ShakyWalton Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 35 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: That's pretty cool. I like looking at old footage and comparing it to what it is now. Here is a cool one too..a little later from 1949 ...the old BC Electric interurban going to Vancouver and Marpole....you can see alot more buildings and landmarks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 3 minutes ago, ShakyWalton said: Here is a cool one too..a little later from 1949 ...the old BC Electric interurban going to Vancouver and Marpole....you can see alot more buildings and landmarks... Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 i remember the old trolley buses, almost everytime they turned a corner, the trolleys would come off and the driver had to stop and put them back on again. street cars and trams were a way of travelling too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 6 minutes ago, smithers joe said: i remember the old trolley buses, almost everytime they turned a corner, the trolleys would come off and the driver had to stop and put them back on again. street cars and trams were a way of travelling too. I remember them well....my dad told me that once a friend and him rode on the cowcatcher all the way to Chilliwack from Burnaby when a kid..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 sounds a little dangerous. one memory i have is, my friend's dad had a 1926 rio car. that might have been the last year they made cars. they kept making trucks for few more years. noisy old car and vibrated like crazy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 here is one i love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjYmZKo5b4I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 i had to get my grandson to put this one on here..dumb old man isn't smart enough to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 30 years ago, I worked offside at Expo at a warehouse. I was waiting for a bus after my shift. This old guy walked up to me. "See that, that is the Sun Tower, used to be one of the tallest buildings in the Commonwealth." He proceeded to give me a 5 minute history lesson of the neighbourhood I was in. When he was done, he said. "Just thought you'd like to know." And he walked away. It was a surreal, but cool experience. Thought that guy should have gotten a job at city archives, or the Vancouver Museum . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I love these clips. Too bad we got rid of the interurban. We could use something like it now. Low tech Skytrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, smithers joe said: i had to get my grandson to put this one on here..dumb old man isn't smart enough to do it. Sure, a lot of us old(er) posters need a little help with computer tech; however when the power goes off I don't need help making a fire to heat my place. I remember my younger brother being incredibly confused by the two faucet sink in my grandpa's house..." But how do you get warm water"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 28 minutes ago, gurn said: Sure, a lot of us old(er) posters need a little help with computer tech; however when the power goes off I don't need help making a fire to heat my place. I remember my younger brother being incredibly confused by the two faucet sink in my grandpa's house..." But how do you get warm water"? what ship is that? thought it looked like my old ship, hmcs fraser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 HMCS Algonquin. And. I thank you for your service time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 A bit more modern but this is one of my favorites of historical vancouver - 1986 Skytrain vs. 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 42 minutes ago, trek said: A bit more modern but this is one of my favorites of historical vancouver - 1986 Skytrain vs. 2013. i've never been on the the sky train..that video would have been super if there was narration of what we were passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said: 30 years ago, I worked offside at Expo at a warehouse. I was waiting for a bus after my shift. This old guy walked up to me. "See that, that is the Sun Tower, used to be one of the tallest buildings in the Commonwealth." He proceeded to give me a 5 minute history lesson of the neighbourhood I was in. When he was done, he said. "Just thought you'd like to know." And he walked away. It was a surreal, but cool experience. Thought that guy should have gotten a job at city archives, or the Vancouver Museum . when i was travelling across canada to go to boot camp at cornwallis nova scotia, an old retired railroad man told me train stories. i could have listened to him all across canada. i wish i could have asked my mom a lot more things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 1 hour ago, trek said: A bit more modern but this is one of my favorites of historical vancouver - 1986 Skytrain vs. 2013. https://youtu.be/erodkwTS7sQ VHS tape vs. digital. Night and day difference in quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 I think I spotted the Sinclair Centre in that first video...looks the same! I see Vancouverites didn't use signals back then either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromeslab Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Cool video thanks for posting,man there was a lot of jaywalking going on back then lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 On 8/12/2016 at 0:38 PM, smithers joe said: cdc was more civilized back then too. it has more horse$&!# than that video too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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