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Title: Beach Afternoons - Interview with Herb Nolan
Contributor(s): Nolan, Herb (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Enjoying the beaches around Stanley Park can yield more than just a good time swimming. We would swim from English Bay right around to Third Beach by the bridge and back again, and it used to take about three hours of swimming, but easy swimming you know: breast stroke, side stroke, crawl.
Extent: 00:04:10
Subject(s): English Bay (Vancouver, B.C.), Swimming, Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Beaches, Second Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Third Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Childhood Freedom - Interview with Akira Horii:
Contributor(s): Horii, Akira (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Akira talks about the freedom children had in Vancouver back in the 1940s to explore unsupervised, places like Stanley Park and Hastings Park (Pacific National Exhibition grounds).
Extent: 00:00:24
Subject(s): Childhood, Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Safety, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Childhood Memories in Japantown - Interview with Mary Kawamoto:
Contributor(s): Kawamoto, Mary (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Mary recalls her earliest memories in Japantown as well as weekend trips to Kitsilano and Stanley Park.
Extent: 00:02:04
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Episode 2 - 2013: Secrets and Celebrations
Contributor(s): Hanomansing, Ian (Speaker), Bromley, Malcolm (Interviewee), Barman, Jean (Interviewee), Atkin, John (Interviewee), Shackleton, Paula (Interviewee), Knott, Susan (Interviewee), Levy, Malcolm (Interviewee), McMillan, Tim (Speaker), Lakefield (Musical group) (Performer)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2015-06-08
Language: English
Description: In this episode of Vancouver Special, we explore the 125th anniversary of Stanley Park, stroll around Vancouver as the most walkable city in Canada and hear about the library Foundation's TOUCH fundraising event supporting the VPL Inspiration Lab. CBC's Ian Hanomansing sets the scene for 2013 as we feature interviews with Vancouver Park Board general manager Malcolm Bromley, author and historian Jean Barman, walking advocate and writer John Atkin, and VPL Foundation directors Paula Shackleton and Susan Knott along with artist and curator Malcolm Levy. Stanley Park is designated a national historic site of Canada, and it's a lush 400-hectare urban forest with a spectacular seawall and numerous famous landmarks. Park Board general manager Malcolm Bromley talks about the park, its 125th anniversary and what draws millions of visitors each year. Jean Barman is a B.C. author who has written numerous acclaimed books on the history of Canada, women and indigenous peoples. Her book Stanley Park's Secret is a City of Vancouver Book Prize winner. Jean shares some of the history of our city's first, largest, and most beloved urban park. He can wear out a pair of walking shoes in just a few months. Author John Atkin has written several books highlighting some of the best walks around Vancouver, which in 2013 was named the most walkable city in Canada, ahead of Toronto and Montreal and just behind New York, San Francisco and Boston on the international scene. He talks about the joy of walking in Vancouver. It was called TOUCH, and it was a dynamic evening of art, literature and technology to support the VPL Inspiration Lab. VPL Foundation directors Paula Shackleton and Susan Knott along with artist and curator Malcolm Levy look back at this exciting event of installations and live performances. And VPL librarian Tim McMillan brings it all together with some great reads you can find at your library about Stanley Park, walking around our city and experiencing some historic photos from VPL's Special Collections department. The theme song is "North Wind" by Vancouver band Lakefield, from the album Sounds from the Treeline.
Extent: 00:20:47
Subject(s): Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Barman, Jean, Atkin, John, Bromley, Malcolm, Shackleton, Paula, Knott, Susan, Levy, Malcolm, Walkable city, Walkability, Fund raising, Libraries, Vancouver Public Library - Central Branch - Inspiration Lab, Sound studios
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Vancouver Special

Title: Everything You Want Is Here! - Interview with Adriana Clarke
Contributor(s): Clarke, Adriana (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Adriana, who has lived in various cities and countries around the world, is enthusiastic about what Vancouver has to offer.
Extent: 00:02:25
Subject(s): Amusements, Family recreation
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Exploring and Playing in the Magic Square Mile - Interview with Bob Adamson:
Contributor(s): Adamson, Bob (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Bob describes the fun he and his friends had living on the sands of English Bay, exploring the trails of Stanley Park, learning to golf and swim and waiting for the nine o'clock gun to go off.
Extent: 00:02:33
Subject(s): Playing, Sports, Swimming, Beaches, Golf, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Fun at the Second Beach Playground - Interview with Ellen Gillis:
Contributor(s): Gillis, Ellen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Ellen describes the good times she and her friends had at the Second Beach Playground including learning the rules of the road through the Stanley Park Traffic School.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Stanley Park Traffic School, Playing, Parks, Active life enthusiasts, Children
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Governer General Sauve at Stanley Park:
Contributor(s): Gluckman, Dr. John (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: Governor General Sauve at Stanley Park.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Governors general, Sauvé, Jeanne Mathilde
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Growing Up in a Neighbourhood Full of Parks and Beaches - Interview with Ann Frost
Contributor(s): Frost, Ann (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Ann describes the simple pleasures of her West End childhood; being able to explore the parks and beaches while growing up there.
Extent: 00:00:58
Subject(s): Housing, Parks, Beaches, Bison, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Horses in Stanley Park - Interview with Ellen Gillis:
Contributor(s): Gillis, Ellis (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: From the special fun of Sylvia Hotel, to water fun with rafts, to adventures with Police horses; being in and around Stanley Park was a place to make memories and inspire future careers.
Extent: 00:01:49
Subject(s): Horses, Sylvia Hotel, Children, Family, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: I Loved My West End Years - Interview with Glenn Mackenzie:
Contributor(s): Mackenzie, Glenn (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: For Glenn, living in the West End was fabulous!
Extent: 00:00:11
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Living with the Monkeys in Stanley Park - Interview with Stan Brook
Contributor(s): Brook, Stan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Everything you ever wanted to know about growing up in Stanley Park in the 30s and 40s. Across the road from the yacht club they had buffaloes; and when we were kids, we used to bullfight the buffaloes, until they got within about 100 yards and then we'd be over the fence again!
Extent: 00:06:21
Subject(s): Family, Housing, Animals, Boats and boating, King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950, Nine O'Clock Gun - Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Marion Malkin Memorial Bowl - Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Vegetable truck, Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Swimming, Street-railroads, Indigenous peoples, Active life enthusiasts, Playing
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Lizzie and Harold Timms in Stanley Park:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1906
Description: At a wooden bridge with a trail behind. The boy is Timms' son, Harold, the woman is Timms' wife, Lizzie. Also exists as a lantern slide (67027).
Subject(s): Children, Trails, Timms, Harold Philip, 1900-1957, Timms, Elizabeth Maude Elena (Lizzie) (Slater) (Mrs. Philip Timms), 1874-1957
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: A Magical Place - Interview with Jack Ford
Contributor(s): Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Jack talks about the lively, joyful atmosphere of the West End and Downtown.
Extent: 00:03:05
Subject(s): Music, Picnics, Swimming, Active life enthusiasts, Creative community
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: The Peace of Stanley Park - Interview with Ana Maria Uribe:
Contributor(s): Uribe, Ana Maria (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-13
Language: English
Description: Ana Maria Uribe moved to Vancouver in the 1980s. She has a very strong attraction to the peace of Stanley Park.
Extent: 00:01:11
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Scene in Stanley Park
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Scene along fenced roadway in Stanley Park. There is a large tree in the middle of the road. Hand-tinted.
Subject(s): Roads, Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Trees
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Second Beach
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: A large crowd of sunbathers at Second Beach. Many people are sitting on the beach, while others are playing in the water. A building is visible in the distance.
Subject(s): Crowds, Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Children - Playing in water, Second Beach (Vancouver, B.C.)
Time Period: 1920s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Second Beach
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Men, women, and children on the beach and in the water. "Saturday afternoon. Second Beach. Vancouver, B.C. Timms".
Subject(s): Second Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Children
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Selling Vancouver - Interview with Naren Keshav:
Contributor(s): Keshav, Naren (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-16
Language: English
Description: Naren talks about how he tried to sell his wife and mom on Vancouver by showcasing the natural beauty.
Extent: 00:01:50
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Indo-Canadians, Description and travel, Mountains
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Snow in Stanley Park
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Snow in Stanley Park.
Subject(s): Trees, Winter, Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.)
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection