Sound Recording, British Columbia (Canada)
Description
Lindsay Carter, recorded in New Denver; talks about his birthplace; the town of Sandon - amenities, population, prominent citizens, community spirit; the Depression; Christmas time; Halloween; Christmas concerts and community entertainment; ski club, skiers, ski jumping; snow slides (avalanches) of 1932 and 1937, and their effects; floods of 1927 and 1933. Mr. Carter continues with talk of flooding in Sandon in 1933, attempts to stop the water, damage, fatalities; flood of 1955 and the damage to Mr. Carter's house; the Canadian Pacific Railway Company [later Canadian Pacific Limited] - trains and freight; changes to operation during the Depression; the town and population following the 1955 flood; Canadian Pacific Railway abandoning the local line; fires in Sandon in 1923 (others in 1900 and 1910); the red light district; bootlegging and drinking; the police and the Justice of the Peace in New Denver; Sandon people and nicknames; fraternal orders and the involvement of Lodges in organising community entertainments; square dances in people's homes during the Hungry '30s. [Continues on tape LAVC/SRE/A866.]
Metadata
| Identifier | fbwj9z86 |
| IRN | 414916 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A865 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/fbwj9z86 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Smith, Peter |
| Date | 7 January 1977 |
| Size and Medium | 1 audiocassette., Duration: 62' 32". |