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Interview with Mary Louise Ashbourne
Mary Louise is the president of the Weston Historical Society and lifelong resident Weston, who recounts witty tales from the past.
Tags: Daniel, interview, Mary Louise Ashbourne, oral history, YAG
Interview with Ruth Cameron
Ruth is a long-time resident of Weston, whose family has been heavily involved in the Weston Library's rich history.
Tags: Abdurahman, interview, oral history, Ruth Cameron, YAG
Interview with Lois Lane
Lois, a long-time resident of Weston, was Alderman of York in the early 1970s and has served as the Secretary of the Weston Ratepayers Union.
Tags: Abdurahman, interview, Lois Lane, oral history, YAG
Interview with Brinda Sampathkumar
The Sampathkumars are longtime residents of Weston. Three generations of their family have used the Weston Library. Here, Brinda speaks about her experience using the Weston Branch.
Tags: Brinda Sampathkumar, interivew, oral history, Theresa, YAG
Interview with Margaret Rome
Margaret is a long-time resident of Weston and former employee of the Toronto Public Library. As a high school student, she began working at the library as a cataloguer in the mid-1950s and the 1980s.
Tags: 1950s, 1980s, cataloguer, cataloguing, jobs at the library, Margaret, Margaret Rome, Rome, staff, YAG, youth advisory group
Love Waiting For Her Turn to Film
This is an image of Love Asare, a member of the Weston Youth Advisory Group (YAG). After helping with the set up, Love is sitting waiting for her turn behind the video camera to film and interview.
Tags: Asare, behind the scenes, bloopers, Love, Love Asare, out takes, teens, volunteers, YAG, youth advisory group
What Goes on Before the Interviews
This is an image taken on the day of Brinda Sampathkumar's interivew. Brinda, seen seated at the table speaking to Jorge Rivera (Weston Branch staff, Fomer Project Leader), is in the midst of signing paperwork for the interview. These forms give…
Meet Theresa: Video Editing Extraordinaire!
Theresa Nguyen, a member of the Branch's Youth Advisory Group, is Weston's resident video editing guru! Theresa spent many, many, many hours after school cooped up in the Weston Library Centenary Project Headquarters – the Branch Head's office…
What Goes on Before the Interviews
This is an image of some of Gobiga, Theresa and Love from Weston's Youth Advisory Group and staff member Jorge Rivera (Former Project Leader) waiting for an interviewee to arrive (clockwise from left to right).
The Set
The interviews were filmed in the program room, on this set. Green screen technology was used to insert a backdrop of the adult fiction section. This allowed for the interviews to be conducted in a quiet area of the library during open hours, to as…