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- 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
- I Can't Think of Anywhere Better to Raise a Family - Interview with Deborah Setton
- Contributor(s)
- Setton, Deborah (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-14
- Language
- English
- Description
- Deborah Setton lauds Vancouver at the best place to raise a family. She shares stories of days at Second Beach and Spanish Banks, places that remain special to her and her community.
- Extent
- 00:02:10
- Subject(s)
- Jewish Canadians, Parenting, Sabbath, Beaches, Spanish Banks Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Second Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Family, Children, Sports, Active life enthusiasts
- Location(s)
- West Point Grey
- Time Period
- 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Second Beach
- Contributor(s)
- Timms, Philip (Photographer)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Description
- A large crowd of sunbathers at Second Beach. Many people are sitting on the beach, while others are playing in the water. A building is visible in the distance.
- Subject(s)
- Crowds, Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Children - Playing in water, Second Beach (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Time Period
- 1920s
- Collection
- Philip Timms Collection
- Title
- Second Beach
- Contributor(s)
- Timms, Philip (Photographer)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Description
- Men, women, and children on the beach and in the water. "Saturday afternoon. Second Beach. Vancouver, B.C. Timms".
- Subject(s)
- Second Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Children
- Time Period
- 1900s
- Collection
- Philip Timms Collection