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Title: Fun and Games in Dunbar - Interview with Shelagh Smith
Contributor(s): Smith, Shelagh (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Shelagh Smith has fond recollections of childhood activities in Dunbar - roller skating, hopscotch and even an impromptu parade or two.
Extent: 00:04:03
Subject(s): Games, World War, 1939-1945 - Children, Lord Byng Secondary School, High schools, Schools, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Growing Up in Kitsilano - Interview with Dora Coutts
Contributor(s): Coutts, Dora (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Dora talks about life at General Gordon School, and her childhood favourites, including games, shoes, and candy.
Extent: 00:03:02
Subject(s): General Gordon Elementary School, Children, Multiculturalism, Games, Candy, Elementary schools, Schools
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Snow Time - Interview with Rita MacKay:
Contributor(s): MacKay, Rita (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-19
Language: English
Description: In the 1930s, Rita MacKay and her friends played many games. Sledding down Heather Hill was a thrill she still remembers clearly.
Extent: 00:01:04
Subject(s): Childhood, Sledding, Games, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): South Cambie
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Summers in MacLean Park - Interview with Eva Scherger
Contributor(s): Scherger, Eva (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: During the summers, Ms. Scherger and her friends and siblings spent the greater part of their time at MacLean Park. Two favourite pastimes were baseball (noted opponents were Helen and Marge Callahan, who went on to the U.S. women's professional league during wartime and inspire the movie A League of Their Own) and end-of-summer performances given at Brockton Point by kids from all around Vancouver.
Extent: 00:03:38
Subject(s): Games, MacLean Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Parks, Baseball, Callaghan, Marge, Callaghan, Helen, Sports, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City