Interview with Allan Collison
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- Date Range
- November 23 1988
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Allan Collison, recorded on November 23 1988 by Ruth Murdoch as part of the "Growing Up in the Bulkley Valley" audio interview series. Includes raw and edited .WAV file, an MP3 access file, and a .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Ruth Murdoch
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.28
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 288 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 23 1988
- History / Biographical
- Thomas Allan Collison (1944-2014) was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, to Thomas and Vera Collison, and moved to Smithers as a young boy. In his adulthood he worked for Longyear and Cariboo Radio and served as a member of the Volunteer Fire Department. He was married twice (Cheryl Merryfield, Becky Everitt) and had four children: Trent, Gord, Nicole, and Kathy.
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Allan Collison, recorded on November 23 1988 by Ruth Murdoch as part of the "Growing Up in the Bulkley Valley" audio interview series. Includes raw and edited .WAV file, an MP3 access file, and a .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Allan Collison - November 23, 1988
Interview with Allan Collison - November 23, 1988
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.28_Collison,%20Allan/Collison,%20Allan%201988_11_23.ACCESS.mp3
Where the Collisons are from and why they moved to Smithers.
Bulkley Valley; cat; dog; fire control; Henry Takema; honey wagon; Hoskins; Leona Wall; Main Street ditch; Smithers; Tom Collison; Vera Collison; World War II
Family; Smithers
What kids used to do in the 1950s.
ball; bush; hockey; railway crossing; skiing; Smithers Lumber Yard
childhood; entertainment; hobbies; Smithers
School in Smithers and old systems.
garden; house; Moore; Muheim Elementary School; ski; Spring Hill; strap
friends; school
Long trips to go fishing with family.
fishing; roads; Trout Creek
family; fishing; roads