CD contains recordings of a tribute to Gordon (Gordie) Carr (1921-2012) held at the Gorge Hall, and of The Gig that Never Was (old standards recorded at the home of Gordie Carr ca. 1988 with Art Monk on saxophone and clarinet, Gordie Carr on piano; George Lake added his part at his home in Edmonton, Alta. in 2001).
CD contains recordings of a tribute to Gordon (Gordie) Carr (1921-2012) held at the Gorge Hall, and of The Gig that Never Was (old standards recorded at the home of Gordie Carr ca. 1988 with Art Monk on saxophone and clarinet, Gordie Carr on piano; George Lake added his part at his home in Edmonton, Alta. in 2001).
One DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of performances by the Cortes Theatre Society and the Cortes Singing Society, and the Gorge Hall Christmas Party, filmed by George Sirk.
Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.
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One DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of performances by the Cortes Theatre Society and the Cortes Singing Society, and the Gorge Hall Christmas Party, filmed by George Sirk.
Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Photograph of Bill Barrett seated on a mowing machine pulled by his horse Tom, mowing a field clover beside a house. Doreen Thompson identified the location as Braeside in Whaletown, the home of Mary Barrett's brother Bert Middleton.
Photograph of Bill Barrett seated on a mowing machine pulled by his horse Tom, mowing a field clover beside a house. Doreen Thompson identified the location as Braeside in Whaletown, the home of Mary Barrett's brother Bert Middleton.
Photograph of Mabel Huck ("Mother"), Lewis Barrett, Margaret Huck, Mrs. Barrett with Billie Huck on her lap. They are seated on a low deck which extends from the doorway of a house; two outbuildings may be seen in the background. Doreen Thompson has identified this photograph as "visiting at Barrett's".
Meg Robertson (Shaw), Margaret Middleton, Margaret Copland and Elsie Allen seated on a beached rowboat at a sandy beach at the lake at Manson's Landing. Other people, including children, can be seen in the background.
Meg Robertson (Shaw), Margaret Middleton, Margaret Copland and Elsie Allen seated on a beached rowboat at a sandy beach at the lake at Manson's Landing. Other people, including children, can be seen in the background.
Photograph of a group of people seated on the steps of the home of Charles (Charlie) Allen in the Gorge Harbour (on the site of what is now the Gorge Harbour Marina.) The people are not identified.
Photograph of a group of people seated on the steps of the home of Charles (Charlie) Allen in the Gorge Harbour (on the site of what is now the Gorge Harbour Marina.) The people are not identified.
Photograph of Mary (Barrett) Tait holding her baby, Mary Agnes Tait, Green Valley. Frank and Mary Tait lived next door to the Barretts at the shore of the big lake (now the Blue Jay Farm picnic area). Photograph is loose.
Photograph of Mary (Barrett) Tait holding her baby, Mary Agnes Tait, Green Valley. Frank and Mary Tait lived next door to the Barretts at the shore of the big lake (now the Blue Jay Farm picnic area). Photograph is loose.
Photograph of Meg Robertson, Elsie Allen and Margaret (Pete) Middleton, standing in front of the stairs up to the Allen's house in Gorge Harbour (now the Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Meg Robertson, Elsie Allen and Margaret (Pete) Middleton, standing in front of the stairs up to the Allen's house in Gorge Harbour (now the Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Mrs. Black, holding a baby, three children and Bert Middleton, standing on the porch of a house sided with upright poles. The same photograph, copied from the collection of Meg Robertson Shaw, is in the "Whaletown to 1930" album compiled by Doreen Thompson. The people are identified as Mrs. Black, Beatrice, Florence and Bert Middleton.
Photograph of Mrs. Black, holding a baby, three children and Bert Middleton, standing on the porch of a house sided with upright poles. The same photograph, copied from the collection of Meg Robertson Shaw, is in the "Whaletown to 1930" album compiled by Doreen Thompson. The people are identified as Mrs. Black, Beatrice, Florence and Bert Middleton.
