Beach Afternoons - Interview with Herb Nolan

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Title

Beach Afternoons - Interview with Herb Nolan

Contributor(s)

Nolan, Herb (Interviewee)

Project Title

West End Stories

Project Partner

West End Memories Project

Type of Resource

sound recording-nonmusical

Genre

oral histories (literary works)

Date Created

2014

Publisher

Vancouver Public Library

Country

Canada

Place

Vancouver

Language

English

Description

Enjoying the beaches around Stanley Park can yield more than just a good time swimming. We would swim from English Bay right around to Third Beach by the bridge and back again, and it used to take about three hours of swimming, but easy swimming you know: breast stroke, side stroke, crawl.

Form

unspecified

Extent

00:04:10

Digital Origin

Born digital

Subject(s)

English Bay (Vancouver, B.C.)
Swimming
Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.)
Beaches
Second Beach (Vancouver, B.C.)
Third Beach (Vancouver, B.C.)
Active life enthusiasts

Location(s)

British Columbia - Vancouver - West End
British Columbia - Vancouver - Stanley Park
British Columbia - Vancouver - Second Beach
British Columbia - Vancouver - Third Beach

Time Period

1940s
1950s

Use and Reproduction

In copyright. For information about how you can use this item, see https://vpl.arcabc.ca/thisvancouver/use-reproduction

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