Bus Stories about Dal Richards

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Coming back from a packed celebration, the streets of Vancouver, the extra police and even the buses were more alive than usual. Truly a celebration of life. Here are four of the stories we collected.

Moving to a farm in the 1930’s

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Her father took what little money he had left after the Crash and bought a small farm for his family. Here are some of the stories from that formative time.

A memorable gift….

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What do you give father who has every thing he needs for his 90th birthday? His daughter comes up with a wonderful gift, time away near where he built and managed a world-famous hotel.

Finding a son’s career path: a mother’s story

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A mother shares how she and her son approached, and shifted his career exploration.. and her own level of community and political engagement.

It started with the London blitz…

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Pivotal moments to a successful life… Impressions from the London blitz to life on the West Coast where he built a national icon.

How your grandmother met her second husband

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He had just come back from the war, and saw she was getting unwanted attention on the train…. He did make an impression, and she followed up.

Asked to create a girls’ Little League

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She started it from scratch and ended 9 years later with 30 teams… using 3 ball parks. One now has her name on it. To view more stories about Joan.

Beginning influences and decisions of an artist and teacher

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Carole Sabiston looks back at her family, school and community influences in shaping her career path. Everything in her career development interconnected. View more of her story

Buying my first car

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Spent a bit of time with Jack, a wonderful story teller and author. He shared this story about the first car he bought, a ‘hot rod’ 1950 Meteor.

Grandfather’s voice

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My grandfather's voice from Christopher Bowers on Vimeo. The whole family was deeply affected when they heard their father’s voice on a video after his passing.