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Title: 28 People in a Rooming House - Interview with Jackie Hooper
Contributor(s): Hooper, Jackie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Jackie recounts the living conditions and the various rooming houses from her childhood in the West End.
Extent: 00:01:32
Subject(s): Apartments, Housing, Living conditions, Family
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

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: 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: 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: 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: Blending History with Issues of Today - Interview with Judy Hanazawa
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy recounts her experiences as a third generation Japanese Canadian and also of her community work with the Squamish Nation.
Extent: 00:04:48
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Reparations for historical injustices, Racism, Squamish people, Social work, Human rights, Social justice, Indigenous peoples
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Blue Eagle Cafe and Roller Rinks - Interview with Rickie Ahlgren:
Contributor(s): Ahlgren, Rickie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-09
Language: English
Description: Rickie reminisces about the importance of roller-skating rinks and some of her favourite spots in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:02
Subject(s): Roller-skating rinks, Blue Eagle Cafe (Vancouver, B.C.), Roller-skating
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

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: Building Your Community - Interview with Angelo Pappas
Contributor(s): Pappas, Angelo (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: As an immigrant to Canada, Pappas recognizes the importance of taking part in the building of one's new community.
Extent: 00:01:18
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Hellenic Community of Vancouver (Community Centre), St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street), Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (HEPA)
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Canadian Pacific Air Hangar on Sea Island:
Contributor(s): Dominion Photo Co. (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1958-02-06
Description: Canadian Pacific Airlines Hangar with door open - on Sea Island at the Vancouver International Airport.
Subject(s): Airports, Airport buildings, Hangars, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Canadian Pacific Air Lines Ltd.
Location(s): Sea Island
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway Collection

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: 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: 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: 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 in Kitsilano - Interview with Robin Crocker:
Contributor(s): Crocker, Robin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-19
Language: English
Description: Robin Crocker recalls the games of his childhood in Kitsilano.
Extent: 00:02:29
Subject(s): Childhood, Games, Active life enthusiasts, Parks
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
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: Coming to Canada - Interview with Michael Cuccione:
Contributor(s): Cuccione, Michael (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-15
Language: English
Description: Michael Cuccione's family immigrated to Vancouver when he was a boy of seven. He describes their journey and the experience of settling and starting a life.
Extent: 00:04:47
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Italian Canadians
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Reginald Wise:
Contributor(s): Wise, Regiland (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-06
Language: English
Description: Reginald Wise emigrated from the United Kingdom, and between luck and the kindness of strangers found himself employed and housed within days of his arrival in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:03:40
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, British Canadians, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Vancouver - Interview with Carmen D'Onofrio:
Contributor(s): D'Onofrio, Carmen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-26
Language: English
Description: Carmen talks about his family's journey to Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:40
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Italian Canadians, Kalena's Shoes (Vancouver, B.C.), Family-owned business enterprises, Small business
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Community Connections - 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 the connections in the community from Greece.
Extent: 00:03:13
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Greek Canadians
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City