Koula Lakas (Interview 2)

GICREF001B

Participants

Koula Lakas (Interview 2)

Intervieweer(s)

Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas

Angelo Laskaris

Date and Location

October 2, 2023

Stoufville, ON

Languages

English

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Project

Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History

Reference ID

GICREF001B

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Categories

Associational Life

Canadian Society

Culture and Tradition

Economy

Rites

Tags

AHEPA

Gender

GOYA

Marriage

Restaurant Work

Decades Referenced

1940s

1960s

1970s

Locations Referenced

Toronto, Danforth, London, Greece, Oshawa

Occupation(s)

Accountant

Parents Occupation(s)

Confectioner (father)

[00:00:21] Involvement with AHEPA

[00:04:00] The Danforth and her mother’s house

[00:11:11] Her relative’s migration story and her cousins

[00:16:55] Listening to the radio at home

[00:18:41] Spending time with her father during his days off

[00:21:20] Greek food, Christmas and describing her house

[00:26:10] Correspondence with relatives in Greece

[00:29:00] Working as a waitress in her dad’s shop

[00:32:10] Her trip to London and Greece in 1974

[00:36:00] Stories from the customers at her dad’s shop

[00:38:00] Wedding gifts in the 1940s and her wedding buffet

[00:41:12] Greeks outside Toronto

[00:43:48] Describing her wedding

[00:50:00] AHEPA's first debutante ball in Canada in 1964

[00:52:08] Beauty pageants in Toronto

[00:53:58] Dancing classes in Greek schools

[00:54:32] Teresa Stratas’ story

[00:59:02] Moving to Oshawa

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