And ah at that time you had no help socially. If- if you had a mental ill- ill child. You kind-of hid them more-or-less but they were awfully good to him. I could always remember that they were a large family and they had this child to look after ...

Speaker: That's my daughter has- says that's here favourite saying. "Suck it up mother or- use it or you lose it." Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: (Laughs) So- but she's an awfully good daughter. When she goes away, they- they have a place down in a- in Clear- Clearwater and ah- in Florida.

Interviewer: Oh, who got you that? Speaker: Yeah, leave it one for a while because it- it ah- oh, one of the girls here, they're- the staff are awfully good to me. Interviewer: Look at that, isn't that pretty. I want one.

And Scottish terminology, "wee bairn" and-things-such-as-that that, ah, I grew up, ah listening to. Ah, they never did- my grandmother particularly never did lose her accent completely. Even though she was here for many, many years. My grandfather lost it a bit. My father and ah uncles and- two uncles on that side never had the accent whatsoever.

But I'm probably the first generation that that was so because the generation before me was- that was part of the deal. You get in- you-know, you- you go on a booze-cruise or you bo-- go bar-hopping and ah, you-know, so ah, th-- s-- the safety part of life, I kind of grew up when people started paying attention to safety.

Interviewer: Well- so was (inc) Kirkland any different ah when you were younger to- to- to- to now or- Speaker: Oh big time. Big time. I find the kids nowadays are a lot ruder than when I was growing up.

Speaker: I can understand it. But when it comes to writing it, my grammar's really bad. Interviewer: Oh okay. That's tough. Speaker: Yeah. So it's dropping my mark big time. Interviewer: Aw oh well, that's okay. Speaker: But I don't need French (laughs).

Oh, she's got to get into it, involved in it, something to do with- "Oh, buy some shares in this, it's going to be big-time money."

Speaker: In with the stuff they're supposed to make for the road, so our entire front like road is made with gold in it, they screwed up big time (laughs).

Speaker: Ah, I don't know if you're familiar with the Bikers Reunion or not. Interviewer: I hope you'll tell me about that. Speaker: (Laughs) Interviewer: Oh I'm sorry, do you- Speaker: Not doing too bad. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: Time goes quick, eh?

Speaker: Well that- that worked out- except for my one son. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: Ah, which he operates the New-Liskeard-Bikers-Reunion. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: And his business is Picard-Signs. Interviewer: Yes! Speaker: Yeah. That's right.

Speaker: Ah, homecoming, well everybody has their home-coming. But tomorrow is what? Is it the Bikers-Reunion's July-first? Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: And that's tomorrow. Is it not in New-Liskeard? So that's a big draw. They have a lot of motorcycles. That's a very successful event. And I-think it's because more people have motorcycles.

Speaker: I think Kirk-- like I don't know other than Kirkland but I think Kirkland is pretty unique. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: I get a sense that like you all- no, you'll hear like they- no I shouldn't say that because New-Liskeard has a Bikers Reunion that is very popular. It's a fund-raiser for cancer, they make a lot of money. They raise a lot.

We went to play there and ah, I was billeted with this family. She had ah- her name was Miranda-Lame. And she was Finnish and she had spotted my name, you-know in the- in- in the um- in the billet list so ah- so she picked me to ah- to ah stay with them and so we became lifelong friends and she's passed away and her husband was also in the air-force and ah he was killed.

Speaker: Well it wasn't too bad, it was um, white blouse and um, a jumper. Navy blue. So y-- it was okay. Yeah. Although our gym suits was big bloomers down to here (laughs). Interviewer: Oh (laughs). Speaker: And the skirt I think down to there, so if you were playing basketball or playing baseball, it was no fun.

Speaker: He was bludgeon and I think it was the people- he didn't want- what was it he didn't want in that area? Interviewer: He didn't want gambling. Speaker: He didn't want gambling in that area. And I guess it was the ah mafia. They- it must have been. He was bludgeoned and ah so-on, yeah. Yeah, but I can remember that 'cause, as I said, Lady-Oath was going to come over and have tea with mother.

Ah, toboggan- to-- yeah, the- what's that- bobsleighing, not toboggan-racing- bobsleigh, skeleton, all that stuff's pretty cool, I find, anyway. Interviewer: Bobsleigh skeleton. Speaker: Not bobsleigh, it's ah- oh, bobsleigh. It's the guys in big- this big sled going down through- through the course. And then skeleton is the guy in a little tiny sled that is just goes through that c-- the same course. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: Mm-hm. Interviewer: Hm. Speaker: Nothing- nothing like that around town though, we don't have any bobsleighs or skeleton racers around here.

Speaker: Um Polish people the same. Um Italos-Canadian-Club had a hall and then they had a um a camp out at Rainbow-Lake that my husband said he went to every Sunday, played- Interviewer: Really? Speaker: Bocce-ball and-things-like-that. Interviewer: Wow.

Speaker: The principal called me- called me over to the school. Interviewer: And you wondered "Why now, what the heck is he going to be talking to me about?" Speaker: Well I figured it was one of the girls. Interviewer: (laughs) Speaker: Were- were- were in trouble, so, I wasn't- I- I was- I was worried and I couldn't figure out which one it would be that would sauce the teacher back, or be bold or (laughs).

And you can always go, you-know, when people aren't- even when people weren't doing well, you-know, how you go to people for um say if it's a curling-bonspiel and you go around town to get um support in terms of like a gift or-something.