Guestbook
Submissions -- Page 2
Name/Handle
: Way Allen
Country
or city : Canada, BC
Email
(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : I was a little kid, but it was awesome!
Everyone was jealouse I got to go and they dont even know what they were
missing!! Ernie was soooo hi-tech!
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Name/Handle
: Larry G Yasayko
Country
or city : North Vancouver
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : Thank you Vancouver for hosting Expo
86, this event really had an impact on myself and family!
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Name/Handle
: Li
Country
or city : Richmond/BC
Email
(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : Hey, I was 7 during Expo86. Wow, was
that the best year of my life thus far. I wish I was more aware back then
of my surroundings, to fully appreciate how great the venue was! Thanx
for bringing back some really beautiful memories of such a beautiful even
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Name/Handle
: Lyle Lexier
Country
or city : Vancouver, Canada
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : What was the name to the song at the
Quebec Pavilion? I really enjoyed that space age song. Lyle
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Name/Handle
: Corky
Country
or city : Gresham, OR
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : This was the most hart warming experience
I ever had in all my travles. I would love to see all the beautiful people
who enriched my life so much. Expo 86 was the best!
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Name/Handle
: L. Greg Johnson
Country
or city : LA, CA, USA
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : I went to this Worlds Fair, only one
I ever attended.
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Name/Handle
: George Rout
Country
or city : St. Catharines, ON
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : I was the Purchasing Officer for the
Ontario Pavilion and I still consider the project was when my career peaked!!!!
Met dozens of super nice folks on the pavilion team, and many wonderful
visitors.
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Name/Handle
: david
Country
or city : north van
Email
(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : thank you very much I was only nine
at 86 get some pictures of the skateboarding contest at skatelegends.com
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Name/Handle
: Zerelda
Country
or city : Pensacola, FL USA
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(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : We spent three days at the Expo in
1986 and enjoyed every day. It was a vacation well never forget.
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Name/Handle
: Aaron
Country
or city : Kansas City
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(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : Thanks for bringing it all back. I
was 13 when I went with my family. An amazing thing at 13 or 30. I do remember
a cool 3D movie and the France pavillion clearly. THANKS!
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Name/Handle
: John McGregor
Country
or city : Brisbane, Australia
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : Ive really enjoyed this mammoth work!
Its an inspiration for other Expo-based web-sites and for those who never
got the chance to visit Expo 86...Long live the Expo Dream!
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Name/Handle
: Budderfly
Country
or city : Richmond, BC
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : I was 8 years old when Expo 86 was
here. I wish I was older so I could appreciate it more, as it truly was
amazing. I definately carry wonderful memories of going there with my family.
I still look at the pictures in my album every now and then and Im gra
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Name/Handle
: Xfiler
Country
or city : Port Coquitlam
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(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : I worked at Expo 86 and was the best
job i have ever had.
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Name/Handle
: Jared
Country
or city : Vancouver
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(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : I was a volunteer at age 16 and it
was an awesome experience. Wish I could find a video of expo 86.
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Name/Handle
: annet
Country
or city : veendam,holland
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : thank you soo much for the site! it
is beautiful to see it all again; expo 86 was great!! and a great time
spending in Vancouver and BC. I love Canada!
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Name/Handle
: Peter
Country
or city : Switzerland
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : I have fond memories of EXPO 86 !We
were on strike that year and I was lucky enough to purchase a seasons pass.
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Name/Handle
: Way Allen
Country
or city : Canada, BC
Email
(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : I was a little kid, but it was awesome!
Everyone was jealouse I got to go and they dont even know what they were
missing!! Ernie was soooo hi-tech!
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Name/Handle
: Larry G Yasayko
Country
or city : North Vancouver
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : Thank you Vancouver for hosting Expo
86, this event really had an impact on myself and family!
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Name/Handle
: sfroms
Country
or city : Nanaimo
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : Loved Expo and thanks for the memories.
I still have my passport.
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Name/Handle
: Mary
Country
or city : Van.,Canada
Email
(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : Wow, what a retrospective site! Thanks
for taking the time to make this Scruffy. I worked at Expo when I was fifteen,
and it has a place in my heart forever!
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Name/Handle
: Victoria
Country
or city : Calgary
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : I was born expo weekend. April 29
86. my mother watched the fireworks from her room! :D
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Name/Handle
: Linda McDougall
Country
or city : Mexico
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : It was all wonderful - even a few
Zapotec weavers from here in Oaxaca were there. Does anyone remember that
wonderful book Island in Space published for the occasion? Id love to have
it again. Linda
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Name/Handle
: Stetphen Bauer
Country
or city : Portland OR USA
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : Expo 86 was a superb introduction
to Canada, and to the world. It was supremely enjoyable, and this website
captures all of it in its finest glory. Thanks so much!!!
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Name/Handle
: Daillyn
Country
or city : Chilliwack
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : Best memory of Expo86 was spending
every weekend there, with my boyfriend.He got his passport stamped @ every
pavillion!
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Name/Handle
: Ryan Wood
Country
or city : Canada
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : It was my first memory of a major
city. I was seven years old at the time of the event. I now make my home
in Vancouver and love the city.
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Name/Handle
: lbearlow
Country
or city : usa
Email
(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : I was 6 when my family attended Expo
86. Interested in more info on the movie seen there with the girl touring
in the red UFO. I remember it and the 3D imax with some sketchiness.
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Name/Handle
: Peter B
Country
or city : Windsor, ON
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(optional) :
Comments,
memories and Questions : I worked in security at FA2 during
the fair. What incredible memories I have. The best job I ever had. If
I ever had to live my life again I would keep reliving the experience.
I am still in awe. The staff at the fair were truly Expo ambassadors. I
would
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Name/Handle
: Postie189
Country
or city : Vancouver
Email
(optional) : [email protected]
Comments,
memories and Questions : Expo 86 was one the coolest places
to be. I was lucky to have experienced it by working there at McDonalds
@ Ontario Place. Lots of fun and lots of great memories.
Name/Handle : Allan Taylor
Country or city : Surrey BC
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : I had the full passes and
took many
photos. Have created my own book of images on cd with approximately 1000
images
as well as pins, passpost stamps, zone by zone, events national days from
well over
30 visits (128 11x17 hires pages) To see a sample of
the Expo86 PDF file
go to this page http://members.shaw.ca/panthers1/Expo86.html
Name/Handle : Adrian Horst
Country or city : Switzerland
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : I was living in Vancouver
from 1985 til
1989. Expo 86 was fantastic, work and plesure wise!
Name/Handle : ALLAN AVENDANO
Country or city : VANCOUVER B.C
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : oK..this is the best site
to view such a
grand memory for EXPO 86.Brings back lasting memories I can treasure for
a long
time.Who can ever think this ever happened to our Great city and look what
happened! It expanded our city triple folds and made it the
Name/Handle : Don
Country or city : Vancouver
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : Great Website! It was and
likely will be
the best summer of my life. All for only for the entire run. Thanks for
re-visit to the best
thing that ever happened to Vancouver (thus far)
Name/Handle : Tracey
Country or city : North Vancouver
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : I worked at expo on the
ferries that
shuttled people from one end of the site to the other. Had a wonderful
summer there
and made many friends.
Name/Handle : Ken Larson
Country or city : USA
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : The most wonderful experience
of my
life!!!!! I miss the city and everyone there.
Name/Handle : Siaussac
Country or city : france - lyon
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : thank for the site - bring
me back to a the
wonderful time were i was working at the european community pavillon dom
Name/Handle : Mike Garrett
Country or city : St Catharines
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : Was at Expo when i was ten
years old
and it was a fantastic experience ill never forget. If canada ever hosts
another
exposition its a mandatory visit.
Name/Handle : Shelley
Country or city : Abbotsford BC
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : I was 19 & it was an
amazing experience.
The last nite fireworks are the biggest Ive ever seen...still!!
Name/Handle : California
Country or city : USA
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : I remember turning 16 right
before
making it to the fair. There was a group of us high schoolers that made
the trip up to
BC. We all just wandered in the huge playground that he fair was and smoked
great
BC pot on the long gondola that scaled the grounds.
Name/Handle : Alanne Schellenberg
Country or city : Nanaimo, BC
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : I have fond memories of
Expo 86 from the
amazing Highway to the song Somethings Happening here. To giving my heart
to
Christ at the Pavilion of Promise. Best decision Ive ever made.
Name/Handle : Jessica B.
Country or city : Highland, Utah
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : I remember that I kissed
a boy who was a
lot older than me and then getting mono soon afterwards.
Name/Handle : Lynetty
Country or city : Victoria, Canada
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : I loved expo, I was only
6 but my parents
took me every weekend it was great. My fondest memory was going to see
the Color
Wars movie that was there. If anyone know where I can get that movie please
let me
know. It was the bomb.
Name/Handle : Björgvin Örlygsson
Country or city : Iceland
Email (optional) : bjö[email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : Gott hjá þér
að búa til svona síðu! Expo
86 var alveg frábært!!!Þakka þér fyrir
kærlega!
Name/Handle : happyboy
Country or city : canada
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : just walking throughout
the fair and
visiting the canadian pacific pavilion was the my highlite. I was 22 then
now I am 42,
just seems like yesterday so vivid the expo site.
Name/Handle : Lisa
Country or city : United States (Dana Point, California)
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : I had the best time!! Thanks
for the
memories. I performed there with my Highschool Jazz choir when I was a
Junior.
Name/Handle : Dan W
Country or city : Whistler
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : incredible website, thanks
for all the hard
work, its very much appreciated, what a fair it was
Name/Handle : Brian
Country or city : Canada
Email (optional) : briantaylor@dccnet
Comments, memories and Questions : You have a incredible site,
I worked at
McBarge (thats me washing the walkway from the Zodiak (TIDY TUG)in the
photo
during EXPO 86 and have the most incredible memories... thanks for reminding
me
how lucky I was to have been there.
Name/Handle : ST
Country or city : Edmonton
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : Great site! My lifelong
memory is getting
a kiss on the cheek from Liberace after my mom made me ask him for his
autograph.
(I was 8 years old.)
Name/Handle : Roybean
Country or city : Yukon
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : Im a 49 yr. old Tlingit
from the Yukon. I
was a 30 yr. old cook in a chick and ribs tent and had the rare chance
to see Expo. It
was the only, and the best extravaganza Id ever seen. You went straight
for the heart of
myself, and I amagine, thousands of others. Thanks for the
memories!
Name/Handle : Kelly
Country or city : Vic, Canada
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : Im 16, wish I could have
gone to the Expo
86, sounds sweet!
Name/Handle : Kathrin
Country or city : Germany
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : Thank you for the very very
funny
informations and pictures from Vancouver, my beloved city. I have to come
back in the
next year, 2005!
Name/Handle : Terry
Country or city : Van. Can.
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : The time of my life! Expo
was my first job.
I was a groundskeeper, 15 and worked in the red zone. I think about that
fair alot.
Name/Handle : dave
Country or city : vancouver
Email (optional) :
Comments, memories and Questions : thank you for bringing back
these great
moments!
Name/Handle : Jess
Country or city : Ontario Canada
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : I am looking for information
on the Time
Capsule from Expo 86 in Vancouver. i put some stuff into it, and vowed
to be there for
the opening, except i was just a kid then and I forgot when its supposed
to be opened
(hope i didntmiss it!!) Can anyone tell m
Name/Handle : Lars Bjerke
Country or city : USA
Email (optional) : [email protected]
Comments, memories and Questions : I went to the expo during
my kindergarden
year in school. I went to Lowell Elementry in BELLINGHAM, WA.
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