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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: 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: The Boy Who Could Fly
Contributor(s): Borkent, Peter (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1985
Description: 'The Boy who could Fly' was filmed in 1985, co-starring Fred Gwynne, (Herman Munster) from the TV series 'The Munsters', a young Fred Savage, and Colleen Dewhur. This scene with actors Jay Underdwood (Eric) and Lucy Deakins (Milly) was filmed in Vancouver at Lord Byng High School. The flying apparatus and cable setup was created by Robert Harman (flying wire specialist). Mr Harman also setup the flying sequences for Superman starring Christopher Reeve in the late 1970s.
Subject(s): Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - West 16th Avenue, Actors, Underwood, Jay, Deakins, Lucy, Cinematography - Special effects, Lord Byng Secondary School, Motion picture industry, High schools, Schools
Location(s): Point Grey
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: The Boy Who Could Fly - Lord Byng
Contributor(s): Borkent, Peter (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1985
Description: The Boy who could Fly' was filmed in 1985, co-starring Fred Gwynne, (Herman Munster) from the TV series 'The Munsters', a young Fred Savage, and Colleen Dewhur. This scene with actors Jay Underdwood (Eric) and Lucy Deakins (Milly) was filmed in Vancouver at Lord Byng High School. The flying apparatus and cable setup was created by Robert Harman (flying wire specialist). Mr Harman also setup the flying sequences for Superman starring Christopher Reeve in the late 1970s.
Subject(s): Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - West 16th Avenue, Cinematography - Special effects, Lord Byng Secondary School, Motion picture industry, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hollywood North

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: 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: 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 at UBC - Interview with Alannah Hatch
Contributor(s): Hatch, Alannah (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-19
Language: English
Description: Alannah discusses growing up in UBC family housing and attending U Hill school.
Extent: 00:02:46
Subject(s): Student housing, University Hill Secondary School, University of British Columbia, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 1980s, 1990s
Collection: Story City

Title: Hanging Out on the Drive - Interview with Konstantin Nikolaou
Contributor(s): Nikolaou, Konstantin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Konstantin Nikolaou speaks about hanging out at Roma's Bar with the Italians during his high school lunch breaks.
Extent: 00:03:39
Subject(s): Teenagers, Restaurants, Family-owned business enterprises, Greek Canadians, Italian Canadians, Britannia Secondary School, High schools, Schools
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: High School Memories: King George High School - Interview with Delaine and Glenn Mackenzie
Contributor(s): Mackenzie, Glenn (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Delanie and Glenn Mackenzie recount their experiences at King George High School [1913-1963].
Extent: 00:02:00
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], Dance, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: I Wanted to Stay In School Forever - Interview with Jackie Hooper
Contributor(s): Hooper, Jackie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Jackie shares memories of her years at King George High School [1913-1963].
Extent: 00:00:42
Subject(s): Sports, Teachers, High schools, Schools, King George High School [1913-1963], Teenagers, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: It Was a Good School - Interview with Ann Frost
Contributor(s): Frost, Ann (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Ann Frost talks about the activities of the students at King George High School [1913-1963].
Extent: 00:03:48
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], Dance, Sports, High schools, Schools, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Japanese Canadian Internment and Returning to Vancouver - Interview with Lurana Kikuko Tasaka
Contributor(s): Tasaka, Lurana Kikuko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Lurana Tasaka explains leaving Vancouver to live in Greenwood during the internment of Japanese Canadians and then returning when she was 17. She goes on to tell us some of her favourite activities as a teen.
Extent: 00:02:17
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Japanese Canadian Internment, King Edward High School, High schools, Schools, Racism, Catholic Church, Dance, Teenagers, Schools
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Memories of School and Childhood - Interview with Norman Wiles
Contributor(s): Wiles, Norman (Interviewee), Kimbel, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: Mr. Norman Wiles speaks about the neighbourhoods he grew up in and his experiences in high school, before branching out into a broader discussion of his life.
Extent: 00:56:55, 00:56:55
Subject(s): Family, High schools
Location(s): Downtown
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Saving the Stained Glass Windows of King George High School - 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 efforts to save and use in commemorations the windows from the King George High School [1913-1963] in Vancouver's West End.
Extent: 00:00:31
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], High schools, Schools
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: School Detention Helped My Math - Interview with Herb Nolan
Contributor(s): Nolan, Herb (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Herb's recounts many long remembered things from his time at the King George High School [1913-1963] in Vancouver's West End.
Extent: 00:03:42
Subject(s): Housing, Teachers, King George High School [1913-1963], High schools, Schools
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Stories and Histories - Interview with Jackie Byrn
Contributor(s): Byrn, Jackie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-22
Language: English
Description: Jackie Byrn developed a passion for historical research as a child, when the stories she was told in school about relations between Canada's first peoples and the Catholic Church sat very poorly with her.
Extent: 00:07:05
Subject(s): Indigenous peoples, High schools, Schools, Vancouver Public Library - Dunbar Branch, Catholic Church, History, Museums, Little Flower Academy, Convent of the Sacred Heart (Vancouver, B.C.), Vancouver Public Library - Central Branch
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Teaching High School in Vancouver - Interview with Lilian Lind:
Contributor(s): Lind, Lilian (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Lilian remembers moving to Canada and starting her teaching career.
Extent: 00:02:26
Subject(s): Scottish Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, High schools, Teachers, Schools
Location(s): Killarney
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: That Old Rock Building: King George High School - Interview with Delaine Mackenzie
Contributor(s): Mackenzie, Delaine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Delaine talks about the various renovations made to the old high school and the tenderness she feels toward that "old rock building" that was the King George High School [1913-1963].
Extent: 00:01:48
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], Teachers, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: West Side Schools - Interview with Marion Reid
Contributor(s): Reid, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-25
Language: English
Description: Marion describes memories of Queen Mary Elementary school and Lord Byng Secondary School.
Extent: 00:02:43
Subject(s): Schools, High schools, Elementary schools, Children, Neighbourhoods - Safety, Active life enthusiasts, Lord Byng Secondary School, Queen Mary Elementary School
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City