I was born and raised in Vancouver (North Van). I didn't know any better then but looking back now it was an awesome place to grow up in the 60's and 70's. Now, I'm glad that I live in northern BC. BC has so many nice places to live that there is no reason for everyone to cram into one little corner of it, but people do anyway.
What a bunch of crybabies! Did you think the world was gonna stop evolving just because you happened to grow up in a certain time and now you want the clock to stop? Get over it; you'll be dead in a few years and forgotten soon after that. The future belongs to your kids and grandkids now and they'll make of it what they will, just as it was we who made the city what it is today, for better or worse. You used to be a hippie with a cool, laid back outlook on life. Now you're just a crotchety old man/woman. Get over yourself.
Great footage of the Single Otter, Harbour Air and Nanaimo Harbour. Great memories for me. I used to love flying from Vancouver Harbour to Nanaimo, in the days when I could still afford it. I might still do the trip one day!
children of the 60s are the exact same selfish pr*cks who destroyed the city for thier own selfishness to inflate thier own asset prices....... disgusting people
Would it have killed you to include the YEAR of each photo? Sheesh. I bet almost all of these photos have the year included with them.
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City sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Meeting smile after smile And on every street corner you'll hear Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas Day (Eve) City street lights, even stoplights Blinking bright red and green As the shoppers rush home with their treasures Hear the snow crunch See the kids bunch This is Santa's big scene And above all the bustle you'll hear Silver bells, (Silver bells) Silver bells, (Silver bells) It's Christmas-time in the city Silver bells, (Silver bells) Silver bells, (Silver bells) Soon it will be Christmas Day (Soon it will be Christmas Day)
Thanks for posting some photos of what the city looked like most of the time even back then, dull grey and rainy... Funny how it didn't feel as depressing as it does now though.
Okay...love the pictures but for crying out loud lose the annoying and distracting transition effects from pic to pic. They do nothing for this presentation. Or any presentation for that matter.
In 1971 i had my appendix taken out at Lions Gate Hospital and a few days later a guy from my class went though a glass door he was cut up real bad . any ways while we were both recovering there ,our high school French teacher came to visit us and she brought along two packs of Players cigarettes' for us LOL
Our son was at the top of the Hotel Vancouver last year installing elevators, and they put in 3 floors of offices where the Panorama room used to be. They have preserved the broadcasting booth though!
She was born in Ft Macleod, grew up in Saskatchewan, but has had a long association with Vancouver as an adult. She was involved in the "60's music scene in Vancouver and in the early '70's bought a country retreat outside the city which she owns to this day and visits frequently, and her Manager is based in Vancouver.
Big money rolls in and sucks the soul out of our provincial town. Expo, the Brits leave Hong Kong and then the Olympics. Boom it's gone. Loved my old city more than I knew and miss it just like an old love.
Great movie. But it was totally unrealistic that they showed tents pitched out in the midst of the runways!! I guess so the wheels up landing looked more dramatic
That always bugged me too. Why a movie that did a fantastic job with "realism" did something that ridiculous makes no sense. Is that where they housed crew nobody liked? LOL
