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SUMMARY:Talk: The Cucumber Tree – Boyhood memories of life in Vancou
 ver in the 1940s and 1950s
DESCRIPTION:Thursday, April 28, 2011 – 7:30pm at MoVThe Cucumber Tre
 e – Boyhood memories of life in Vancouver in the 1940s and 1950sSpe
 aker: Bob Ross\nBob Ross, author of The Cucumber Tree, will speak on 
 boyhood memories of growing up in Kerrisdale in the 1940s and 1950s. 
  During the War years families were forced to be creative in the absen
 ce of a fighting father. The immediate post war years saw children, ev
 er resourceful at creating their own fun, exploring the threads of nat
 ure which still existed in Vancouver while breaking out into the real 
 world through family trips to various parts of the province.  The fif
 ties, during which time the author studied at a traditional private sc
 hool with all the expected obligations, presented its own realities. T
 elevision, Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley presented a different story. T
 he 1950s Cold War fear was pervasive and powerful particularly in the 
 minds of youth. All these contradictions worked on the mind of a young
  person but there was always Len Norris to ground us with his wonderfu
 l sense of humour.\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouv
 er.org/events/talk-the-cucumber-tree
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CATEGORIES:kitsilano, talk, heritage, history, war, children, book, na
 ture
LOCATION:Museum of Vancouver
WEBSITE:http://goo.gl/maps/HSi1
URL:http://goo.gl/maps/HSi1
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ORGANIZER:Vancouver Historical Society
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Randy Ch
 atterjee":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RandyChatterjee
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