Midge Ayukawa About the Day She Was Sent to Internment
Midge Ayukawa (1930-2014) grew up on the 700 block of East Georgia St., in the centre of Strathcona. Midge and her family …
Olive Cairns: ‘They Did Dumb Things with Women in Those Days’
Olive Cairns (b. 1916) remembers her youth as a Nabob factory girl and her struggles to keep a job and run a …
Raymond Culos: “I Am Canadian-Italian, so ‘Canadian’ Comes First”
Raymond Culos (b. 1936), Vancouver born first-generation Canadian-Italian writer and historian, talks about his Italian connection and his memories of the 1950s. …
Jack Burch on the Depression, the War and His Career in the Press
Jack Burch (b. 1922) remembers his childhood in the Depression era, his days as a bomber pilot in World War II and …
Claire Adelberg Talks about New Beginnings and Second Chances
Claire Adelberg (b. 1915) shares memories of seeing the end of World War I, working at Woodward’s, and finding love again where …
Elinore Macdonald–Life for a Little Girl in the Post-War Days
Elinore Macdonald (b. 1944) remembers the first years of her life between being scared of bombers, missing her father, and reading the …
Bessie Lashin About the Shipyards and the Hard Times of the War
Bessie Lashin (b. 1916) has lived in the same East Van house for almost 70 years, and still remembers the tough jobs …
