n 1975 Sid Slade moved these Victoria motel units onto his land(Greg and Toglia’s now across from the co-op)without consulting with any government authority. His intention, to start a motel on Hornby was thwarted from the start. The units remained there for years gradually disintegrating . Eventually he managed to sell a few. You can still see them up Slade Road. The last one burned down in the eighties. Some say it was squatters that lit the match.
This was the year,1975, we were paving Central Road. Getting our gravel from the pit on Strachan Road we would drive right by the Co-op corner. Ginger Slade decided to take advantage of the traffic and opened her ‘Takeout’. All the truck drivers and machine operators would stop for lunch. Her Hamburgers were a favourite. Of course she operated without a license or health inspection but she seemed to fly under the radar and managed to serve food all summer long.
Working at Focus Prints I spent a few nights doing large prints of Roy Kyooka’s visions of gloves on the ground at Japan’s Olympic site.1970
When we went through the border the American agent wanted to know what was in the big box. We told him Art for a show in Seattle. He Wrote ‘Art in Big Box’ and required us to go inside and have the box searched. They found nothing illegal (pain in the ass)
My Favourite car. The comet had a big 8 and could really do time. I added a few embellishments over the years.