Koula Lakas (Interview 4)
INTERVIWE DATE:
December 4, 2023
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Interviewer:
Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas
Angelo Laskaris
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language:
English

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Stouffville, ON
OCUPATION:
Accountant

Interview Summary:

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Koula Lakas (Interview 4)

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Participants
Koula Lakas (Interview 4)
Intervieweer(s)
Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
December 4, 2023
Stouffville, ON
Languages
English
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Project
Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History
Reference ID
GICREF001D
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Categories
Tags
Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Toronto; Caledonia; Young (Toronto); Bloor (Toronto); Albany Street (Toronto); Devon Ice Cream; Parkdale (Toronto); Sea Breeze; Chicago; New York; Montreal; Coney Island; Empire State; Boca Raton (Florida); Kalamata; Niagara Falls; Olympia Billiard; Olympia Bowling Alley; Ghoul Street (Toronto); St.George Greek Orthodox Church; Danforth (Toronto); Forest Hill (Toronto); Mount Pleasant; Bo Peep Restaurant (Danforth); Famous Sweets Restaurant; Pape (Toronto)
Occupation(s)
Accountant
Parents Occupation(s)
Confectioner (father)
Names Referenced
George (Brother); Louis (Brother); Nick (Brother); Vasili (Uncle), Bazos family, Nick (husband), Bulucon family, Charlie Brown, Archbishop Iakovos

[00:00:23] Father’s migration to Canada in 1912

[00:03:21] Family photograph description

[00:05:47] What does being Greek mean to you?

[00:08:18] Involvement in Greek church

[00:09:03] Raising children in the Greek church

[00:11:17] Greeks who came in 1960s/1970s

[00:12:40] Family restaurant businesses

[00:15:40] Family financial struggles

[00:17:42] Bazos Family

[00:19:20] Memories through wedding photographs

[00:19:57] Early memories meeting husband and first dates

[00:23:16] Marriage and wedding

[00:24:06] Going to Chicago for cousins wedding

[00:25:20] Memories of her father and why he did not smile

[00:27:02] Differences between Greeks in American and Canada

[00:30:34] Relatives in New York and Chicago

[00:32:26] Trouble getting married

[00:38:05] Describing where other Greeks lived

[00:45:42] Greeks owning businesses on Young Street

[00:46:40] Financial differences and separation from husband

[00:49:10] Fathers businesses and living on the Danforth

[00:50:29] Describing the type of food sold at restaurants

[00:54:33] The Celebrating of Toronto Centennial Birthday 1934

[00:59:46] St.Georges Hellenic Young Ladies Association 1934

[01:03:22] 1952 Celebration of the Anniversary of October 28th

[01:04:48] Famous Sweets Restaurant

[01:05:32] Women and children working

[01:08:07] Greek school class at St.George

[01:09:57] Sending children to Greek camp

[01:12:07] Initiatives to help Greeks coming to Canada

[01:15.50] How the Danforth is changing today

[01:18:35] Travelling alone in her teens

[01:21:35] Differences between Toronto and New York

[01:23:18] Thoughts on the future of Greeks in Canada

[01:26:23] Differences between waves of migration