the first ones was going around the field with a tractor and a binder and having a dead tree fall on the hood of the tractor.

Speaker: And sure enough, he'd forgot to turn the power off. I've had twenty-five year close calls in my lifetime. Twenty-five. Interviewer: Wow. Speaker: One of the first ones was going around the field with a tractor and a binder and having a dead tree fall on the hood of the tractor.

I don't like bloodsuckers. So ah, Jeff- the- the guy I was with there for thirteen years- his father came, he's from Texas.

So ah, he sits on the rock and he comes out- out of ah- out of the water and I seen the bloodsuckers on him and, "Oh my God." Well, as soon as I seen it, my hands started shaking. Had about three of them on him.