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History: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten-hour days to build a shingle mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, a carpenter and millwright (and author of “The History of Burnaby”), also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lockdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920, Alfred married Mary Jane "Ada" Reynolds. Alfred and Mary Jane often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. The couple also had a dog named Bess. The Binghams were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth who were suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression. The Army was in operation for ten years and during that time, the members organised the credit union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union Act through the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started co-op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also the Secretary of the Burnaby Housing Committee. In 1946, he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane died on August 9, 1969. Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; MSS001, MSS142, and PC 010

Cheap Gas during Covid Pandemic

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 27, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Chevron Gas Station sign advertising gas for 85.9 cents per litre. The Chevron station is located at 6138 Kingsway.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 27, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 623-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2020-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Chevron Gas Station sign advertising gas for 85.9 cents per litre. The Chevron station is located at 6138 Kingsway.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Asbia, Cher

Notes: Transcribed title; Photographer's caption: "Huge drop in gas prices for a few weeks only"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6138 Kingsway

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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Gearing Up for Covid

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 22, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman walking outside the Market Crossing Shopping Centre wearing a respirator mask and camouflage jacket.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 22, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 623-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2020-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman walking outside the Market Crossing Shopping Centre wearing a respirator mask and camouflage jacket.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Asbia, Cher

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Marine Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Love for the Workers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 31, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the entrance to Twelfth Avenue School in Burnaby. The entrance is decorated with colourful paper hearts in support of health care workers. Two yellow hearts on the front doors read "Stay Safe!" and "Distance!" and a red heart above reads "We Miss You!".

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 31, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 623-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2020-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of the entrance to Twelfth Avenue School in Burnaby. The entrance is decorated with colourful paper hearts in support of health care workers. Two yellow hearts on the front doors read "Stay Safe!" and "Distance!" and a red heart above reads "We Miss You!".

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Asbia, Cher

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: 12th Avenue

Street Address: 7622 12th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Images

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Messages of Comfort

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 25, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a window of a private residence in south east Burnaby. The window is decorated in support of health care workers with a colourful sign in the window reading: "It Will Get Better Soon".

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 25, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 623-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2020-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of a window of a private residence in south east Burnaby. The window is decorated in support of health care workers with a colourful sign in the window reading: "It Will Get Better Soon".