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Title: Bad Boys of the West Side - Interview with Katherine Robb and Barbara Toews:
Contributor(s): Robb, Katherine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Southwest Vancouver was pretty safe in the 50s and 60s, but there were still "The Dunbar Boys."
Extent: 00:00:50
Subject(s): Billiard parlours, Kerrisdale Billiards
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Books and Bridge - Interview with Florence Beytin
Contributor(s): Beytin, Florence (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-21
Language: English
Description: Florence describes finding connection and making friends through books and bridge.
Extent: 00:03:56
Subject(s): Books and reading, Contract bridge, Community centres, Kerrisdale Community Centre, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, VanDusen Botanical Display Gardens, Jewish Canadians
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Butcher, the Baker.... - Interview with Christine Nicolas:
Contributor(s): Nicolas, Christine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Christine Nicolas expressed appreciation for the personalized services she receives in the small businesses of Kerrisdale Village. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:28
Subject(s): Small business, Food
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Communal House - Interview with Keith Lawrence:
Contributor(s): Lawrence, Keith (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-12
Language: English
Description: Keith recalls communal living and a church-turned-performance space in Kerrisdale during the 1980s.
Extent: 00:00:35
Subject(s): Communal living, Shared housing, Artists' studios, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Culinary Life - Interview with Jackie Byrn:
Contributor(s): Byrn, Jackie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-22
Language: English
Description: Returning home to Vancouver after several years in the United States, Jackie Byrn worked as a food journalist, then opened and ran a culinary school and a popular Kerrisdale restaurant.
Extent: 00:06:18
Subject(s): Small business, Restaurants, Self-employed women, Women Chefs, Jackie's (Restaurant), Parry, Malcolm
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Kerrisdale Village - Interview with Barbara Toews and Katherine Robb
Contributor(s): Toews, Barbara (Interviewee), Robb, Katherine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Barbara Toews and Katherine Robb recall their childhood in Kerrisdale.
Extent: 00:01:35
Subject(s): Children, Kerrisdale Arena (Stadium : Vancouver, B.C.), Skating, Community centres, Kerrisdale Community Centre
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Kerrisdale Village - Interview with Christine Nicolas
Contributor(s): Nicolas, Christine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Over the two decades she's lived near the Kerrisdale Village, Christine Nicolas has seen some regrettable changes, but still appreciates all its advantages. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:56
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Small business
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Kerrisdale Village - Interview with Peter Hatfield:
Contributor(s): Hatfield, Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Moore's Bakery, located in the Kerrisdale Village since the 1930s, is one of the small businesses that make the Village feel like home for many of its residents and former residents.
Extent: 00:01:15
Subject(s): Small business, Moore's Bakery
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Making Friends - Interview with Veronica Dallisaya:
Contributor(s): Dallisaya (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-19
Language: English
Description: Veronica talks about meeting people through the Latin Runners Club and other places.
Extent: 00:01:42
Subject(s): Bolivian Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Running, Social interaction
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Memories of Kerrisdale - Interview with Joy Stuart:
Contributor(s): Stuart, Joy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Joy remembers family life in the Dunbar/Kerrisdale area and the pleasure she found in needlework.
Extent: 00:02:56
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Creative community, Neighbourhoods - Safety, Needlework, Childhood, Shopping, Small business
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: South Kerrisdale: A Good Place to Come From - Interview with Katherine Robb:
Contributor(s): Robb, Katherine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: The area where Katherine Robb called home for most of her life (West Boulevard and 57th) is remembered as an amazing place to come from.
Extent: 00:02:35
Subject(s): Home delivery services, St. Faith's Anglican Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Trees of Maple Grove Park - Interview with Isaac Elias:
Contributor(s): Elias, Isaac (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-14
Language: English
Description: Isaac Elias has fond memories of the trees of Kerrisdale's Maple Grove Park.
Extent: 00:00:57
Subject(s): Parks, Trees, Playgrounds, Children, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1990s
Collection: Story City

Title: Vancouver Hospice Society Thrift Store - Interview with Sue Hurd and Sue Wong:
Contributor(s): Hurd, Sue (Interviewee), Wong, Sue (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-11
Language: English
Description: Sue Hurd and Sue Wong, who developed the Vancouver Hospice Society, share the story of the origin of the Society's thrift stores.
Extent: 00:02:55
Subject(s): The HOB (Hospice Opportunity Boutique), Vancouver Hospice Society, Hospices (Terminal care), Volunteers
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 2000s
Collection: Story City