Interview with Edna Mould

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Date Range: December 8, 1988

Collection: BVM Oral History collection

Description Level: File

GMD: sound recording; electronic record

Scope and Content: Interview with Edna Mould (nee Rowland/Ailport) recorded by BVM Curator Ruth Murdoch on December 8, 1988 as part of the "Growing Up in the Bulkley Valley" series. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access file, and .jpg release form.

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Collection: BVM Oral History collection

Description Level: File

GMD: sound recording; electronic record

Creator: Ruth Murdoch

Fonds No.: C5

Item No.: 2021.21.61

Accession No.: 2021.21

Physical Description: 563 MB of digital records

Date Range: December 8, 1988

Scope and Content: Interview with Edna Mould (nee Rowland/Ailport) recorded by BVM Curator Ruth Murdoch on December 8, 1988 as part of the "Growing Up in the Bulkley Valley" series. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access file, and .jpg release form.

Type of Record: Archival Description

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Interview with Edna Mould - December 8, 1988

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Edna Mould recounts how she, her mother and brother came to Rose Lake from Victoria to work for a man named Len Ailport, who became her stepfather.

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Elizabeth Rowland; Len Ailport; Rose Lake; Spencer Rowland; Victoria

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arrival; parents

Mould describes growing up in the woods and attending school at Rose Lake.

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house; Marian Cowan; portable sawmill; sawmill; school; school supplies

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childhood; Rose Lake

Mould discusses what livestock her family kept, and tells how her brother would defend their chickens from hawks.

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chickens; cows; hawks; horses

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animals; livestock

Mould describes what she and other children would do for fun, such as playing in the hayloft of her barn.

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barn; hayloft

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playing; recreation

Mould speaks about the difficulties of keeping a small country school open when there were so few children in the area.

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Rose Lake School; school

Mould recalls the presents she would get for Christmas, including a disappointing gift from the school Christmas tree.

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dolls; presents; school Christmas party

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Christmas

Mould recalls going to the post office in 'downtown' Rose Lake, as well as ordering groceries by mail at the store in Forestdale.

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downtown; Forestdale; grocery store; Rose Lake; self-sufficiency; shopping; shopping by mail

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downtown; shopping

Mould discusses methods of health care, such as home remedies, when she was growing up in Rose Lake.

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babies; Burns Lake; coal oil; giving birth; injuries; pregnancy; remedies

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health care

Mould discusses community events in Rose Lake, such as First of July picnics, Christmas concerts, dances, and basket socials.

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basket socials; Canada Day; Christmas concerts; dances; First of July; fundraising; musicians; picnics; Rose Lake flats

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community events; community gatherings; music; social events

Mould discusses moving to 'downtown' Rose Lake and entering her teenage years.

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grocery store; marriage; post office

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moving; Rose Lake

Mould recalls her schoolteachers and the education she received from them.

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Clementine Crookshank; death; England; Kitty MacDonald; literature; Sidney Robinson; spelling bees

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education; school; teachers

Mould recounts the story of when she and some other children attempted to derail a train so they could get the fruit it was carrying. (Note: interview ends abruptly without any conclusion).

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childhood; mischief; pranks; train