Edmond:     The River Road was paved in 84, I can't think of the time that the other road was paved, the Prospect Road.

Connie:     Over there it must have been paved, god, I remember when the mud was up to the car wheels when Joyce & Johnny got married when we went down to the wedding we got down by Tressa's where they lived the mud was all the way up to the top of the wheels and that's how long because Johnny and Joyce were married 50 years now.

Nat:     So about 1950-51

Barb:     When we talked to Glenna she thought it was early 50's

Connie:     That would be about right, because there was no pavement then

Barb:     Because her family came down to do that paving project

Connie:     Yes, is that right? Well the road in the spring it would get so muddy

Edmond:     You would have to bring the horse and wagon out

Barb:     So did you have to go to town by horse and wagon?

Edmond:     Yup

Barb:     And how long would that take?

Connie:     Not me my father used to do it

Edmond:     Four or Five hours each way

Connie:     My mother would used to go in by horse and wagon she would used to have rug up with cloths on in the wintertime because it was so cold, I do remember that

Barb:     So was there someone who would come around and pick you up on a horse and wagon?

Connie:     No we had all that stuff around here

Barb:     So would you pay someone if you wanted to go to town, or would they just take you

Connie:     No they would just take yah, but we were only young, we would never go. They would never take us. My father was going in at the time of the explosion he was right in by the arm on his horse, he was going wherever he was going, whatever he had to sell now.

Nat:     They were probably going down to the market

Connie:     Yeah they were going to the market

Edmond:     The Cattle sale

Connie:     Oh yeah that was probably what it was, and the explosion happened right before he got to the rotary

Barb:     So he heard it all

Connie:     Oh yeah, he had to turn and come back

Nat:     Ha, ha, ha, ha I would too

Connie:     I guess, could you have imagine

Barb:     Do you remember going into Halifax after that and seeing the damage?

Edmond:     No

Connie:     No, I can't remember anything like that, what year was that

Nat:     1917, that was before the war

Connie:     That was 1917? I wasn't even in the world.

Barb:     No, that's true

Connie:     He wasn't either