Children's program. Boys are given a tour of Vancouver Fire Department fire hall and shown facilities, fire trucks and fire fighting equipment; Indian story about a raven, adapted by Joan Pearce and illustrated by Ruth Nickell.

CALL NUMBER: T1717:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-[06?] SUMMARY: Charlie Steele, born in Vancouver in 1886, talks about his family; his aunt Sara Anne Reimer, his uncle, Tom Hugh, and his grandfather, Mr. Hugh, coming to Vancouver. He recalls property sales; funerals; subjects from the family diary; family homes; the Mount Pleasant school and community in the 1890s. He describes the family house; gardens; streetcars; the development of Mount Pleasant; trails; Cedar Cottage; Fairview; the McGeer family; False Creek; and Christmas.

CALL NUMBER: T1717:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-[06?] SUMMARY: Charlie Steele continues with recollections about the Mount Pleasant area; Christmas; birthdays; school; Nightingale's (the local general store); the chain gang road work; breweries; wildlife; hunting; fishing; childhood; Trout Lake; ice skating; False Creek; and streetcars. He discusses land business and personal transactions mentioned in his grandfather's diary; land transactions; depressions; speculation; the 1907 depression; the 1911-1912 land boom; land auctions; and girls' and boys' education. He describes the views of Mount Pleasant and Vancouver that he would have seen (and might have; photographed) from the tower at the fire station at Quebec and Main Street, 1901. CALL NUMBER: T1717:0003 [CD T1717:0002A] RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-[06?] SUMMARY: Mr. Steele continues describing of views of Vancouver from the fire station at Quebec and Main.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack speaks to Jack Kempf, M.L.A., Omenica (S.C.) about whether Mr. Kempf will cross the floor. Dr. Nathan Divinsky, Chairman of the Vancouver School Board and Aldermanic candidate for N.P.A. talks about the erroneous hire of 50 extra teachers for the Vancouver School Board; his work with the school board, and his run for alderman. T.E.A.M. candidate for alderman and businessman Harry Hammer appears to discuss his platform. Jack does a small remote piece with Russ Fraser, Vancouver Parks Board Chairman. Anton Koschany does a piece about a North Vancouver fire hall wanting to expropriate a homeowners property.