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Elsie Dean, 99 years old at the time of this interview, grew up in Saskatchewan during the 1920s and '30s. She describes the impact of the Depression on her family's livelihood. Educated to Grade 8 in a one-room school, Elsie took correspondence education for Grades 9 and 10, then took a job with room and board to save enough to finish high school, which she did.

Moving to Vancouver in 1942, she worked for a small lumber mill but was fired for organizing workers into the…

March 10 2005 John McIlwraith (b. Sept. 4, 1926 in Glasgow) was one of four children. Father: William Mason Peyton McIlwraith (b. in Connel Ferry, Scotland (near Oban)), had three brothers and three sisters. He met John's mother after returning from service in the First World War. William was an engineer for Singer as well as an amateur musician (banjo, guitar, piano, choir conductor) and baker. He would compose and transpose music for choirs. During the Depression, he was forced to take on…

Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Pulsing wave breaks; 'Menacing'; Stormy soundThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.