Research

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series

Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries

Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Date

1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 sound recording (mp3) (0:06:07 min)

Material Details

Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ken Yip Date of interview: May 9, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 5 Total length of all Tracks: 0:62:00

Accession Code

BV017.45.5

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Track 3: This portion of the recording continues with Ken’s band activities, and then pertains to the games Ken played with his brother and friends. Ken discusses how the school band’s repertoire and performances were designed to complement the school’s events throughout the year. He describes the concert the band was invited to play on the lawn of Ceperley House on their return from Expo 67. Ken recalls the games he and his brother played, and the two neighbor boys they played with. He describes playing on the North American Peat property adjacent to theirs, in the peat trenches and in the bush. He talks of roaming as far as New Westminster and the Fraser River.

History/Biography

Recording of an interview with Ken Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Media Type

Sound Recording

Creator

Tom Gooden

Subjects

Persons - Chinese Canadians

Persons - Children

Education

Organizations - Bands

Names

Yip, Ken

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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