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Don't know where this was taken. The table isn't a Whatcom Lake one and I don't remember Grandma P ever joining us for camping trips. This may have been at the Sudden Valley in WA, where t ...

This is a colour photo from probably 1969 from the back of Murrayville Elementary. Each year for May Day they'd have an event where the kids would dress up their bikes. No idea who the "Fl ...

2009-02-11T16:32:42Z

Doug Parsons
This is a colour photo from probably 1969 from the back of Murrayville Elementary. Each year for May Day they'd have an event where the kids would dress up their bikes. No idea who the "Fl ...

Cathie and I posing outside Grandpa's cabin. The red tip behind my head was the Angrignon's water skis.

2009-06-26T03:16:50Z

Doug Parsons
Cathie and I posing outside Grandpa's cabin. The red tip behind my head was the Angrignon's water skis.

That's me on the raft and Dad in the middle. Cathie was probably the one further out and Mom on the right. This was outside the cabin.

2009-02-11T16:33:59Z

Doug Parsons
That's me on the raft and Dad in the middle. Cathie was probably the one further out and Mom on the right. This was outside the cabin.

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2009-02-11T16:33:31Z

Doug Parsons

Looks like I was helping the Swensons either load or unload their car. Terry's in the middle next to his mom but I don't know who's in the foreground. I suspect this was at Sudden Valley.

2009-06-26T03:14:04Z

Doug Parsons
Looks like I was helping the Swensons either load or unload their car. Terry's in the middle next to his mom but I don't know who's in the foreground. I suspect this was at Sudden Valley.

A picnic at Whatcom Lake. Cathie must have brought a friend. Me in the foreground, Gord next to his dad, and Gladys across from him on this table. Eve Swenson in the background was on the ...

2009-06-26T03:23:23Z

Doug Parsons
A picnic at Whatcom Lake. Cathie must have brought a friend. Me in the foreground, Gord next to his dad, and Gladys across from him on this table. Eve Swenson in the background was on the ...

Hard to tell but these are salmon in a river. The seasonal salmon runs (every 4 or 7 years) meant that millions of salmon would swim upstream to breed and die. Kind of cool to see so many ...

2009-06-26T03:38:27Z

Doug Parsons
Hard to tell but these are salmon in a river. The seasonal salmon runs (every 4 or 7 years) meant that millions of salmon would swim upstream to breed and die. Kind of cool to see so many ...

Joanne hugging Eve next to Dad and Al, at Whatcom Lake park. The double exposure shows a picture of Whatcom Lake in the background.

2009-06-26T03:11:00Z

Doug Parsons
Joanne hugging Eve next to Dad and Al, at Whatcom Lake park. The double exposure shows a picture of Whatcom Lake in the background.

Probably the best memory I have was Terry and I building numerous rafts from whatever we could find, and paddling them around. Whenever a storm came, the rafts would be destroyed, but that ...

2009-06-26T03:16:44Z

Doug Parsons
Probably the best memory I have was Terry and I building numerous rafts from whatever we could find, and paddling them around. Whenever a storm came, the rafts would be destroyed, but that ...

Boats of all sizes were a mainstay of summer life at Shuswap.

2009-06-26T03:29:48Z

Doug Parsons
Boats of all sizes were a mainstay of summer life at Shuswap.

Dad resting on the deck of Angrignon's cabin.

2009-06-26T03:13:09Z

Doug Parsons
Dad resting on the deck of Angrignon's cabin.

Gladys Angrignon at the shore in front of their cabin. They still had the aluminum boat in the background and the newer outboard "France" in the foreground. This must have been 1972 since ...

2009-06-26T03:16:00Z

Doug Parsons
Gladys Angrignon at the shore in front of their cabin. They still had the aluminum boat in the background and the newer outboard "France" in the foreground. This must have been 1972 since ...

Unloading the boat from the trailer was always a stressful event. Loading it back on was hell.

2009-06-26T03:28:45Z

Doug Parsons
Unloading the boat from the trailer was always a stressful event. Loading it back on was hell.

Dad, Don and Mazel (and their husky) at the beach at the Government campsite.

2009-06-26T03:18:51Z

Doug Parsons
Dad, Don and Mazel (and their husky) at the beach at the Government campsite.

The location Eve and Harvey chose to put down a rug looks rather harsh.

2009-06-26T03:09:55Z

Doug Parsons
The location Eve and Harvey chose to put down a rug looks rather harsh.

Mom blowing up a dingy, cathy in the midground and dad in the background. Cathie's (purple) 10 speed bike in front of the tent. The axe handle in the foreground was a double-bladed monster ...

2009-06-26T03:14:39Z

Doug Parsons
Mom blowing up a dingy, cathy in the midground and dad in the background. Cathie's (purple) 10 speed bike in front of the tent. The axe handle in the foreground was a double-bladed monster ...

Gord and I sitting in the back, Dad and Al in the front. Gord's wearing the Langley Flippers speedos that we wore for Swim Club.

2009-06-26T03:23:38Z

Doug Parsons
Gord and I sitting in the back, Dad and Al in the front. Gord's wearing the Langley Flippers speedos that we wore for Swim Club.

Me posing at one the Shuswap Government campsites we always spent our summers at before the cabin.

2009-06-26T03:13:34Z

Doug Parsons
Me posing at one the Shuswap Government campsites we always spent our summers at before the cabin.

Bonnie and Joanne Swenson on a beach somewhere - most likely during on of the I5 trips the two families would take, south through WA, OR, and CA states.

2009-06-26T03:20:24Z

Doug Parsons
Bonnie and Joanne Swenson on a beach somewhere - most likely during on of the I5 trips the two families would take, south through WA, OR, and CA states.

Grandma C and P in front of the Christmas tree. The light brown object between them is an unpainted set of drawers for Cathie's bedroom.

2009-06-26T03:18:45Z

Doug Parsons
Grandma C and P in front of the Christmas tree. The light brown object between them is an unpainted set of drawers for Cathie's bedroom.

Laurie, Cathie, and Carol next to Uncle Bob, with Grandma C in the background and Mom in the left foreground.

2009-06-26T03:47:34Z

Doug Parsons
Laurie, Cathie, and Carol next to Uncle Bob, with Grandma C in the background and Mom in the left foreground.

Me opening my Christmas presents probably. The green box was a cassette recorder which I'd wanted for some reason. The first thing I recorded was me singing something. A few hours later A ...

2009-06-26T03:29:10Z

Doug Parsons
Me opening my Christmas presents probably. The green box was a cassette recorder which I'd wanted for some reason. The first thing I recorded was me singing something. A few hours later A ...

Part of the Christmas dinner downstairs. Cousin Lauren (Laurie) and Cathie acting up. Mom looks impossibly young there. Or I'm getting old...

2009-06-26T03:14:43Z

Doug Parsons
Part of the Christmas dinner downstairs. Cousin Lauren (Laurie) and Cathie acting up. Mom looks impossibly young there. Or I'm getting old...

Dad most likely at a new year's eve party at someone's house.

2009-06-26T03:36:03Z

Doug Parsons
Dad most likely at a new year's eve party at someone's house.

Grandpa, cousin Laurie, and Cathie. Probably 1978 or so. At Hope.

2009-02-11T17:08:53Z

Doug Parsons
Grandpa, cousin Laurie, and Cathie. Probably 1978 or so. At Hope.

Cathie's Grade 7 Birthday. I think the girls are (Bonnie someone I think, dunno), Joanne Berry, Cathie, dunno, possibly Melanie Makaborski, dunno, and Laurie McDougal.

2009-06-26T03:46:44Z

Doug Parsons
Cathie's Grade 7 Birthday. I think the girls are (Bonnie someone I think, dunno), Joanne Berry, Cathie, dunno, possibly Melanie Makaborski, dunno, and Laurie McDougal.

Cathie towing someone along on her red tricycle. Me in my Jenner wooden wagon. Dunno where this was taken but probably 1966 or so.

2009-02-11T17:07:16Z

Doug Parsons
Cathie towing someone along on her red tricycle. Me in my Jenner wooden wagon. Dunno where this was taken but probably 1966 or so.

An early birthday party. Cathie, me, Cameron (Cam) Muir, Cheryl and Garth Forest, and I think Gord Angrignon on the right. Probably 1969. The chair in the foreground was one of 4 that s ...

2009-06-26T03:48:44Z

Doug Parsons
An early birthday party. Cathie, me, Cameron (Cam) Muir, Cheryl and Garth Forest, and I think Gord Angrignon on the right. Probably 1969. The chair in the foreground was one of 4 that s ...

(Uncle) Robert Chamberlain, c. 1960

2009-02-11T17:09:45Z

Doug Parsons
(Uncle) Robert Chamberlain, c. 1960

(Aunt) Ellen Chamberlain with Laurie, June 1960

2009-02-11T17:09:11Z

Doug Parsons
(Aunt) Ellen Chamberlain with Laurie, June 1960

Grandpa with his 1958 Pontiac Safari "Strato Chief", possibly dated 1958. Taken at the same time as the other photo, he appears to be in the middle of nowhere. He bought property at Anglem ...

2009-02-11T17:10:38Z

Doug Parsons
Grandpa with his 1958 Pontiac Safari "Strato Chief", possibly dated 1958. Taken at the same time as the other photo, he appears to be in the middle of nowhere. He bought property at Anglem ...

Grandpa (Douglas Goddard Chamberlain) with his 1958 Pontiac Safari station wagon. On the back of the photo is stamped "ILFORD NOVEMBER 1958". The car is definitely a 1958 model yet it look ...

2009-02-11T17:11:55Z

Doug Parsons
Grandpa (Douglas Goddard Chamberlain) with his 1958 Pontiac Safari station wagon. On the back of the photo is stamped "ILFORD NOVEMBER 1958". The car is definitely a 1958 model yet it look ...

The unmistakable Joanne Berry and her mom in the foreground, at a swim meet.

2009-06-26T03:46:41Z

Doug Parsons
The unmistakable Joanne Berry and her mom in the foreground, at a swim meet.

I'm really hoping my colour restoration was wrong and that Cathie's shoes weren't purple. But this was the very early 70's, which means they probably wrere - and made of suede too, more lik ...

2009-06-26T03:52:58Z

Doug Parsons
I'm really hoping my colour restoration was wrong and that Cathie's shoes weren't purple. But this was the very early 70's, which means they probably wrere - and made of suede too, more lik ...

Dad's eyes, or the Opthalmology industry, required that he wear thick glasses that were heavy and left a ridge on his nose. This was before computer-designed optics and ultralight materials ...

2009-06-26T03:50:26Z

Doug Parsons
Dad's eyes, or the Opthalmology industry, required that he wear thick glasses that were heavy and left a ridge on his nose. This was before computer-designed optics and ultralight materials ...

Dad and Harvey graduated with their Master's Degree in Education at UBC after studying part-time for 7 years.

2009-06-26T03:54:34Z

Doug Parsons
Dad and Harvey graduated with their Master's Degree in Education at UBC after studying part-time for 7 years.

At a swim meet somewhere. Gladys Angrignon is on the left but no idea who the others are.

2009-02-11T17:18:26Z

Doug Parsons
At a swim meet somewhere. Gladys Angrignon is on the left but no idea who the others are.

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2009-02-11T17:20:07Z

Doug Parsons

Another pic of the graduating men along with Bonnie Swenson in the middle. Dad's Polaroid camera is swinging from his upraised hand.

2009-06-26T04:00:58Z

Doug Parsons
Another pic of the graduating men along with Bonnie Swenson in the middle. Dad's Polaroid camera is swinging from his upraised hand.

Dad was a member of the Langley Lions and one year we all had to stuff envelopes - folding sheets of paper and putting them into envelopes. I can't imagine we had to lick them all! The ja ...

2009-06-26T06:42:58Z

Doug Parsons
Dad was a member of the Langley Lions and one year we all had to stuff envelopes - folding sheets of paper and putting them into envelopes. I can't imagine we had to lick them all! The ja ...

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2009-02-11T21:11:14Z

Doug Parsons

This was July, 1967 during Canada's Centennial. Cathie is the girl in the lower centre. I do not appear anywhere in this photo despite claims to the contrary. Joan Angrignon as two girls ...

2009-06-26T06:22:13Z

Doug Parsons
This was July, 1967 during Canada's Centennial. Cathie is the girl in the lower centre. I do not appear anywhere in this photo despite claims to the contrary. Joan Angrignon as two girls ...

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2009-06-26T06:23:07Z

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2009-06-26T06:22:18Z

Doug Parsons

Gordon (Gordie) Angrignon looks to be about 14 here so that would mean this was Christmas, 1976ish. Mom's "gods eyes" hang next to the much-used dart board at the back, and the one or two b ...

2009-02-11T21:15:30Z

Doug Parsons
Gordon (Gordie) Angrignon looks to be about 14 here so that would mean this was Christmas, 1976ish. Mom's "gods eyes" hang next to the much-used dart board at the back, and the one or two b ...

Same shirt, so same year as previous Xmas photos. The hazy look is a result of the cigarette smoke in front of the smoking photographer, which means this picture was taken by Dad. The De ...

2009-06-26T06:25:51Z

Doug Parsons
Same shirt, so same year as previous Xmas photos. The hazy look is a result of the cigarette smoke in front of the smoking photographer, which means this picture was taken by Dad. The De ...

A rare photo of Mom. Cousin Doug et moi must have been about 13 (1975?). Note the Andre's Cold Duck / Baby Duck wine in the 1/2 gallon flagron. If the 70's were anything, they were all ab ...

2009-06-26T06:27:23Z

Doug Parsons
A rare photo of Mom. Cousin Doug et moi must have been about 13 (1975?). Note the Andre's Cold Duck / Baby Duck wine in the 1/2 gallon flagron. If the 70's were anything, they were all ab ...

I left this photo's colours untouched because the terrible shades typified both the period and the blandness of the food. The plate of mashed potatoes garnished with tinned corn niblets, cu ...

2009-06-26T06:17:52Z

Doug Parsons
I left this photo's colours untouched because the terrible shades typified both the period and the blandness of the food. The plate of mashed potatoes garnished with tinned corn niblets, cu ...

Carol looks to be 17ish here. The lamp in the top foreground was typical 70's - clear acrylic thick thread spun around a 6-sided shape, hanging on a floor to ceiling pole. On the credenza ...

2009-06-26T06:32:58Z

Doug Parsons
Carol looks to be 17ish here. The lamp in the top foreground was typical 70's - clear acrylic thick thread spun around a 6-sided shape, hanging on a floor to ceiling pole. On the credenza ...

No idea where this picture was taken, but I think it's the Angrignon's upstairs fireplace. Cathie's face looks swollen so it may have been wisdom teeth or something. The vest is late 70's ...

2009-06-26T06:23:16Z

Doug Parsons
No idea where this picture was taken, but I think it's the Angrignon's upstairs fireplace. Cathie's face looks swollen so it may have been wisdom teeth or something. The vest is late 70's ...

Harvey and Eve Swenson, and Al and Gladys Angrignon exactly as I remember them - effusive, relaxed, slightly tippled by the Annie Greensprings and Boon Farm Strawberry Hill wines. Classics ...

2009-06-26T06:21:40Z

Doug Parsons
Harvey and Eve Swenson, and Al and Gladys Angrignon exactly as I remember them - effusive, relaxed, slightly tippled by the Annie Greensprings and Boon Farm Strawberry Hill wines. Classics ...

Mark T and I in front of the old 'camper'. Cathie looks typically "p.o'd" for some reason so she must have been early teens. Laurie McDougal next to her. (I made contact with the McDougals ...

2009-06-26T06:23:54Z

Doug Parsons
Mark T and I in front of the old 'camper'. Cathie looks typically "p.o'd" for some reason so she must have been early teens. Laurie McDougal next to her. (I made contact with the McDougals ...

Christmas dinner downstairs. Typically, Grandma P (foreground) was always distant. Nice to see Grandpa and Grandma C there. Cousin Doug looks around 11-12 so this was probably 1974 or so. ...

2009-06-26T06:22:58Z

Doug Parsons
Christmas dinner downstairs. Typically, Grandma P (foreground) was always distant. Nice to see Grandpa and Grandma C there. Cousin Doug looks around 11-12 so this was probably 1974 or so. ...

Uncle Bob, Aunt Ellen Chamberlain. They divorced probably 4-5 years after this around the time that Suzie Quattro was big (we listened to a Suzie Q album at their place). To the best of my ...

2009-06-26T06:37:17Z

Doug Parsons
Uncle Bob, Aunt Ellen Chamberlain. They divorced probably 4-5 years after this around the time that Suzie Quattro was big (we listened to a Suzie Q album at their place). To the best of my ...

This photo's a complete mystery to me. The 1965 Chevrolet Bel-Air is seen on the left so Cathie and I would have been at least 4 and 3. So the photo was likely to be 1966 and therefore the ...

2009-02-11T21:13:37Z

Doug Parsons
This photo's a complete mystery to me. The 1965 Chevrolet Bel-Air is seen on the left so Cathie and I would have been at least 4 and 3. So the photo was likely to be 1966 and therefore the ...

The camper must have been still quite new (2nd hand) as it was a 1969 truck I think, which makes the photo probably taken around 1972 (me 10, Cathie 11ish). Even children couldn't escape th ...

2009-02-11T21:11:11Z

Doug Parsons
The camper must have been still quite new (2nd hand) as it was a 1969 truck I think, which makes the photo probably taken around 1972 (me 10, Cathie 11ish). Even children couldn't escape th ...

Must have been some occasion - first day of school or something. Chimo was the dog's name (poodle).

2009-06-26T06:22:24Z

Doug Parsons
Must have been some occasion - first day of school or something. Chimo was the dog's name (poodle).

Probably christmas or birthday. The popcorn maker had a bottom coil element that would heat up red hot and was guaranteed to burn the popcorn. 1970's clothing, and the carpet really was vivi ...

2009-06-26T06:21:47Z

Doug Parsons
Probably christmas or birthday. The popcorn maker had a bottom coil element that would heat up red hot and was guaranteed to burn the popcorn. 1970's clothing, and the carpet really was vivi ...