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INTERVIEWS
Angelucci, Wayne. Telephone interview with author, March 22, 2016.
Armstrong, John. Telephone interview with author, June 5, 2016.
Bennett, Bradley. Interview with author, Vancouver, BC, November 28, 2015 and March 20, 2016.
Campbell, Ret. Constable Vern. Interview with author, 2010.
Galgoczy, Destry. Interview with author, April 26, 2016.
Galgoczy, Louis. Interview with author, April 26, 2016.
Blackburn, Gary. Interview with author, January 13, 2016.
Gavin, Damon. Telephone in
terview with author, February 28, 2016.
Graham, Ret. Constable Chris. Telephone interview with author, August 12, 2015.
Honeybourn, Ret. Constable Brian. Interview with author, Langley, BC, August 20, 2015.
Gove, Honourable Judge Thomas. Interview with author, Vancouver BC, February 25, 2016.
Jones, Nicholas. Telephone interview with author, June 7, 2016.
Kajander, Ret. Constable Esko. Interview with author, Coquitlam, BC, December 1, 2015.
Kruz, Jerry. Interview with author, March 18, 2016.
Maitland, Ret. Constable James. Interview with author, December 30, 2015.
MacDonald, Rod. Telephone interview with author, 2010.
MacDonald, Ret. Constable Grant. Interview with author, July 28, 2015.
MacNichol, Doug. Telephone interview with author, June 11, 2016.
Owens, Mark. Telephone interview with author, December 14, 2015.
Sharma, Vic. Interview with author, Vancouver, BC, May 16, 2016.
Singer, Keith. Interview with author, Vancouver, BC, July 18, 2015.
Stanton, Ret. Constable Paul. Telephone interview with author, January 13, 2016.
Stewart, Ret. Chief Constable Robert. Interview with author, January 16, 2015.
Stuart, Rick. Telephone interview with author, March 18, 2016.
Robson, Ret. Constable Al. Telephone interview with author, August 8, 2015.
Ryan, Mac. Interview with author, July 18, 2015 and July 28, 2016.
Wadsworth, Robert. Interview with author, Vancouver, BC, December 19, 2015.
Walker, Al. Interview with author, Vancouver, BC, May 3, 2016.
Williams, Danny “Mouse.” Telephone interviews with author, October 28 and 30, 2015.
NAME INDEX
A
Alma Dukes, 32
Andrews, Sam, 111, 151
Angelucci, Wayne, 50, 50–51, 65–66, 114–16, 115, 131, 135, 179, 183
Armstrong, John, 73–74, 79, 84–85
Ashlee, David, 104, 106–07
B
Barnard, Mike, 116, 119
Barnholden, Michael, 78
Barr, Sandi, 77
Battcock, Ian, 145–50, 161
Beaton, Alexander, 153
Bennett, Bradley, 41, 42, 45, 45, 47, 53, 57–59, 62, 63, 75, 79, 81–82, 85, 88, 101, 103, 118, 131, 133, 133–34, 155, 176, 176–78, 177, 179, 181, 184
Benson, Phil, 91–93
Biltmore Hotel, 102, 103, 103, 104, 104, 145–46
Blackburn, Gary, 40–42, 41, 44, 50, 52, 73, 87, 100, 103–04, 113, 122, 123, 135–36, 142, 144–45, 147–52, 163–64, 166–69, 171, 171–73, 181, 182
Booth, Larry, 129
Boys Industrial School for Criminal Offenders (BISCO), 19–20, 24–25
Bridgman, Dorothy, 148–49
Burton, Peter, 166
C
Campbell, Bruce, 145–48, 150–51, 162–64, 168
Campbell, Gary, 115, 117
Campbell, Mayor Tom, 54, 55–57, 56, 60–61, 67, 68, 69, 95
Campbell, Vern, 97, 104
Chambers family, 39, 39–40
Clark Park Freedom Rally, 119–23
Clark, E.J., 37–39
Clark, William, 38
Cliffe, Holly, 100
Cliffe, Joe, 98, 99, 137, 138
Corbett, Howard (pseudonym), 95–97, 103, 138
Curly Allen. See Weatherhead, John W.
D
Daggittt, Roger, 48, 49–50, 91–93, 103, 178–81
Desmarais, Robert, 151
District, the (Oakridge Police Substation), 112, 114
Dobson, Bill, 123
Doern, Ken, 105–07, 134
E
Edelstein, Mark, 123
F
Fisk, John, 95, 160
Flaten, John, 97–98, 99, 117, 137, 180
Fotheringham, Allan, 83
Fraser, Russell, 156
G
Galgoczy, Destry, 34–36
Galgoczy, Louis, 34–36
Garrett, Don, 35
Garrett, George, 95, 96
Gastown riot, 61–62
Gavin, Damon, 182–83
Gavin, Gerry, 27, 38, 40, 48, 50, 51–52, 91–93, 109, 116–18, 119, 132–33, 180, 182–83, 184
Gavin, Lisa Marie, 183
Gavin, Ruth, 51–53, 183
Gentile, Joe, 33
Georgia Viaduct protest, 68–69
Ginetti, Ray, 180–81
Gove, Thomas, 23–24
Graham, Chris, 124
Grape, The, 71–72, 79, 118, 119, 157, 166
Grays Park gang, 45
Green Door restaurant, 44–45
H
H-Squad, 95–104, 99, 138–39
Hades Horsemen, 43
Halliban, Norman, 45–46
Haney Correctional Institute, 142, 177–78, 185
Harkema, Bill, 82–83, 87
Hayworth, Gary, 115
Heavy Squad. See H-Squad
Hells Angels, 43, 180, 189
Herdman, Tom, 153–54
Hill, Albert, 91–93
Honeybourn, Brian, 10, 145–54, 157–65, 168, 173, 173–76
I
Izatt, George, 109–10
J
Jagger, Mick, 76, 79
Johnston, Randolph George, 126–27
Jones, Nicholas (Nick), 71, 74–75, 84–85
Joplin, Stan, 113, 116, 119
Juvenile Detention Home, 17, 19–21, 21, 23–24
K
Kajander, Esko, 110–14, 117, 118, 119, 145, 147–50, 161
Kirkland, R.L., 33
Kluckner, Michael, 69
L
Langmann, Kurt, 76–77
Laughy, Pat, 114, 115
Laxton, John, 170
Led Zeppelin concert, 94–95
Lee, Jack, 88–89
Lum, Ken, 10
Lynn Valley Boys gang, 88
M
MacDonald, Alex, 138, 157
MacDonald, Bruce, 13–14
MacDonald, Glen, 157
MacDonald, Grant, 51, 77, 82–84
MacDonald, Rod, 16, 17
MacNichol, Doug, 64, 66
Magnus, Dennis, 62
Maitland, Jim, 99, 137
Matthew, Dale, 105–06
McClellan, Ted (Ed), 125–27, 125–28
McGivern, Jack, 157, 161
McIvor, Robert, 105, 106–07
McMorran, Stewart, 161–62
Melo, Paul, 40, 58, 75, 131, 142, 152
Miller, Eddie, 168–69
Misfits, the, 43
Morley, Alan, 30
Mulligan, Walter, 32
Munro, Bob, 109–10
Murray, George, 157, 161–63, 170
N
Nelson, Dwayne, 129
Nichols, Allan, 158
North Van Rogues, 43
O
Oakalla Prison, 154, 154, 182, 184, 189
Oakridge Police Substation. See District, the
Oliver, Ted, 83, 87–88
Out-to-Lunch Bunch, the, 78, 79–80
Owens, Mark, 62, 62–63, 67, 102, 154
P
Palm, Ron, 114
Parker, Jim, 117
Perez-Valdez, Jose Raul, 180–81
Peterson, Leslie, 95, 138
Q
Quilt, Fred, 138
R
Racette, Gordy, 180
Rankin, Harry, 138
Reid, Chuck, 121, 127–28, 138
Reid, Terry, 126–28
Reid, Tom, 31
Renfrew Park Huns, 40–41, 42–43
Reynolds, Calvin, 151
Richards, Keith, 76
Rigoni, Mrs Carlo, 122
Riley Park gang, 34, 88
Robertson, Fats, 32, 182
Robin, Serge, 182
Robson, Al, 123–27, 182
Rock and Roll Revival concert, 63–67
Rolling Stones concert riot, 70–89
Ross Park gang, 34–35
Russwurm, Lani
, 22
Ryan, Malcolm “Mac,” 18–19, 20, 22, 23–25, 25–27, 38, 40, 44, 46–47, 49–50, 53, 61, 72, 79–80, 83–84, 100–01, 104, 131, 132, 132–33, 136, 171, 176, 184, 186–87, 188, 190
S
Satan’s Angels, 43–44
Schnob, Rod, 17–18, 128–30
Sea Festival riot, 59–60
Sharma, Vic, 49
Singer, Keith, 16
Stanley Park Be-Ins, 57, 58–59, 80
Stanton, Paul (pseudonym), 93–95, 97, 99–100, 101–03, 127, 135, 138
Stokes, Tom, 88, 95–96, 97, 156
Stuart, Rick, 45–46, 46, 46–48, 50, 52, 123, 135, 166, 187
T
Task Force on Youth and Park Problems. See H-Squad
Taylor, Keith, 128
Teece, Arthur, 156, 169–70
Teece, Danny (Daniel Wilfred), 131, 147, 149–59, 155, 166–67, 169
Teece, Yvonne, 174
Thacker, Rob, 65, 117
Twynstra, John, 101
U
Underwood, Richard, 148, 161
Urchenko, Ted, 33
V
Victoria Road gang, 32
Volunteers, the, 122
W
Wadsworth, Robert “Bum,” 131, 142, 147, 156–57, 163, 175–76
Walker, Al, 17, 71, 173
Wasserman, Jack, 166
Weatherhead, John W., 15
Webster, Jack, 166
Williamson, Danny “Mouse,” 41–42, 42, 43–44, 44, 46–47, 60, 66, 72, 76, 80–81, 85–87, 104, 106–08, 113–16, 115, 118, 128–30, 133, 133–34, 134, 136, 168, 180, 182, 184–86, 186, 188
Williamson, Lana, 184–85
Winch, Eric, 161–65
Wonder, Stevie, 72–73
Y
Yohimas, Jim, 115
Youngbloods, the, 71–72, 88, 106, 118, 122
Z
Ziola, Stan, 87
Zoot Suit riot, 30
PHOTO: Rebecca Blissett
AARON CHAPMAN is a writer, historian, and musician. Born and raised in Vancouver, he has been a contributor to the Vancouver Courier, the Georgia Straight, and CBC radio. He is the author of Liquor, Lust, and the Law: The Story of Vancouver’s Legendary Penthouse Nightclub and Live at the Commodore: The Story of Vancouver’s Historic Commodore Ballroom, which won the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award (BC Book Prizes) in 2015. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, he is a member of Heritage Vancouver, the Canadian Historical Association, and the Point Roberts Historical Society. www.aaronchapman.net
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