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- Title
- 1960s Teen Hot Spots - Interview with Ron Pollock:
- Contributor(s)
- Pollock, Ron (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-04-20
- Language
- English
- Description
- Ron talks about visiting folk clubs in Downtown Vancouver as a teenager in the 1960s - his introduction to the "cool scene."
- Extent
- 00:01:01
- Subject(s)
- Folk music, Nightclubs, Teenagers, Inquisition Coffee House, Creative community
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1970s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Al Jamia Masjid Mosque - Interview with Ihsan Malik:
- Contributor(s)
- Malik, Ihsan (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-08-02
- Language
- English
- Description
- Ihsan Malik describes the first mosque in Western Canada and its significance.
- Extent
- 00:02:42
- Subject(s)
- Muslims, Al Jamia Masjid (Mosque), Pakistan Canadians, Cultural differences
- Location(s)
- Fairview
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Around Oakridge - Interview with Perry Seidelman
- Contributor(s)
- Seidelman, Perry (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-14
- Language
- English
- Description
- Perry Seidelman has lived in the Oakridge area since he was a child. He shares his thoughts and memories of the area and his community.
- Extent
- 00:01:16
- Subject(s)
- Jewish Canadians, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, High schools, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Schools, Volunteers, Museums
- Location(s)
- Oakridge
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Back When I Knew Them - Interview with Lorne Findlay
- Contributor(s)
- Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-20
- Language
- English
- Description
- Lorne Findlay spent several years working in a lively service station in Fairview. His work brought him into contact with several future Vancouver celebrities including Jimmy Pattison and Jack Webster. He also met Frank Baker, a Vancouver alderman, collector and notable restaurateur. Baker is perhaps best known for The Attic, a West Vancouver landmark open from 1968 - 1989. Lorne takes pride in getting Frank one of his first catering jobs. Part of the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
- Extent
- 00:05:26
- Subject(s)
- Service stations, Pattison, Jim, 1928-, Baker, Frank, Webster, Jack, Attic (Restaurant : West Vancouver, B.C.), Employment
- Location(s)
- Fairview
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
- Collection
- Story City
- 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
- Bakery Life - Interview with Lois Dick:
- Contributor(s)
- Dick, Lois (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-03
- Language
- English
- Description
- Lois describes working for two East Van bakeries: Dad's Cookies and Weston Bakery.
- Extent
- 00:01:49
- Subject(s)
- Small business, Bakeries, Dad's Cookie Company, Weston's Bread, Employment
- Location(s)
- Hastings-Sunrise
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Blue Eagle Cafe and Roller Rinks - Interview with Rickie Ahlgren:
- Contributor(s)
- Ahlgren, Rickie (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-09
- Language
- English
- Description
- Rickie reminisces about the importance of roller-skating rinks and some of her favourite spots in Vancouver.
- Extent
- 00:01:02
- Subject(s)
- Roller-skating rinks, Blue Eagle Cafe (Vancouver, B.C.), Roller-skating
- Location(s)
- Strathcona
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Bringing a Bit of Greece to Vancouver - Interview with George Tsoukas:
- Contributor(s)
- Tsoukas, George (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-05
- Language
- English
- Description
- George Tsoukas shares his pride about the role of the Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (HEPA) in bringing a Greek style statue to Vancouver in 1969.
- Extent
- 00:01:52
- Subject(s)
- Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (HEPA), Greek Canadians, Sculpture
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Bringing a Bit of Greece to Vancouver - Interview with Paul Michael:
- Contributor(s)
- Michael, Paul (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-01-26
- Language
- English
- Description
- Paul Michael tells the story of two statues built in Vancouver that honour Greece and the Greek Canadian contribution to culture.
- Extent
- 00:05:15
- Subject(s)
- Greek Canadians, Monuments, Kougioumtzis, Pavlos Angelos, Olympic Winter Games (21st : 2010 : Vancouver, B.C.), Sculpture
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1960s, 2010s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Building Your Community - Interview with Angelo Pappas
- Contributor(s)
- Pappas, Angelo (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-05
- Language
- English
- Description
- As an immigrant to Canada, Pappas recognizes the importance of taking part in the building of one's new community.
- Extent
- 00:01:18
- Subject(s)
- Greek Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Hellenic Community of Vancouver (Community Centre), St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street), Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (HEPA)
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Business and Pleasure in the Greek Community - Interview with Panayiotis Kavouras
- Contributor(s)
- Kavouras, Panayiotis (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- moving image
- Date Created
- 2017-02-05
- Language
- Greek
- Description
- Mr. Kavouras shares his memories of the Greek businesses on West Broadway and other parts of Vancouver. Interview conducted in Greek. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
- Extent
- 00:01:39
- Subject(s)
- Bars (Drinking establishments), Immigrants - Experience, Small business, Orestes' (Restaurant), Greek Canadians
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1970s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Cave Theatre; Georgia Hotel; Rowan and Martin's Laugh In - Interview with Jeff Veniot:
- Contributor(s)
- Veniot, Jeff (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2016-09-06
- Language
- English
- Description
- Jeff talks about the Cave Theatre Restaurant, where stars did shows before going to Las Vegas and Hollywood. In the 1970s, Rowan and Martin from 'Laugh In' were in Vancouver and Jeff recounts seeing them and getting the crew's autographs at the Hotel Georgia.
- Extent
- 00:02:13
- Subject(s)
- Motion picture industry, Television, Actors, Comedians, Rowan, Dan, Martin, Dan, Cave (Nightclub : Vancouver, B.C.), Laugh In (Television program), Hotel Georgia
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1970s
- Collection
- Hollywood North
- Title
- A Centre for All - Interview with Angelo Pappas:
- Contributor(s)
- Pappas, Angelo (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-05
- Language
- English
- Description
- Angelo explains how welcoming the wider community into the Hellenic Community Centre fosters connection with neighbours and promotes multiculturalism.
- Extent
- 00:01:56
- Subject(s)
- Greek Canadians, Hellenic Community of Vancouver (Community Centre), Ethnic relations
- Location(s)
- Arbutus-Ridge
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1970s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Changes in Vancouver - Interview with Gayle Logan:
- Contributor(s)
- Logan, Gayle (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-11
- Language
- English
- Description
- Gayle Logan shares her observations about changes in Vancouver over the years.
- Extent
- 00:01:44
- Subject(s)
- Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Neighbourhoods - Safety
- Location(s)
- Dunbar-Southlands
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Charity Work - Interview with Nikki Roussanidis
- Contributor(s)
- Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-01
- Language
- English
- Description
- Nikki Roussanidis speaks about being in the Maids of Athena as a teenager and raising money for charity with that group as well as the Daughters of Penelope.
- Extent
- 00:03:14
- Subject(s)
- Immigrants - Experience, Charities, American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), Teenagers, Greek Canadians
- Location(s)
- Arbutus-Ridge
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2010s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Childhood in Kitsilano - Interview with Robin Crocker:
- Contributor(s)
- Crocker, Robin (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-09-19
- Language
- English
- Description
- Robin Crocker recalls the games of his childhood in Kitsilano.
- Extent
- 00:02:29
- Subject(s)
- Childhood, Games, Active life enthusiasts, Parks
- Location(s)
- West Point Grey
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- A Child's Local Market
- Contributor(s)
- Derkson, Roland (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-20
- Language
- English
- Extent
- 00:06:14
- Subject(s)
- Small business, Grocers, Family-owned business enterprises
- Location(s)
- Riley Park
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Chinatown Prevails - Interview with Sue Lum
- Contributor(s)
- Lum, Sue (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- moving image
- Date Created
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Description
- Lum talks about the freeway debates to demolish Chinatown in 1968-1970 and petitions from the Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association (SPOTA).
- Extent
- 00:00:40
- Subject(s)
- Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants' Association, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Petitions, Communities
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Chinatown Stories, Story City
- Title
- Class Trips - Interview with Barb Mikulec
- Contributor(s)
- Mikulec, Barb (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-08
- Language
- English
- Description
- Barb remembers taking her Emily Carr Elementary School students to the future site of VanDusen Garden for free skating on the ponds.
- Extent
- 00:01:30
- Subject(s)
- VanDusen Botanical Display Gardens, Skating, Emily Carr Elementary School, Elementary schools, Schools
- Location(s)
- Shaughnessy
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Coming to Canada - Interview with Fanni Ziakos:
- Contributor(s)
- Ziakos, Fanni (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-05
- Language
- English
- Description
- Fanni Ziakos' parents both came from Greece in the 1960s, where they settled in and worked hard to better their lives and the lives of their children.
- Extent
- 00:04:13
- Subject(s)
- Immigrants - Experience, Greek Canadians, Children of immigrants, Socrates Greek Cultural School, Education, Literacy, Schools
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1980s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City