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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Trotsky, 1919-1939

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Trotsky, 1919-1939

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Back in 1918-1919, Canadian and other allied forces were getting a head start on the Cold War by battling the Reds in Siberia .
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Barbara Howard, 1938

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Barbara Howard, 1938

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Barbara Howard was once among the fastest women in the world and the first black woman to represent Canada on the international sports stage.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Tree Stump House, pre-1910

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Tree Stump House, pre-1910

This Mount Pleasant tree stump contained a three-room home. Photographed before 1910, it was situated on what's now Prince Edward Street in Vancouver's Riley Park neighbourhood.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Battle of Jericho, 1872

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Battle of Jericho, 1872

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The earliest known use of the name Jericho in this area was in reference to an 1872 incident dubbed "The Battle of Jericho.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: No Suicide, 1959

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: No Suicide, 1959

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Source: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Sun , 28 November 1959
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Vancouver's Sherlock Holmes, 1934

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Vancouver's Sherlock Holmes, 1934

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . John F.C.B. Vance was a scientist hired by the City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1905 as an analyst. His early work for the City was pretty mundane, things like testing milk and water quality.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Anna Pavlova, 1910

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEBFhVMZpU A century ago, Russian dancer Anna Pavlova was the most famous ballerina in the world.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Beatles, 1964

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUZ-CETKAQ The Beatles first and last Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­show was 48 years ago today at Empire Stadium.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Mark Twain, 1895

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Mark Twain, 1895

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
BC athletes returning from London with 50% of the medals won by Team Canada!

BC athletes returning from London with 50% of the medals won by Team Canada!

Almost three months ago to the day we BROUGHT YOU Canadian Olympic athlete, Ryan Cochrane (from BC), in his Tom's shoes delivering a talk at Creekside Community Centre In The Village and bid him good luck as he headed to London 2012.