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- Title
- The End of the War - Interview with Jack Ford:
- Contributor(s)
- Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- The end of World War II brought revelry and celebration into the streets of Downtown Vancouver. “Trucks where … every inch of the truck was full with people … they were blowin’ the horn and yelling and hugging and kissing”.
- Extent
- 00:01:11
- Subject(s)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Location(s)
- West End
- Time Period
- 1940s
- Collection
- West End Stories
- Title
- Fruit Trees - Interview with Jack Ford
- Contributor(s)
- Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- Jack describes the shared housing he lived in as a child and some of the features of the Georgia Street area at the time.
- Extent
- 00:02:22
- Subject(s)
- Family, Apartments, Housing, Living conditions
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
- Collection
- West End Stories
- Title
- A Magical Place - Interview with Jack Ford
- Contributor(s)
- Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- Jack talks about the lively, joyful atmosphere of the West End and Downtown.
- Extent
- 00:03:05
- Subject(s)
- Music, Picnics, Swimming, Active life enthusiasts, Creative community
- Location(s)
- West End
- Time Period
- 1940s
- Collection
- West End Stories
- Title
- Saving the Stained Glass Windows of King George High School - Interview with Jack Ford
- Contributor(s)
- Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- Jack talks about the efforts to save and use in commemorations the windows from the King George High School [1913-1963] in Vancouver's West End.
- Extent
- 00:00:31
- Subject(s)
- King George High School [1913-1963], High schools, Schools
- Location(s)
- West End
- Time Period
- 1940s
- Collection
- West End Stories
- Title
- The SS Greenhill Park Explosion - Interview with Jack Ford
- Contributor(s)
- Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Description
- Storytellers recall what they remember from that eventful day on March 6th, 1945 when the freighter Greenhill Park exploded in Vancouver Harbour. There were glass windows all over Hastings Street. Half the windows in Spencer's Department Store blew out on to Cordova Street. It was a huge explosion.
- Extent
- 00:01:47
- Subject(s)
- Events, Boats and boating, Shipyards
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1940s
- Collection
- West End Stories