Trapping Liquor
For almost a hundred years liquor was heavily controlled and regulated in Manitoba. It wasn’t until the past few decades that the provincial liquor control legislation would begin to change, allowing for more personal responsibility over restrictions that could be described as repressive and discriminatory. This episode asks: When and how did our province’s history of restrictive liquor laws originate? What role did the Hudson’s Bay Company play in the control of liquor sales? And how did Manitobans circumvent restrictions on liquor in the form of bootlegging and moonshining?
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EPISODE CREDITS:
Written and narrated by Kyra Thiele, Jaydi Overwater, and Kent Davies
Produced by Kent Davies
Hosted by Kent Davies and Janis Thiessen
Episode image & web formatting: Kimberley Moore
Theme music: Robert Kenning
INTERVIEWS
Dick Cain, interviewed by D. Carpenter and D. Harrison on April 7, 1991 in St. Andrews, MB. Audio cassette. Boundary Creek District Development oral history project, "The History of Winnipeg Beach oral history project,” Archives of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Irene Patterson, interviewed by Linda Wilson and Gerry Leib on July 15, 1981 in Winnipeg, MB. Audio cassette. Department of History at the University of Winnipeg, “Winnipeg Past and Present Oral History Project,” Archives of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Alice Ellison interviewed by D. Carpenter and D. Harrison on June 7, 1991 in Manitoba. Audio cassette. Boundary Creek District Development oral history project, "The History of Winnipeg Beach oral history project,” Archives of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
MUSIC
Band of H.M. Canadian Grenadier Guards. “The British Grenadiers: regimental march of the Canadian Grenadier Guards.” 1885-1949. OCLC number: 1007624713
Blue Dot Sessions – Setting Pace, Jog to the Water, Lumber Down, Softly Villainous, Crem Valle, Gra Landsby, and Dolly Pop.
Chad Crouch – Dim
Digi G’Alessio – Raw instrumental pt. 1
Friars Society Orchestra - Tiger Rag
Henry Carey & Oswald James – God Save The King
Henry Burr and Albert Campbell. “Off with the Old Love, On with the New.” 1914. OCLC number: 82885630
Kraig Partridge – Bar Scene
Lobo Loco – Brain, Instrumental Retro and Streetlife - Silentfilm.
Podington Bear – So it goes
Scott Shrek – Church
Sousa’s Band. “Jack Tar March.” OCLC number: 1007613099
Wilbur Sweatman and His Jazz Band - Down Home Rag
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