Interview with Stephanie Brooks

Partial Transcript: I have a couple of things with me, they’re photos…

Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses her family’s history at the Garden City Arena, beginning with her husband’s father who played for the St. Catharines TeePees. Stephanie then discusses some of the photos she brought in, including some of her as a child in the 1960s with the St. Catharines Winter Club. Stephanie also shares how the Garden City Arena smelt like cigarette smoke and how that smell now reminds her of the Garden City Arena and her happy memories there.

Keywords: Airforce; Childhood; Family; Public Skating; Sport -- Hockey; St. Catharines TeePees; Women and Gender; World War II

Subjects: Sport -- Figure Skating; Winter Club

Partial Transcript: Yeah, well these are, this was like, think of the name on here, she was l think in the 1960s and ‘70s…

Segment Synopsis: Stephanie shares her memories of Petra Burka, who was a well-known figure skater in the 1960s. She then discusses the skating carnivals that the Winter Club would put on, sharing the fun she had and how the appeal of the carnivals was the championship skaters that would come in or the parents coming to watch their young kids. She then mentions her father’s ties to the Garden City Arena and how important organized sports were during the depression.

Keywords: Carnival; Childhood; Family; Hockey -- Coach; Junior B Hockey; Petra Burka; St. Catharines Falcons; Women and Gender

Subjects: Sport -- Figure Skating; Winter Club