March 2012
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dagSounds: Vancouver Evolution EP 1989 →
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So this is what was happening in Vancouver punk the year I was born. I bet they all played at the Laughing Buddha before it became a ping pong club.
Pretty sure you mean Smilin’ Buddha
February 2012
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WatchHastings Street (1962)
A film by Larry Kent about a guy who just got out of jail and is trying to go straight on East Hastings.
Source: Larry Kent Films on Vimeo, via Scout Magazine
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This city life: Picture it: Vancouver, 1950 →
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Vancouver, ca 1955 - photo By Rolly Ford
I came across this excerpt while reading City Making in Paradise by Ken Cameron and Mike Harcourt. It paints a clear picture of what the Vancouver region was like over 60 years ago.
“In 1950, the settlement pattern (of Metro Vancouver) was very…
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Free Speech Fight, Monday 12 February 1912
100 years ago today the first issue of the Vancouver Sun hit the streets. Here’s their front page coverage of the Free Speech Fights that were still raging in the city that day.
ONE MAN INJURED WHEN POLICEMEN BREAK UP MEETING
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Sunday Free Speech Fight Marked By Temperate Attitude of those Belligerents
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Aquatic Orator Taken While Using Megaphone
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James Hawthornthwaite Delivers Fiery...
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Anonymous asked: are you a boy or girl?
burnedshoes asked: love your blog and the way you handle sources - it's good to know that I'm not the only one who does that (even if my sources are hidden a little bit, but reading my "about" explains how I handle these things). keep it coming! all the best, b
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