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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
- Andre Demiris and Mr. Giftonikolios:
- Contributor(s)
- Susie Demiris Miceli (Contributor)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 1970
- Description
- My dad Andre Demiris and Mr. Giftonikolios (who was a “Psalti” at church) in our deli, “University Delicatessen” which was later converted to our restaurant, Vassilis Taverna. Looks like my dad just got a delivery.
- Subject(s)
- Greek Canadians, Delicatessens, Restaurants
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Art, Artifacts and Music - Interview with Barbara Williamson:
- Contributor(s)
- Williamson, Barbara (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-12
- Language
- English
- Description
- Barbara reflects on her appreciation for the Museum of Anthropology at UBC and Early Music Vancouver.
- Extent
- 00:02:04
- Subject(s)
- University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology, Early Music Vancouver, Music, Museums, Creative community
- Location(s)
- West Point Grey
- Time Period
- 1970s
- 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
- Before Dominion Day Parade 1979:
- Contributor(s)
- Effie Karapidakis (Contributor)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 1979-07-01
- Description
- Before the Dominion Day parade, Main Street and Alexander, 1979
- Subject(s)
- Greek Canadians, Dominion Day, Parades
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Britannia Community Centre - Interview with Federico Fuoco:
- Contributor(s)
- Fuoco, Federico (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-04-03
- Language
- English
- Description
- Federico Fuoco speaks about watching the Britannia Community Centre being built.
- Extent
- 0:00:32
- Subject(s)
- Britannia Community Services Centre (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Building the Italian Cultural Centre - Interview with Anna Terrana:
- Contributor(s)
- Terrana, Anna (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-09
- Language
- English
- Description
- Anna Terrana speaks about her involvement in the construction of the Italian Cultural Centre and being the editor of Il Marco Polo newspaper from 1974-1978.
- Extent
- 0:03:29
- Subject(s)
- Italian Canadians, Italian Cultural Centre (Vancouver, B.C.), Newspapers, Canadian newspapers
- Location(s)
- Renfrew-Collingwood
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- 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
- Capitol 6 Movie Theatre - Interview with Veralena Casellato
- Contributor(s)
- Casellato, Veralena (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-09
- Language
- English
- Description
- Memories of going to the Capitol 6 movie theatre as a kid.
- Extent
- 0:00:36
- Subject(s)
- Capitol Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.), Amusements, Motion picture theatres
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1970s, 1980s
- Collection
- 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
- Champlain Mall Then and Now - Interview with Lilian Lind
- Contributor(s)
- Lind, Lilian (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-12
- Language
- English
- Description
- Lilian talks about the initial community consultation she participated in for the Champlain Mall in the early 1970s and shares her memories of the mall over the years.
- Extent
- 00:03:09
- Subject(s)
- Champlain Mall, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Shopping centres, Zellers Ltd., Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - West 16th Avenue
- Location(s)
- Killarney
- Time Period
- 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
- Collection
- 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
- Changes on Granville Island - Interview with Donna MacKinnon
- Contributor(s)
- MacKinnon, Donna (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-04-29
- Language
- English
- Description
- Donna MacKinnon talks about the many benefits of the transformation of Granville Island.
- Extent
- 00:01:45
- Subject(s)
- Ecology, Neighbourhoods - Conservation and restoration, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes
- Location(s)
- Fairview
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Changing Times, Changing Professions - Interview with Ralph Radford
- Contributor(s)
- Radford, Ralph (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 1983-08-27
- Language
- English
- Description
- Ralph talks about his time working in a 1920s dance hall, then in business, journalism, and mining during the Depression. He also speaks about his wife, his retirement, and post-retirement work.
- Extent
- 00:30:24
- Subject(s)
- Music, Mining, Depressions - 1929, Retirement, Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
- Time Period
- 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s
- Collection
- Carnegie Stories
- 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
- Chinatown Childhood - Interview with Eileen Kon:
- Contributor(s)
- Kon, Eileen (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-30
- Language
- English
- Description
- Eileen recounts her early childhood experiences in Vancouver's Chinatown.
- Extent
- 00:04:59
- Subject(s)
- Immigrants - Experience, Chinese Canadians, Multicultural education
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1970s, 1980s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Church History and Traditions - Interview with Paul Michael
- Contributor(s)
- Michael, Paul (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-01-26
- Language
- English
- Description
- St. George's has been at the centre of Greek Canadian life in Vancouver. Paul Michael describes the early days of the first church at Vine and 7th, and current attempts to protect its place in history.
- Extent
- 00:03:16
- Subject(s)
- Greek Canadians, Orthodox Eastern Church, St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street)
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Coming to Canada - Interview with Tieu Tu-Johnson:
- Contributor(s)
- Tu-Johnson, Tieu (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-11
- Language
- English
- Description
- Tieu Tu-Johnson escaped from Vietnam in the 1970s and settled in Canada.
- Extent
- 00:02:30
- Subject(s)
- Refugees, Immigrants - Experience, Vietnamese Canadians
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Commercial Drive is a Walking Street - Veralena Casellato:
- Contributor(s)
- Casellato, Veralena (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-09
- Language
- English
- Description
- Veralena Casellato speaks about Commercial Drive as a neighbourhood and its changing character.
- Extent
- 0:02:44
- Subject(s)
- Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Immigrants - Experience, Italian Canadians
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
- Collection
- Story City