Reginald "Dutch" Thompson's column The Bygone Days brings you the voices of Island seniors, many of whom are now long-departed. (Pat Martel/CBC)First female barberEstelle Solomon was born in Georgetown, P.E.I., in 1909 and helped lead women into the 20th century. Lloyd and Donald MacLeod in front of their now-defunct general store in Vernon River, P.E.I. looking for work in the 1930s, and they'd come into the general store in Bedford Station where Stella MacQuaid worked asking for tobacco. MacLeod said the family's general store had the very first telephone in the Vernon River area — and their phone number was simply, one.

Source: CBC News December 31, 2018 12:00 UTC