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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: Building Your Community - Interview with Katherine Ruffen:
Contributor(s): Ruffen, Katherine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Katherine Ruffen was one of the earliest members of South Hill Neighbours, a society dedicated to building a strong, safe community. She describes some of their activities. Part of the Inside Stories program from the South Hill Neighbourhood House
Extent: 00:02:35
Subject(s): South Hill Neighbours, Associations, institutions, etc., Communities, Community relations
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: 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: Diversity and Civility - Interview with Harjit Dhillan and Manjit S. Dhillan:
Contributor(s): Dhillan, Harjit (Interviewee), Dhillan, Manjit S. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-03
Language: English
Description: Immigrating to Vancouver in the 1950s and neighbourhood diversity are discussed.
Extent: 00:02:56
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Multiculturalism, Indo-Canadians
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Enjoying the Diversity - Interview with Neora Snitz:
Contributor(s): Snitz, Neora (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-14
Language: English
Description: As an immigrant herself, Neora Snitz has observed that immigrants as a group are curious about other cultures and apt to reach out. She loves her South Hill neighbourhood for its mixed cultures.
Extent: 00:01:27
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Jewish Canadians, Israeli Canadians, Multiculturalism
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Family Dog - Interview with Vi:
Contributor(s): Vi (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Vi describes life in South Vancouver and her family dog, Blackie.
Extent: 00:02:29
Subject(s): Dogs
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Gathering at the Community Centre - Interview with Daljit Kaur Mattu
Contributor(s): Mattu, Daljit Kaur (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-07-06
Language: Punjabi
Description: Mrs. Mattu recalls her first impressions of Canada, and how her volunteer work connects her to her community. Interview conducted in Punjabi. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:50
Subject(s): Community centres, Volunteers, Sunset Community Centre, Immigrants - Experience, Indo-Canadians
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 2010s
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: Growing Up in South Vancouver - Interview with Arthur Schultz and Olave Schultz
Contributor(s): Schultz, Arthur (Interviewee), Schultz, Olave (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Arthur describes growing up in South Vancouver; the Boys club, going to Kits Beach and The Vancouver Sun free swimming program at Lumberman's Arch.
Extent: 00:01:25
Subject(s): Boys - Societies and clubs, Kits Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Beaches, Swimming, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Haunted Houses? - Interview with Farnaz:
Contributor(s): Farnaz (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014-04-25
Language: English
Description: Learn more about a haunted house in the South Hill neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:01:32
Subject(s): Haunted houses, Ghosts, Abandoned houses
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Keeping Fit - Interview with Joe Oliveira:
Contributor(s): Oliveira, Joe (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-25
Language: English
Description: Joe describes his involvement with the sport of weight lifting.
Extent: 00:03:40
Subject(s): Weight lifting, Fitness, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Life in South Hill - Interview with Katherine Ruffen:
Contributor(s): Ruffen, Katherine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Katherine Ruffen shares her observations about the general character of South Hill, and the features that brought Katherine to the neighbourhood in the 1970s. She describes the many changes to the business district on Fraser Street. Recorded with the Inside Stories program from the South Hill Neighbourhood House.
Extent: 00:02:33
Subject(s): Small business, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Mennonite in Vancouver - Interview with Susan Faehndrich-Findlay:
Contributor(s): Faehndrich-Findlay, Susan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Susan Faehndrich-Findlay's knowledge of German helped her bond with a Mennonite Neighbour. The South Hill area was once heavily populated with Mennonites who had fled persecution around the world. Part of the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:02:16
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Refugees, German Canadians, Mennonites
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1940s, 1990s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Royal Canadian Legion in South Hill - Interview with Kevin Digby
Contributor(s): Digby, Kevin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Kevin Digby's grandparents were instrumental in opening of the South Hill Branch of the Canadian Royal Legion. Part of the Inside Stories program of the South Hill Neighbourhood House.
Extent: 00:01:53
Subject(s): Remembrance Day, Parades, Royal Canadian Legion. Branch 16 (South Vancouver), Volunteers
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Sunset is Very Friendly - Interview with M. Bhim Sinh:
Contributor(s): Sinh, M. Bhim (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-12
Language: English
Description: Bhim talks about his activities in the Sunset neighbourhood and how it is a friendly community.
Extent: 00:02:46
Subject(s): Physical fitness, Retirement, Senior citizens, Social interaction, Fijian Canadians
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1970s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Sunset Time Capsule - Interview with Rob Howatson
Contributor(s): Howatson, Rob (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: Rob describes the search for a time capsule buried in the original Sunset Community Centre, which was located at Prince Edward and 51st Street.
Extent: 00:03:27
Subject(s): Community centres, Sunset Community Centre, Time capsules
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 2000s
Collection: Story City

Title: Teenage Life in South Vancouver - Interview with Arthur and Olave Schultz
Contributor(s): Schultz, Arthur (Interviewee), Schultz, Olave (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Arthur describes his teen years in South Vancouver; summer jobs, ice skating on 49th Avenue and joining the RCAF cadets.
Extent: 00:02:41
Subject(s): Youth - Employment, Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - 49th Avenue, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, Teenagers, Skating
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Transformation of Fraser Street - Interview with Susan Faehndrich-Findlay:
Contributor(s): Faehndrich-Findlay, Susan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: There has been notable turnover on Fraser Street, once the centre of a Mennonite German neighbourhood. Susan Faehndrich-Findlay remembers some of the previous businesses, and shares a tale of the (possible) origins of Grimm's sausages. Part of the South Hill Neighbourhood House Inside Stories program. Note: the tale of Grimm's sausages has not been substantiated.
Extent: 00:01:30
Subject(s): Small business, Delicatessens, Bakeries, Grimm's Fine Foods, Breka Bakery & Cafe
Location(s): Sunset
Collection: Story City

Title: Wartime Memories - Interview with Tom Holmes:
Contributor(s): Holmes, Tom (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Tom describes his memories of wartime and the Japanese internment during World War II.
Extent: 00:02:35
Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945, Japanese Canadian Internment
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Working in the Lumber Business - Interview with Harjit Dhillan and Manjit S. Dhillan:
Contributor(s): Dhillan, Harjit (Interviewee), Dhillan, Manjit S. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-03
Language: English
Description: Harjit Dhillan and Manjit S. Dhillan discuss their experiences working in the lumber business in the 1950s and attending night school.
Extent: 00:02:33
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Adult education, Indo-Canadians, Employment, Schools
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City