Stories from Locarno Beach

Living at the beach during the 1930's and 1940's!

2 minutes 32 seconds

By Marguerite and Ron Delmonico

This brother and sister duo are both enjoying the retired chapter of their lives. They still have heart connections to the beach, but have since moved a little farther away. The Delmonico Family were fixtures in the community of West Point Grey!

A Little Bit Country

A life that thrives in nature.

3 minutes 22 seconds

By Jennifer Maynard

Jennifer still lives in her Southlands family home and now runs Southlands Farm. She married a fellow who was born in Southlands and has 3 grown children. 

Originally collected for Kerrisdale Collective Memory

The Columbia House

The bittersweet memories of a shared rental.

1 minutes 42 seconds

By J Peachy

J is the creator and producer of Sound Therapy Radio, a National Award winning Arts and Mental Health Radio show. He is an active community member with further work on Wild Salmon Activism and a member of the collective Gallery Gachet. J is also a painter and a stand up comedian and has the sweetest dog ever!
Originally collected for Riley Park Stories.

Carnarvon Street House 1967-1971

Memories from a young family during their rental days in Kerrisdale!

1 minutes 54 seconds

By Ester and Niels Nielsen

Ester and Niels were originally from a small town in Denmark called Tarm. Niels came to get away from the wind and Ester followed him. They were married in Vancouver and had 2 children. 
Originally collected for Kerrisdale Collective Memory

The Chicken Coop

A resident of Fraserview in Vancouver discovers a country music link to one of the backyards in his neighbourhood.

1 minute 43 seconds

By Rob Howatson

Rob is an award winning freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail and The Vancouver Sun. He prides himself in having lived his entire life in the southeast corner of Vancouver, an area defined by the colourful Punjabi Market, the Mountain View Cemetery, Everett Crowley park and the mighty Fraser River in the south.

The House with the Monkey Tree

A delightful place to visit.
2 minutes 28 seconds


By Susan Gordon
Susan became a “horse addict” after visiting the ponies in Stanley park as a child.  She would often try to get a whiff of the horses at Southlands when in Kerrisdale!  She rode professionally and taught, and also ran a stable in Ladner for many years.


Originally collected for Kerrisdale Collective Memory

Aberthau Mansion

The appreciation of building in West Point Grey.

2 minutes 11 seconds

By Madeleine Hebert

Madeline moved to Vancouver from the Island to study Environmental Architecture at UBC. 

She plans to get her masters and then hopes to open her own architectural firm. 

Carnegie

Memories of the classic building at Main and Hastings in it's original use, as a library.
3 minutes 24 seconds


By Nancy Stubbs
Nancy worked in all three libraries in Vancouver: Carnegie, Robson and Burrard and Georgia and Homer. In her retirement she volunteers at the Museum of Anthropology and collects her family genealogy.

37th and Mackenzie

A childhood home full of memories.

1 minutes 53 seconds

By Nan Lawrence Spedding
Nan grew up in Kerrisdale but spent much of her adult life in England where she married an Englishman. She moved back to Vancouver when her husband got a job here. It was just by accident that they ended up buying a house in Kerrisdale, bringing Nan's life full circle. Today she is an avid gardener and has a beautiful garden.
Originally collected for Kerrisdale Collective Memory

Cars In The Family

In the late 1920's if you went to the corner of Burrard and Georgia you would have found yourself at Hadaway's Corner.
 2 minutes 34 seconds 

By Bill Hadaway
Bill was born and raised in Vancouver.  He attended Kitchener Elementary school, Point Grey, (when it was just a Junior High School) and Magee Secondary school.  Bill didn’t follow in the automobile trend of his seniors and went into Dentistry.  He worked throughout the city as a Dentist with the Vancouver Health Department and with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, mainly at South Health Unit at 49^th and Knight Street.

Golden Voice

Remembering the performance of a lifetime!
2 minutes 33 seconds


By Eunice Tossell
Eunice made her living as a singer for many years. She then became the secretary of The Strathcona Elementary School. Now that she is retired she has time to watch all the games of her beloved hockey team, the Canucks.
Originally collected for Kerrisdale Collective Memory

Tailored Memories

Matt with his daughter, Anika

The appreciation of history from a Riley Park business owner.

2 minutes 45 seconds

By Matt Bishop

Matt Bishop lovingly opened Re-entry Espresso in 2006, it became a very popular coffee shop on Main.  Sadly it closed it's doors on February 27, 2011 and is missed by all.  Matt has stored one of the espresso machines in his basement; staff and regulars continue to beg him to throw coffee parties!  He has two lovely daughters and a wonderful wife, and has now moved onto a new job writing software for a local ecommerce company. 
Originally collected for Riley Park Stories

Changes

Childhood memories of Queen Elizabeth Park form the basis of existential angst.

2 minutes 5 seconds

By lisa g

Lisa likes to walk or ride her bike around Vancouver looking at public art. She believes public art is an important part of any city. She, in particular, loves the Vancouver Biennale.


Originally collected for Riley Park Stories 

Dance School

The former dancer in 2011

A recollection of rehearsing and performing around Vancouver in the 1930's. 

3 minutes 3 seconds

By Madge Marlatt

A Vancouver local, born and raised, Madge fondly remembers growing up in her 10-room family home in the 300 block of West Broadway. Madge became a gifted seamstress designing and sewing for Vancouver’s wealthy, she raised a daughter as a single mom and now, she is a social butterfly and craft artisan around the Kerrisdale Seniors Centre.