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Title: All the Children Loved Me! - Interview with Gloria Rodriguez
Contributor(s): Rodriguez, Gloria (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-17
Language: English
Description: Gloria talks about arriving in Vancouver in the 1970s, her love for working with her kids at Van Horne Elementary school and how the cold makes her feel at home.
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Children, Elementary schools, Schools, Sir William Van Horne Elementary School
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
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: Best Four Years of My Life: Memories of King George High School - Interview with Stan Brook
Contributor(s): Brook, Stan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Fond recollections of time spent in a special stone building.
Extent: 00:00:55
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], High schools, Schools, Teachers, Sports
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Boarding School Changed Me:
Contributor(s): Mendonca, Kirsten (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2018-12-08
Language: English
Description: Kirsten talks about how her experiences at boarding school changed her.
Extent: 00:00:41
Subject(s): Schools, Gratitude
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: What Changes You?

Title: Booming Ground - Interview with Terry Slack
Contributor(s): Slack, Terry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: From their first Canadian home on Iona Island, young Terry Slack and his family moved to the foot of what is now the Marine Drive lookout, spending a few years living beside the booming grounds.
Extent: 00:01:39
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Booms (Log transportation), Schools, Kerrisdale Elementary School, Elementary schools, Schools, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Boy Who Could Fly
Contributor(s): Borkent, Peter (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1985
Description: 'The Boy who could Fly' was filmed in 1985, co-starring Fred Gwynne, (Herman Munster) from the TV series 'The Munsters', a young Fred Savage, and Colleen Dewhur. This scene with actors Jay Underdwood (Eric) and Lucy Deakins (Milly) was filmed in Vancouver at Lord Byng High School. The flying apparatus and cable setup was created by Robert Harman (flying wire specialist). Mr Harman also setup the flying sequences for Superman starring Christopher Reeve in the late 1970s.
Subject(s): Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - West 16th Avenue, Actors, Underwood, Jay, Deakins, Lucy, Cinematography - Special effects, Lord Byng Secondary School, Motion picture industry, High schools, Schools
Location(s): Point Grey
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: The Boy Who Could Fly - Lord Byng
Contributor(s): Borkent, Peter (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1985
Description: The Boy who could Fly' was filmed in 1985, co-starring Fred Gwynne, (Herman Munster) from the TV series 'The Munsters', a young Fred Savage, and Colleen Dewhur. This scene with actors Jay Underdwood (Eric) and Lucy Deakins (Milly) was filmed in Vancouver at Lord Byng High School. The flying apparatus and cable setup was created by Robert Harman (flying wire specialist). Mr Harman also setup the flying sequences for Superman starring Christopher Reeve in the late 1970s.
Subject(s): Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - West 16th Avenue, Cinematography - Special effects, Lord Byng Secondary School, Motion picture industry, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: Caring Teachers: King George High School - Interview with Gary Pennington
Contributor(s): Pennington, Gary (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Gary recalls baseball, basketball, and many more memories of his time at King George High School [1913-1963]
Extent: 00:02:15
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], Teachers, Sports, Dance, Teenagers, Active life enthusiasts, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Church Buildings - Interview with Marion Man and Gregory Helem
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee), Helem, Gregory (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about churches in Chinatown, including one that is over 100 years old and is still existing at Gore and Pender Streets. Marion continues by talking more about the church that is now called the Strathcona Church and also about the St. Francis Xavier School in Strathcona.
Extent: 00:02:06
Subject(s): Schools, Chinese Canadians, Church buildings, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Elementary schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1900s
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

Title: The Difference a Tree Can Make - Katherine Ruffen
Contributor(s): Ruffen, Katherine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: A tree can anchor a neighbourhood and make a house a home, just ask Katherine Ruffen, who has become very attached to her tree and is curious to know more about its origins.
Extent: 00:01:03
Subject(s): Trees, High schools, John Oliver Secondary School (Vancouver, B.C.), Schools
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Favourite Places - Interview with Kira Yee
Contributor(s): Yee, Kira (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-26
Language: English
Description: Kira Yee talks about two places in her Cedar Cottage neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:01:35
Subject(s): Playgrounds, Shopping, Active life enthusiasts, Charles Dickens Elementary School, Elementary schools, Schools
Location(s): Kensington-Cedar Cottage
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Fun and Games in Dunbar - Interview with Shelagh Smith
Contributor(s): Smith, Shelagh (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Shelagh Smith has fond recollections of childhood activities in Dunbar - roller skating, hopscotch and even an impromptu parade or two.
Extent: 00:04:03
Subject(s): Games, World War, 1939-1945 - Children, Lord Byng Secondary School, High schools, Schools, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Greek Language School - Interview with Konstantin Nikolaou:
Contributor(s): Nikolaou, Konstantin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Konstantin Nikolaou speaks about going to Greek language school as a youth and the changes to Greek language school in the present day
Extent: 00:03:44
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Schools, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Greek School - Interview with Helen Nicolidakis Soulsbury:
Contributor(s): Nicolidakis Soulsbury , Helen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-01-26
Language: English
Description: Helen speaks about going to Greek school as a child.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Children of immigrants - Education, Schools
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Growing Up at UBC - Interview with Alannah Hatch
Contributor(s): Hatch, Alannah (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-19
Language: English
Description: Alannah discusses growing up in UBC family housing and attending U Hill school.
Extent: 00:02:46
Subject(s): Student housing, University Hill Secondary School, University of British Columbia, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 1980s, 1990s
Collection: Story City

Title: Growing Up in Hastings-Sunrise - Interview with Margery
Contributor(s): Margery (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Margery talks about MacDonald School and her dog, Rover.
Extent: 00:01:42
Subject(s): Dogs, Sir William Macdonald Elementary School, Street-railroads, Teachers, Children, Elementary schools, Schools
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1920s
Collection: Story City

Title: Growing Up in Kitsilano - Interview with Dora Coutts
Contributor(s): Coutts, Dora (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Dora talks about life at General Gordon School, and her childhood favourites, including games, shoes, and candy.
Extent: 00:03:02
Subject(s): General Gordon Elementary School, Children, Multiculturalism, Games, Candy, Elementary schools, Schools
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Growing Up in Kitsilano - Interview with Eileen McRae
Contributor(s): McRae, Eileen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Eileen talks about her family life growing up in Kitsilano, teaching school for forty years and holidays on Cultus Lake.
Extent: 00:02:45
Subject(s): Schools, Teachers
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City