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- Title
- A Day in Coal Harbour - Interview with Bob Adamson
- Contributor(s)
- Adamson, Bob (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- There was plenty of entertainment for kids when they ventured to Coal Harbour.
- Extent
- 00:02:15
- Subject(s)
- Housing, Money, Boats and boating, Canneries, Railroads - Yards, Shipyards, Active life enthusiasts, Playing
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1940s
- Collection
- West End Stories
- Title
- Exploring and Playing in the Magic Square Mile - Interview with Bob Adamson:
- Contributor(s)
- Adamson, Bob (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- Bob describes the fun he and his friends had living on the sands of English Bay, exploring the trails of Stanley Park, learning to golf and swim and waiting for the nine o'clock gun to go off.
- Extent
- 00:02:33
- Subject(s)
- Playing, Sports, Swimming, Beaches, Golf, Active life enthusiasts
- Location(s)
- West End
- Time Period
- 1940s
- Collection
- West End Stories
- Title
- Gordon House - Interview with Bob Adamson
- Contributor(s)
- Adamson, Bob (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- In October 1942, the old Crofton House School becomes Gordon House; an important hang out and refuge for West End kids. What we would do in the evenings, we’d go to Gordon House where there was sports, there was boxing, there was basketball, there was arts and crafts, painting; that sort of thing.
- Extent
- 00:01:22
- Subject(s)
- Housing, Playing, Sports, Gordon House (Vancouver, B.C.), Active life enthusiasts
- Location(s)
- West End
- Time Period
- 1940s, 1950s
- Collection
- West End Stories
- Title
- We Were Street Smart - Interview with Bob Adamson
- Contributor(s)
- Adamson, Bob (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- Bob recalls his experiences growing up in the West End and seeing a number of significant changes over the years as the area developed from single family housing to rooming houses and high-rise apartments.
- Extent
- 00:04:39
- Subject(s)
- Housing, Housing, Living conditions, Gentrification, Trees
- Location(s)
- West End
- Time Period
- 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
- Collection
- West End Stories