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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