In the past 50 years, hundreds of thousands of Calgarians have walked past a time capsule in the city’s Plus 15 system without knowing it was there. In Greetings from 1975: The Calgary Time Capsule, host Peter Brown uncovers the time capsule’s story and explores its intriguing contents.
The time capsule held thousands of nominations from a 1975 contest to crown Calgary’s "Citizen of the Century," alongside letters from local organizations, citizens, and school children. Through the podcast, Peter shares some of the most entertaining stories behind these entries — from a Northwest Mounted Police officer who still sparked anger a century later, to the man who brought cowboy hats and pancakes to the Stampede, to a beloved zoo curator and his boa constrictor named Agnes.
Greetings from 1975 offers a revealing, surprising, and thought-provoking look at who and what we choose to remember, introducing listeners to engaging characters from Calgary’s past.
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In the past 50 years, hundreds of thousands of Calgarians have walked past a time capsule in the city’s Plus 15 system without knowing it was there. In Greetings from 1975: The Calgary Time Capsule, host Peter Brown uncovers the time capsule’s story and explores its intriguing contents.
The time capsule held thousands of nominations from a 1975 contest to crown Calgary’s "Citizen of the Century," alongside letters from local organizations, citizens, and school children. Through the podcast, Peter shares some of the most entertaining stories behind these entries — from a Northwest Mounted Police officer who still sparked anger a century later, to the man who brought cowboy hats and pancakes to the Stampede, to a beloved zoo curator and his boa constrictor named Agnes.
Greetings from 1975 offers a revealing, surprising, and thought-provoking look at who and what we choose to remember, introducing listeners to engaging characters from Calgary’s past.
We talk about Colonel James Walker, who was named Citizen of the Century.
We’ll hear a few final entries, and then audio from the ceremony in which the capsule was re-sealed. We finish with messages to the future — this podcast will be placed in the capsule!
Calgary Public Art Stories
In the past 50 years, hundreds of thousands of Calgarians have walked past a time capsule in the city’s Plus 15 system without knowing it was there. In Greetings from 1975: The Calgary Time Capsule, host Peter Brown uncovers the time capsule’s story and explores its intriguing contents.
The time capsule held thousands of nominations from a 1975 contest to crown Calgary’s "Citizen of the Century," alongside letters from local organizations, citizens, and school children. Through the podcast, Peter shares some of the most entertaining stories behind these entries — from a Northwest Mounted Police officer who still sparked anger a century later, to the man who brought cowboy hats and pancakes to the Stampede, to a beloved zoo curator and his boa constrictor named Agnes.
Greetings from 1975 offers a revealing, surprising, and thought-provoking look at who and what we choose to remember, introducing listeners to engaging characters from Calgary’s past.
