North Vancouver · The 1980s

Tim’s
Birthday

Fifteen photographs, one four-minute story, and a birthday hat with absolutely no respect for personal space.

Hear Benny tell the story

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Oral history

A birthday in
North Vancouver

The photographs hold the room exactly as it was: friends around a table, cards and cake, a Billy and the Boingers shirt—and sombreros that gradually take over the evening.

This is not a reconstruction polished into something it never was. It is the night as the camera caught it, with Benny’s own narration carrying the memory.

Listen

Benny remembers
Tim’s birthday

04:24 · Original narration

Best experienced with the photographs below.