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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: A Big Shake Up - 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 moved from a tiny town in the Okanagan to "the big city." Soon after arriving, he found himself welcomed into a home in South Hill, where there were several notable events, including the 1947 earthquake. Part of the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:04:00
Subject(s): Migrants - Experience, Foster parents, Earthquakes
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Car Tales - Interview with Lorne Findlay:
Contributor(s): Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: As a mechanic during the Second World War and for years after, Lorne Findlay developed a love for classic cars. Here he recalls a tale involving his very first classic car, the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park, and a historic photo shoot. From the South Hill Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:02:45
Subject(s): Automobiles - Collectors and collecting
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 2010s, 1940s, 1930s
Collection: Story City

Title: Generations in South Hill - Interview with Lorne Findlay and Susan Faehndrich-Findlay:
Contributor(s): Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee), Faehndrich-Findlay, Susan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Lorne Findlay moved to the South Hill area in 1947. Decades later, his daughter Susan Faehndrich-Findlay followed in her father's footsteps, but didn't realize quite how closely. Part of the South Hill Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:02:34
Subject(s): Dwellings - Remodelling, House construction, Building trades
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1910s, 1940s, 1990s
Collection: Story City

Title: Harrows on the Narrows - Interview with Lorne Findlay:
Contributor(s): Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Before the Second Narrows and Lion's Gate Bridges were constructed, getting to the North Shore could be an adventure.
Extent: 00:00:43
Subject(s): Bridges
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Tour Bus Operator - 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 was a tour bus operator for many decades. He has a deep love of and pride in his city and province. His job also required he gain an extensive knowledge of local history, demonstrated here by a tale of the redevelopment of Gastown. Part of the South Hill Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:02:50
Subject(s): Tour bus lines, Tour guides (Persons)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: What a Swamp - Interview with Lorne Findlay:
Contributor(s): Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Kitsilano and Arbutus-Ridge of the 1940s and 1950s had places that were swampy and smoggy. Lorne Findlay recalls the treacherous driving conditions and the tricks locals used to get around. Part of the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:03:00
Subject(s): Bogs, Air quality
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City