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Sicamous (B.C.) Art, Canadian
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Guy Collings interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-02-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Guy Collings discusses his father, artist Charles John Collings, who came to Canada from England in 1910 to paint; their background in England; more on the life of his father; advertising in England to come to Canada; details on his father's paintings and painting supplies; what Sicamous was like when he arrived; details on the Seymour Arm; going back to England in 1920 with the intention of staying until his brother contracted rheumatic fever and they had to come back; the fruit season and canning small fruits; and people who lived in the area. TRACK 2: Mr. Collings continues ;by discussing the quietness of life in the area; how their parents liked living in the area; land cleared in the area; irrigation and planting fruit trees.