HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada > Alberta & British Columbia > Vancouver > General Discussion


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #1  
Old Posted Oct 20, 2010, 11:06 PM
SpongeG's Avatar
SpongeG SpongeG is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 39,105
Vancouver in the Fifties: BC revisited

Vancouver in the Fifties: BC revisited

To Richard Grant his father was a staid, conventional figure. But as a bachelor Geoffrey Grant cut quite a dash, partying with the bright young things of Vancouver, courting heiresses, even working as a lumberjack. The pair returned to British Columbia to see what else had changed in 56 years.

By Richard Grant
Published: 8:00AM GMT 05 Feb 2010


'If Vancouver had been like this in 1952, I'd still be here,' my father says, tucking into another superb meal in another elegant restaurant. 'And I wouldn't exist,' I point out. 'No,' he says, chewing thoughtfully on his duck breast with foie gras, 'I suppose you wouldn't.'

...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...revisited.html
__________________
belowitall
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #2  
Old Posted Oct 21, 2010, 12:33 AM
dreambrother808 dreambrother808 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 3,998
Quite an engaging personal history!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #3  
Old Posted Oct 21, 2010, 10:03 AM
delboy delboy is offline
BANNED
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 653
Must really be something to come back to Vancouver after 50 plus years and see what it has become. I wonder how we will look back>
Reply With Quote
     
     
End
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada > Alberta & British Columbia > Vancouver > General Discussion
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 12:18 AM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.