History

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Source: Vancouver Sun , 28 November 1959

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . John F.C.B. Vance was a scientist hired by the City of Vancouver in 1905 as an analyst. His early work for the City was pretty mundane, things like testing milk and water quality.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEBFhVMZpU A century ago, Russian dancer Anna Pavlova was the most famous ballerina in the world.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUZ-CETKAQ The Beatles first and last Vancouver show was 48 years ago today at Empire Stadium.

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Almost three months ago to the day we BROUGHT YOU Canadian Olympic athlete, Ryan Cochrane (from BC), in his Tom's shoes delivering a talk at Creekside Community Centre In The Village and bid him good luck as he headed to London 2012.

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A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Interurban trains operated in the Lower Mainland from 1891 until BC Electric Railway Co. (BCER) dismantled its rail system in the 1950s.

If you went past Cambie and 12th today you may have noticed this giant flag there! Photo: City of Vancouver It's the same flag that partially wrapped the City Hall tower during the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and it's been reinstalled th

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Twenty year-old Percy Williams came out of nowhere to win gold medals for Canada in both the 100m and 200m sprints in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.