Community Life brother Lloyd) would come with the horse and pung sleigh**. They would put the horse in the barn and take the pung sleigh up to the back field, tie the shafts up and jump in for a ride downhill. They would only let Lillian get in the sleigh when they were starting from halfway down the hill. * TheofF Beaton had a regular boat run down the West River to Charlottetown . ** A pung sleigh was lower than a box sleigh with a bench and dashboard in it. The Forge In the days of the horse-drawn vehicles and no tractors, the forge was a very necessary establishment and there was always one found in every community. The one in Argyle Shore was located in the west end of the district where the Argyle Shore is today. The original driveway can still be seen. The forge was owned and operated by the Campbell family. John Campbell was the first owner who later passed it on to his son, Duncan. Duncan was married to Eunice and they had 10 children: Calvin, Abner, Russell, Stanley, Donald, Jim, Mario, Eddy, Gladys and Mary. The Campbell house was situated below the forge. This property is now owned by the PEI government and runs from the road to the beach adjacent to the park on the west side. Many activities were carried on at the forge. The main one being the shoeing of horses. A horse would have to be shod at least twice a winter and a great deal of socializing and passing of news was carried on amid the ring of the hammer on the anvil and the whoosh of the fire as the bellows would be used to fire up the coal fed flame. Shoeing a horse was hard work. Not only was it hard on the back, but it could be dangerous if the horse was wild or disinclined to have its feet tampered with. The pay didn't exactly match the difficulty of the work because the charge was 25 cents to shoe a horse. The income was usually supplemented by carrying on a bit of farming as well. Although the forge was open all year round, the busiest time would be in the winter due to not only shoeing the horses but also making the shoes and shoeing the sleighs. During the summer months, they 23