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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