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Annie Forrest with her class at Kingsway West
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1324
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students at Kingsway West School standing in four rows on the front steps of the school. Their teacher, (Miss) Annie Forrest, is wearing a dark jacket over a polka dot shirt (and is standing to the left). The students are; top row (l to r): Harvey Hickenbotham, Bobby Nayes, Kenneth Ha…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students at Kingsway West School standing in four rows on the front steps of the school. Their teacher, (Miss) Annie Forrest, is wearing a dark jacket over a polka dot shirt (and is standing to the left). The students are; top row (l to r): Harvey Hickenbotham, Bobby Nayes, Kenneth Harding, Allen Sharpe, Douglas Heywood, Frank Gilpin and Frank Fletcher. In the second row; Shirley Stibbs, Grace MacSorley, Edith McDonald, Kenneth Bradley, Robert Houlden, Richard Pickwell, Fred Slaney, Gordon Brawnlie, Eric Bliss, John Matheson and Fraser Robertson. In the third row; Joan Richards, Eileen Uychara, Margaret Douglas, Dorothy Graham, Lois McLeod, Eileen Currie, Edith Frith, Shirley Hamill, Lillian McKenzie, Patricia Peacock and Robert Magee. In the front row; Dorothy Wray, Renee Berg, Kathleen Boyd, Evelyn Webster, Isobel Copland, (Agnes Sollaway or Marion Braniff), Doreen Parks, Wanda Cullen, Rona Smith, Jean Gray, Janet Soda and Mary Webster.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Hickenbotham, Harvey
- Nayes, Bobby
- Harding, Kenneth
- Sharpe, Allen
- Heywood, Douglas
- Gilpin, Frank
- Fletcher, Frank
- Stibbs, Shirley
- MacSorley, Grace
- McDonald, Edith
- Bradley, Kenneth
- Houlden, Robert "Bobby"
- Pickwell, Richard "Dick"
- Slaney, Fred
- Brawnlie, Gordon
- Bliss, Eric
- Matheson, John
- Robertson, Fraser
- Richards, Joan
- Uychara, Eileen
- Douglas, Margaret
- Graham, Dorothy
- McLeod, Lois
- Currie, Eileen
- Frith, Edith
- Hamill, Shirley
- McKenzie, Lillian
- Peacock, Patricia
- Magee, Robert "Bobby"
- Woodman, Dorothy Eva Wray
- Berg, Renee
- Boyd, Kathleen
- Webster, Evelyn
- Copland, Isobel
- Parks, Doreen
- Cullen, Wanda
- Smith, Rona
- Gray, Jean
- Soda, Janet
- Webster, Mary
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- June 1931
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For other prints of the same image, see BV999.2.13 and .14
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Left to right 1930-1931 Top row. Harvey Hickenbotham, Bobby Nayes, Kenneth Harding, Allen Sharpe, Douglas Heywood, Frank Gilpin, Frank Fletcher / 2nd row. Shirley Stibbs, Grace MacSouley, Edith McDonald, Kenneth Bradley, Robert Houlden, Richard Pickwell, Fred Slaney, Gordon Brawnlie, Eric Bliss, John Matheson, Fraser Robertson/ 3rd row Joan Richards, Eileen Uychara, Margaret Douglas, Dorothy Graham, Lois McLeod, Eileen Currie, Edith Faith, Shirley Hamil, Lillian McKenzie, Patricia Peacock, Robert Magee / 4th row. Dorothy Wray, Renee Berg, Kathleen Boyd, Evelyn Webster, Isobel Copland, Agnes Sollaway, Doreen Parks, Wanda Cullen, Rona Smith, Jean Gray, Janet Soda, Mary Webster"
Images
![Annie Forrest with her class at Kingsway West, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900020015.jpg?width=280)
Annie Forrest with her class at Kingsway West
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1327
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students at Kingsway West School standing in three rows on the front steps of the school with their teacher, (Miss) Annie Forrest, crouched behind the top row (on the right). In the top row Richard Pickwell is fifth from the left, with Harvey Hickenbotham sixth, Bobby Nayes seventh, R…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students at Kingsway West School standing in three rows on the front steps of the school with their teacher, (Miss) Annie Forrest, crouched behind the top row (on the right). In the top row Richard Pickwell is fifth from the left, with Harvey Hickenbotham sixth, Bobby Nayes seventh, Robert Magee eighth and Eric Bliss last (twelfth). The second row begins on the far left with Fraser Robertson, with Allen Sharpe second and Edith Frith last (twelfth). The front row begins with Janet Soda on the far right, Patricia Peacock fourth, Eileen Uychara sixth, Jean Gray ninth, Dorothy Graham tenth and Grace MacSorley last (twelfth). There is a sign by the stairs that reads, "ANY PERSON HAVING BUSINESS IN THE SCHOOL MUST APPLY TO PRINCIPAL. NO CANVASSING PERMITTED."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Hickenbotham, Harvey
- Pickwell, Richard "Dick"
- Nayes, Bobby
- Magee, Robert "Bobby"
- Bliss, Eric
- Robertson, Fraser
- Sharpe, Allen
- Frith, Edith
- Soda, Janet
- Peacock, Patricia
- Uychara, Eileen
- Gray, Jean
- Graham, Dorothy
- MacSorley, Grace
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1931"
Images
![Annie Forrest with her class at Kingsway West, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900020015.jpg)
![Barnet School Class, [1930 or 1931] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/016-001.jpg?width=280)
Barnet School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34290
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930 or 1931]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Barnet School teacher and her class sitting and standing in rows outside the school. Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Barnet School, Barnet BC, 1928", however later information suggests that it is more likely 1930 or 1931.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930 or 1931]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 016-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Barnet School teacher and her class sitting and standing in rows outside the school. Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Barnet School, Barnet BC, 1928", however later information suggests that it is more likely 1930 or 1931.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Barnet Village
- Street Address
- 7820 Barnet Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Barnet School Class, [1930 or 1931] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/016-001.jpg)
Burnaby North High School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36683
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 9.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby North High School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 9.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-038
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby North High School.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Pandora Street
- Street Address
- 4375 Pandora Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Burnaby North High School Teachers, [193-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-074.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby North High School Teachers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36719
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby North High School Teachers. Top row, left to right: Mr. McFadden, Mr. MacLean, Mr. Cameron, and Mr. Stuart Burton. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Spencer, Mr. George B. Carpenter, and Miss Mary Buxton.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-074
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby North High School Teachers. Top row, left to right: Mr. McFadden, Mr. MacLean, Mr. Cameron, and Mr. Stuart Burton. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Spencer, Mr. George B. Carpenter, and Miss Mary Buxton.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Pandora Street
- Street Address
- 4375 Pandora Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Burnaby North High School Teachers, [193-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-074.jpg)
Burnaby South High school choir
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35454
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby South High School choir. Identified: (front row, 2nd from left) Grace Smith, teacher (later, Grace Pletcher). She was the daughter of James and Agnes Smith of Royal Oak Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-312
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby South High School choir. Identified: (front row, 2nd from left) Grace Smith, teacher (later, Grace Pletcher). She was the daughter of James and Agnes Smith of Royal Oak Road.
- Names
- Pletcher, Grace Smith
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Burnaby South High School orchestra
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35458
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby South High School orchestra. Identified: (front row, 3rd from left) Grace Smith, teacher and band leader. Grace Smith (later Grace Pletcher) was the daughter of James and Agnes Smith.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-316
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby South High School orchestra. Identified: (front row, 3rd from left) Grace Smith, teacher and band leader. Grace Smith (later Grace Pletcher) was the daughter of James and Agnes Smith.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Burnaby South High School Staff, [1936 or 1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-021.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby South High School Staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription86670
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of staff from Burnaby South High School 1937-38 standing on stairs outside of the school. Staff are identified from left to right; back row: Bob, McKeown, C. Scott, Bill McKeown, Herb Fleming, Tom Chalmers, Fred Pratt, Norm McDonald; middle row: Alvin Mooney, George Grant, Hester Draper,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-021
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of staff from Burnaby South High School 1937-38 standing on stairs outside of the school. Staff are identified from left to right; back row: Bob, McKeown, C. Scott, Bill McKeown, Herb Fleming, Tom Chalmers, Fred Pratt, Norm McDonald; middle row: Alvin Mooney, George Grant, Hester Draper, Emma Parks, Tom Sanderson, Jack Harkness; front row: Janey Findlay, Catherine Rees, Laura Swencisky, Mabel nee Young (Hardy), Olive Day, Helen Putnam and Betty Hammond.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- McKeown, Robert
- Scott, C.
- McKeown, B.A.
- Fleming, Herb
- Chalmers, Thomas "Tom"
- Pratt, Fred
- McDonald, Norm
- Mooney, Alvin
- Grant, George Jr.
- Draper, Hester
- Parks, Emma
- Sanderson, Thomas "Tommy" James
- Harkness, Jack
- Findlay, Janey
- Rees, Catherine "Cathy"
- Swencisky, Laura
- Young, Mabel
- Hardy, Mabel
- Martin, Olive Day
- Putnam, Helen
- Hammond, Betty
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on notes located on back of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Staff, Burnaby South HIgh School - Term 1937-38" and identifies the staff in the photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Burnaby South High School Staff, [1936 or 1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-021.jpg)
![Burnaby South High School Staff, [1936 or 1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-022.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby South High School Staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription86684
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of staff from Burnaby South High School 1937-38 standing on stairs outside of the school. Staff are identified from left to right; back row: Robert McKeown, Mr. C. Scott, Mr. Fred Pratt; third row: Mr. Ireland, Mr. (George) Grant, Mr. (Norm) McDonald, Mr. (Herb) Fleming; second row: Mr. …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-022
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of staff from Burnaby South High School 1937-38 standing on stairs outside of the school. Staff are identified from left to right; back row: Robert McKeown, Mr. C. Scott, Mr. Fred Pratt; third row: Mr. Ireland, Mr. (George) Grant, Mr. (Norm) McDonald, Mr. (Herb) Fleming; second row: Mr. (Thomas) Sanderson, Miss (Betty) Hammond, Miss (Helen) Putnam, Miss (Hester) Draper, Mr. (Jack) Harkness; front row: Miss (Janey) Findlay, Miss Kidd, Miss (Mabel) Young, Miss (Catherine) Rees, Miss (Laura) Swenisky.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- McKeown, Robert
- Scott, C.
- Fleming, Herb
- Pratt, Fred
- Grant, George Jr.
- Draper, Hester
- Sanderson, Thomas "Tommy" James
- Harkness, Jack
- Findlay, Janey
- Rees, Catherine "Cathy"
- Swencisky, Laura
- Young, Mabel
- Hardy, Mabel
- Putnam, Helen
- Hammond, Betty
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on notes located on back of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Staff, Burnaby South High School, 1936-37" and identifies the staff in the photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Burnaby South High School Staff, [1936 or 1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-022.jpg)
![Burnaby South High School students, [between 1935 and 1938] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-024.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby South High School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription86750
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1935 and 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Burnaby South High School on the stairs outside of the school. Teacher, Mabel nee Young (Hardy) is seated on the far left of the front row, none of the students have been identified by name.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1935 and 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Burnaby South High School on the stairs outside of the school. Teacher, Mabel nee Young (Hardy) is seated on the far left of the front row, none of the students have been identified by name.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Burnaby South High School students, [between 1935 and 1938] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-024.jpg)
![Class 16, Burnaby South High School, [1937 or 1938] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-023.jpg?width=280)
Class 16, Burnaby South High School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription86685
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1937 or 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Class 16 of Burnaby South High School 1937-38 seated on the stairs outside of the school. Students are identified from left to right; back row: Arnold Stevens, Alvin Tracey, Len Ridgway, Ken McHale, Ralph Hollett, Cliff Adams, Cecil Bernard, George London; fourth row: Ca…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1937 or 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-023
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Class 16 of Burnaby South High School 1937-38 seated on the stairs outside of the school. Students are identified from left to right; back row: Arnold Stevens, Alvin Tracey, Len Ridgway, Ken McHale, Ralph Hollett, Cliff Adams, Cecil Bernard, George London; fourth row: Carol Armstrong, Verna Moller, Evelyn Newman, Laura Card, Dorothy Deroche, Audrey Brown, Betty Salisbury, Gilbert Porter; third row: Hazel Alexander, Effie Langford, Ivy Baldwin, Eleanor Moller, Mabel Conrad, W. Davies, Gladys Guthrie, Dorothy Jackson; second row: Florence Breed, Dorothy Douglas, Grace Harrison, Lucy Speckman, Barbara Moson, Dorothy Gordon, Maxine Bard, Elaine Pappas; front row: M. Young, Winnie Dunbury, Jessie Reynolds, Frances Guthrie, Jean McDonald, Grace Brown, Doris Cleghorn, Bob Robertson.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Stevens, Arnold
- Tracey, Alvin
- Ridgway, Len
- McHale, Ken
- Hollett, Ralph
- Adams, Cliff
- Bernard, Cecil
- London, George
- Armstrong, Carol
- Moller, Verna
- Newman, Evelyn
- Card, Laura
- Deroche, Dorothy
- Brown, Audrey
- Salisbury, Betty
- Porter, Gilbert
- Alexander, Hazel
- Langford, Al
- Langford, Effie
- Baldwin, Ivy
- Moller, Eleanor
- Conrad, Mabel
- Davies, W.
- Guthrie, Gladys
- Jackson, Dorothy
- Breed, Florence
- Douglas, Dorothy
- Harrison, Grace
- Speckman, Lucy
- Moson, Barbara
- Gordon, Dorothy
- Bard, Maxine
- Pappas, Elaine
- Young, Mabel
- Dunbury, Winnie
- Reynolds, Jessie
- Guthrie, Frances
- McDonald, Jean
- Brown, Grace
- Cleghorn, Doris
- Robertson, Bobby
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on notes located on back of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Class 16, BSHS, Term 1937-38" and identifies the students in the photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Class 16, Burnaby South High School, [1937 or 1938] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-023.jpg)
![Class 'E' Burnaby South High School, [1936 or 1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-020.jpg?width=280)
Class 'E' Burnaby South High School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription86606
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 12.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Class 'E' of Burnaby South High School 1936-37. Students are grouped together outside the school in front of a stone wall and fence. Students are identified from left to right; back row: Edgar Sheldon, Jack Pickwell, Arthur Lewis, Ellis Breed, Jack Brown, Clifford Murphy, George Nesbi…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 12.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-020
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Class 'E' of Burnaby South High School 1936-37. Students are grouped together outside the school in front of a stone wall and fence. Students are identified from left to right; back row: Edgar Sheldon, Jack Pickwell, Arthur Lewis, Ellis Breed, Jack Brown, Clifford Murphy, George Nesbitt, David Frith, Pete Smith, Ken Smith, Delmar Birlch, Ken Cross and Dick Frisko; third row: Eileen Hassell, Pat Speirs, Marjorie Anderson, Maruine Walker, Pearl Dakin, Margaret Anford, Helen Pickwell, Doreen Gold, Katherine Stevenson, Barbara Gold, Ruth Nichols, Jean O'Brien, Caroline McArthur; second row: Ida Mancell, Betty Hanna, Eileen Sanders, Nora Palmer, Connie Coulson, Eileen Thould, Margaret Thould, Margaret Johnston, Hilda Dunn (teacher), Mary Massey, Joyce Thornley and Mabel nee Young (Hardy) (teacher); and front row: Lavina Worms, Gwen McLeod, Reta Elliott, Margaret Sutherland, Margaret Buchanan, Pat Leworne, Ruth Thomson, Ben Lewarne, Dorothy Simpson and Grace Frith.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Hardy, Mabel
- Young, Mabel
- Burnaby South High School
- Sheldon, Edgar
- Pickwell, Jack
- Lewis, Arthur
- Breed, Ellis
- Brown, Jack
- Murphy, Clifford
- Nesbitt, George
- Frith, David
- Smith, Peter F.
- Smith, Ken
- Birlch, Delmar
- Cross, Ken
- Frisko, Dick
- Hassell, Eileen
- Speirs, Pat
- Anderson, Marjorie
- Walker, Maurine
- Dakin, Pearl
- Anford, Margaret
- Pickwell, Helen
- Gold, Doreen
- Gold, Barbara
- Stevenson, Katherine
- Nichols, Ruth
- O'Brien, Jean
- McArthur, Caroline
- Mancell, Ida
- Hanna, Betty
- Sanders, Eileen
- Palmer, Nora
- Coulter, Nora Palmer
- Thould, Eileen
- Thould, Margaret
- Coulson, Connie
- Johnston, Margaret
- Dunn, Hilda
- Massey, Mary
- Thornley, Joyce
- Worms, Lavina
- McLeod, Gwen
- Elliott, Rita
- Sutherland, Margaret
- Buchanan, Margaret
- Lewarne, Ben
- Thomson, Ruth
- Simpson, Dorothy
- Frith, Grace
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on notes located on back of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Class "E" / 1936-37"
- 1 note identifying students in the photograph accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Class 'E' Burnaby South High School, [1936 or 1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/570/570-020.jpg)
![Edmonds Street School, [between 1915 and 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/280-007.jpg?width=280)
Edmonds Street School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36497
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edmonds Street School. This photograph was used as promotional material for Ward and Leverington Contractors.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ward family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 280-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edmonds Street School. This photograph was used as promotional material for Ward and Leverington Contractors.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Edmonds Community School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Continuation of title:"...- WARD & LEVERINGTON CONTRACTORS -"
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7641 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Edmonds Street School, [between 1915 and 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/280-007.jpg)
Gilmore Avenue School Grade 1 Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37531
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Gilmore School Grade 1 class. The teacher is Miss Gower.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-119
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Gilmore School Grade 1 class. The teacher is Miss Gower.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School students, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1988/1988_0031_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription101
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of students standing in front of Gilmore Avenue School with their teacher. There are five rows of boys and girls aged about twelve years old. The girls are all wearing knee length dresses or skirts with a low waist band and stockings. The boys are mostly wearing button up shir…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of students standing in front of Gilmore Avenue School with their teacher. There are five rows of boys and girls aged about twelve years old. The girls are all wearing knee length dresses or skirts with a low waist band and stockings. The boys are mostly wearing button up shirts. Many of the students are also wearing neckties.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV988.31.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 912
- Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "Gilmore st. School/ year?"
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School students, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1988/1988_0031_0003_001.jpg)
Head tax certificate issued to Dung Way How
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15546
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the Interior to Dung Way How (Dong Howe). The certificate was first issued on March 18, 1922 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Dung Way How. Certifi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the Interior to Dung Way How (Dong Howe). The certificate was first issued on March 18, 1922 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Dung Way How. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Chinese Immigration authorities between 1922 and 1934. Information on the front of the certificate reads "...This Certifies That / Dung Way How whose photograph is attached / hereto arrived or landed at Vancouver B.C. / on the 23rd day of January 1922 / ex "Empress of Asia" / and upon representations made has been / admitted as exempt from head tax under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Bark Choon Jong in the District of Pon Yue of the age of 20 years. The declaration in this case is C.I.4. No. 3715 Date at Vancouver on March 18, 1922" signed by "Controller of Chinese Immigration". Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION".
- History
- Dung Way How (Dong Howe) arrived from Bak Chun (North Village), Guangdong in 1922 as a paper son. He had two sons during his first marriage, but the sons remained in China and one died at a young age. He married his second wife Chow Goon Pang through an arranged marriage. She was married twice previously and had a son from each marriage, but neither of them survived. Chow was from Nam Chun (South Village) and arrived in Canada as a paper daughter around the late 1930s or early 1940s. Both Dong and Chow spoke a Poon Yue dialect. The couple raised one daughter Vivian Dong (Dong Jing Yu) in Canada. The Dong family leased and operated the New Fountain hotel in Vancouver located at Abbott Street and Cordova Street. The family later went on to purchase farmland in Burnaby in 1957. The Dong family moved to Burnaby and operated a three acre market garden located at 6220 14th Avenue until 1972. They grew European staples including celery, radishes, green onions, beets, lettuces, endives, as well as Chinese vegetables such as gai lan (Chinese broccoli). There were two Chinese families in the area, including the Wong family who operated the Wong Chew market gardens 6325 14th Avenue. Dong Howe passed away in 1978. Chow Goon Pang passed away in 2000. Their daughter Vivian grew up in Burnaby and attended Riverside Elementary, McPherson Junior High School and Burnaby South Secondary School.
- Creator
- Government of Canada
- Names
- Howe, Dong
- Accession Code
- BV021.13.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 25, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee], 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/2021/2021_0018_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16717
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Q…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Quan Lip Lee. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Canadian and Chinese Immigration authorities between 1924 and 1949. Information on the front of the certificate reads "DOMINION OF CANADA / IMMIGRATION BRANCH - DEPARTMENT.../ RECEIVED FRO.../ Lee Quon Lep whose photograph is attached / hereto on the date and at the place hereunder mentioned the sum / of five Hundred Dollars being the head tax due under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Gong Doey Lee / in the district of Sun Way / of the age of 12 years arrived or landed / at Vancouver on the 28th day of / November 1921 ex Empress [sic] of Asia / The declaration in this case is C.I.4 No. 3716 / Dated at Vancouver on Dec 12, 1921_19_/ (signature) / CONTROLLER OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION". Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION" along with Chinese language characters printed vertically below.
- Creator
- Government of Canada
- Names
- Lee, Quon Lip
- Accession Code
- BV021.18.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- April 8, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
![Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee], 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/2021/2021_0018_0001_001.jpg)
Interview with Annie Boulanger by Rod Fowler April 9, 1990 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory488
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1925-1970
- Length
- 00:07:42
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Annie Boulanger’s family history, her parents’ origin, work and move to Burnaby, what the Napier Street area looked like in the 1950s and the Government Street neighbourhood in the 1960s, her education and teaching career, and her marriage. She explains why Go…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Annie Boulanger’s family history, her parents’ origin, work and move to Burnaby, what the Napier Street area looked like in the 1950s and the Government Street neighbourhood in the 1960s, her education and teaching career, and her marriage. She explains why Government Street has a jog in it at Brighton.
- Date Range
- 1925-1970
- Length
- 00:07:42
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Government Road Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 9, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Annie Boulanger, conducted by Rod Fowler. Annie Boulanger was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Annie Boulanger’s volunteer community work in Burnaby, including initiating the teaching of french and gymnastics at Seaforth School where her children attended, doing historical research and oral histories for Burnaby Heritage Village and the SFU Archives, becoming a long term member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club, being a member and President of Burnaby Arts Council, and member of the Parks Board's Centre for the Performing Arts Committee (1987). The interview focuses attention on the Arts Council’s financial difficulties between 1985 and 1990, and the need for a comprehensive approach to supporting the arts through a municipal arts policy. Annie Boulanger also talks about her parents’ history, their home on Napier Street and her later home on Government Road, her education and teaching career, and her arts journalism. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Annie Urbanovits Boulanger’s parents emigrated from Hungary to Toronto, Louis in 1925 and Irene in 1930, where they married. Louis and Irene Boulanger moved to Vancouver where Louis worked in the Vancouver Shipyards during WWII and then for Nichols Chemical Company in Barnet for 15 years. While the Urbanovits family lived in Cloverdale, Louis commuted to Kask’s Camp in Barnet, until they moved to Burnaby in 1951 to an old farm purchased on Napier Street. Between 1951 and 1956 Annie completed her BA degree, majoring in chemistry and english with a minor in physical education, and obtained her teaching diploma at UBC. She taught for 4 years in various locations in BC before marrying and moving to Manitoba and Ottawa. She and her husband and five children (two more children to come later) returned to Burnaby in 1964 to a home on Government Street to be close to family. Annie Boulanger became involved in the community first through her children’s school, initiating and teaching french classes in Seaforth School in 1969, and supporting the development of gymnastics in school and as a municipal program. Her interest in Archives lead to doing oral histories for John Adams, curator of Heritage Village [Burnaby Heritage Village], and for SFU Archives. She became a long time member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club in the 1970s, taking a course in writing non-fiction from Chris Potter. In 1983 Annie Boulanger joined the Burnaby Arts Council, becoming President in 1985. She was involved in lobbying the municipality for better monetary support and facilities for the arts and for the creation of a Municipal Arts Policy. She has continued to promote the arts in Burnaby through her appointment to Burnaby’s Visual Arts Advisory Board in 1997, her arts journalism, writing regular book and theatre reviews for the local newspaper, and other activities. She was a member of the Burnaby Centennial Committee and was one of the editors of the book “Burnaby Centennial Anthology”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:41:53
- Interviewee Name
- Boulanger, Annie
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Annie Boulanger
Track six of interview with Annie Boulanger
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-022/MSS187-022_Track_6.mp3Interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19348
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 56 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 57 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interview opens with introductions and how the content of the interview can be drawn on by Burnaby Village Museum for future …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 56 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 57 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Anushay Malik Co Interviewer and technical support: Kate Petrusa Interviewee: Dr. Sadhu Binning Location of Interview: Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 25, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 3 Total Length of all Tracks: (1:15:57) Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto three separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interview opens with introductions and how the content of the interview can be drawn on by Burnaby Village Museum for future exhibits and for researchers to learn more about the history of the South Asian community in Burnaby. During the interview, Dr. Binning shares his ancestral background along with his relatives' and his own personal experiences as a South Asian immigrant living and working in British Columbia and Burnaby. Dr. Binning conveys that he’s a Burnaby resident who’s lived in Burnaby since 1973 and that his children were born here. Binning shares his ancestral heritage beginning with his uncle Dhana Singh who emigrated from Punjab to British Columbia in 1931 and began working in the forest industry. He explains how Dhana Singh and another partner owned, operated and worked in small sawmills in the vicinity of Kamloops, Williams Lake and also on Vancouver Island. Binning conveys that in the beginning Dhana Singh and many other South Asian immigrants were not legal residents until 1938. In 1938, about 350 South Asian immigrants (mainly Punjabi) gathered resources to hire a lawyer to obtain permanent residency. Binning mentions that one of the notable South Asians in the group who was also a close friend of his uncle, was Darshan Singh Sangha, a trade unionist who was a founding member of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) union and an active member of the Communist Party of Canada. Binning conveys how Darshan Singh Sangha returned to India in 1947 to be a part of the revolution, how he was very active in the communist movement in India. While in India, Darshan Singh Sangha, was known as Canadian and thereby adopted “Canadian” as his surname, becoming “Darshan Singh Canadian”. Binning further explains that his uncle Dhana Singh Sangha returned to India in 1951, married and came back to B.C. in 1957 bringing with him, his wife and children. In 1960, with the support of his uncle, Binning’s father, Jit Singh Binning immigrated to British Columbia and began working in sawmills in the lower mainland, Kamloops, Quesnel and on Vancouver Island. Binning clarifies that his uncle, Dhana Singh was able to immigrate to Canada with the support of his cousins from the Tarker Singh Bains family. Binning further describes Darshan Singh Sangha’s involvement with the Communist party and the IWA and how the majority of the members were from the forest industry. As an active and prominent member of the labour movement, Darshan Singh Sangha fought for the rights of South Asians and Chinese who working in the industry and facing racism, unfair wages and discriminatory practices. Binning describes how Darshan Singh Sangha wrote a book in English in 1943, titled “Rise of the New Asia”. Binning conveys how immigrants of Chinese and South Asian decent didn’t have the right to vote in British Columbia and how Darshan Singh Sangha was instrumental in obtaining the right to vote in British Columbia, although he was never given the credit. Binning describes his uncle Dhana Singh as a likeable guy with many friends, first living in Kamloops before moving to Vancouver. Binning imparts how the sport of wrestling is a popular Punjabi sport along with Punjabi kabaddi. He conveys that his uncle became involved in wrestling while working in sawmills. South Asian immigrants had to do physical labour working in sawmills, the work could be tough and could often lead to physical fights. A number of South Asian immigrants working in the mills already had experience as wrestlers from back home. Dhana Singh later left the lumber industry to work in the agriculture sector. Binning explains how immigration rules changed in the 1960s which lead to larger numbers of South Asians immigrating to Canada. Many of these new immigrants were educated and politically conscious. All of these new immigrants faced racism but being politically conscious from an independent India and with the ability to speak English they organized themselves to fight for their rights. Binning imagines the items that his uncle and his father may have brought with them in their suitcase when immigrating to Canada. Binning describes three items, including a rajai (a blanket with cotton inside that is sewn together), a bistra (small attaché case or trunk) and a piece of cloth to lie on. Binning further describes the roles in Indian society as caste divisions and that it was usually women’s work in making the rajais. Binning recollects the locations that his father and his family lived after coming to Vancouver. Binning explains that a few years after living together in Vancouver, he and his family moved to Burnaby in 1973 to be closer to his Dr. Binning’s wife, Jagdish Binning’s family. Dr. Binning and family lived in a house in Burnaby located on Irmin Street near Royal Oak between 1973 and 1987. While living at this house their children attended McPherson Park Junior High School and later Burnaby South Secondary School. Binning reflects on some of the racism that he and his family have faced while living in Burnaby which led him to write a poem that he published in 1994 titled “No More Watno Dur”. Binning explains the meaning of the title “Watan” meaning “country and everybody” “a country far way from the motherland”. Binning explains the origins of the magazine “Watan” that was started by a friend in 1973. The magazine got its roots in Vancouver in 1973 from an organization called the “Punjabi Literary Association”. Binning became the editor of the magazine in 1976 and his friend joined him as assistant editor in 1978. Binning continued to work as editor until 1983 or 1984 when he returned to school to complete his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree. Binning describes the origins of the “Vancouver Sath” that was formed by a small group of South Asians around 1982. Binning was a founding member of the organization and held meetings and rehearsals at his house in Burnaby. Vancouver Sath first started out as an informal discussion forum by a group of politically conscious Punjabi writers and activists. Binning talks about issues and problems that Vancouver Sath addressed including; racism as well as domestic violence in the South Asian community. Binning explains how he and Sukhwant Hundal wrote articles on these issues and others that were happening in the South Asian community in Canada. Binning talks about how in 1983, the group was inspired to begin performing theatrical works after consulting with Gursharan Singh who was from a well known theatrical group from Punjab who were performing in Vancouver. In the beginning the Vancouver Sath’s plays were focused on the problems in Punjab but they soon decided to address social issues in their own South Asian community here in Canada. Binning summarizes and draws attention to, some of the plays that Vancouver Sath has written and performed including; “Picket Line”, about Punjabi women farmworkers’ rights; “Lattan de Bhoot”, about domestic abuse; “A Crop of Poison”; “Kihda Viah” (English translation- “Whose Marriage”) about arranged marriage and others about social issues in the South Asian community. The plays were performed in public schools and community centres in Vancouver and Richmond, Simon Fraser University and some were also performed in Toronto, Calgary and Williams Lake. Binning mentions some of the traditional foods that he likes to eat and where he and his family have shopped to find ingredients. He recalls how his mother, Gurmaje Kaur Binning did all of the cooking and was often cooking all day long. In the sixties, the Binning family address on 13th Avenue in Vancouver was also used as a postal address for many friends and family who’d recently immigrated. When these friends dropped by to pick up their mail, his mother often provided them with tea and food. After Binning and his wife, Jagdish moved to their own home in 1973, he shared in some of the shopping and cooking but his wife did the majority of the work due to his busy schedule. The interview closes with Binning providing an explanation of how “Watno Dur” magazine changed it’s name to “Watan” magazine. Binning reflects on how this came to be, when he made the decision to get an education in Canada and to stay here, not just as a “Canadian” but as a “Punjabi Canadian.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Dr. Sadhu Binning was born on May 10, 1947 to mother Gurmej Kaur and father Jeet Singh Binning. Due to lack of proper records management in India at the time of his birth, it is believed that he was actually born sometime in December of 1947. He grew up alongside two brothers and one sister in a village located in Kapurthala, Punjab. Dr. Binning attended secondary school in the nearby city of Phagwara, Punjab although he did not complete his education here. Throughout his childhood, he enjoyed reading both Punjabi and Hindi novels and learned how to read Urdu as well. Dr. Binning’s uncle, Dhana Singh immigrated to Canada in 1933 and returned to India in 1953. When Dhana Singh returned to Canada in 1957, he sponsored Dr. Binning’s father, Jeet Singh Binning to immigrate. Dhana Singh co-owned a few saw mills in British Columbia and also worked in the truck driving industry. Dr. Binning remembers that some people who had lived in Canada would visit their village and that they appeared to be strong and healthy and looked happy. He also noticed that they would eat meat, so whenever they would visit there would be meat available. In 1967, when he was nineteen and a half years old, Dr. Binning immigrated Canada to join his father. He recalls his father and uncle and a friend arriving at the airport to pick him up. During his first few days, Dr. Binning made the decision to remove his turban and beard upon receiving advice from his uncle. Dr. Binning first obtained work on a farm in Abbotsford, working alongside his mother. While working, Dr. Binning also attended English classes in Vancouver. Dr. Binning’s Uncle Dhana Singh worked in a Vancouver saw mill and tried to help find work for his nephew but was unsuccessful. Dr. Binning soon found work at a saw mill in Avola and worked there until the end of the summer until a friend helped find him work in a saw mill in North Vancouver. During his free time, he enjoyed camping with friends. In 1970, Dr. Binning left the saw mill after obtaining a job at the post office. The post office offered lower wages than working at the mill but Dr. Binning believed that he would become more educated working here. While working as a postman, Dr. Binning recalls facing a lot of discrimination and racism and was often referred to as a ‘Paki’ multiple times a day. In 1973, Dr. Binning married Jagish Sihota. Sadhu and Jagdish originated from nearby villages in India and met each other in Canada. Dr. Binning’s wife, Jagdish worked at the Royal Bank of Canada for thirty years until her retirement. While working, she also looked after the household and their son and daughter. Jagdish also handwrote a magazine, “Watno Dur’ (English translation: ‘away from homeland’) which was distributed in the community. In 1976, Dr. Binning became the editor of the magazine and the name was later changed to “Watan’ as they had accepted their new homeland of Canada. While working at the post office, Dr. Binning also attended night school starting in eighth grade. After receiving his high school diploma, he was accepted to Simon Fraser University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Anthropology and Sociology and in 1986 he obtained a Masters degree from Simon Fraser University. While attending university, Dr. Binning was very active within the community and wanted to work to improve society. He first thought that he would return to India to contribute and improve rights in his homeland but upon seeing the prevalence of the movements in Canada, he realized that work needed to be done here too. In 1983, Dr. Binning became a founding member and contributor to a theatrical collective known as “Vancouver Sath”. The theatrical group produced plays that represented societal issues and were invited to perform at multiple conferences throughout British Columbia and Canada. The group focused and acknowledged the many issues in Punjab and in Canada. One of the plays that the group produced focused on the exploitation of Punjabi women who worked on farms in Canada. Dr. Binning continued to be involved as an integral member of Vancouver Sath until 1995. Over the years, Dr. Binning has strongly lobbied for Punjabi language education and between 1988 and 2008 he worked as Punjabi instructor at the University of British Columbia. He first worked as a teaching assistant at UBC under Dr. Harjot Oberoi and due to low wages, he simultaneously worked at the Post Office. In 2019, Dr. Binning received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from UBC in recognition of his work. Since 1973, Dr. Binning has lived in Burnaby and has resided in the same home that he and his wife Jagdish purchased in 1987. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, watercolour painting, travelling abroad and going on road trips. Interviewer biography: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Industries - Forestry
- Foods
- Migration
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Organizations - Unions
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Performances
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Names
- Binning, Dr. Sadhu
- Binning, Gurmaje Kaur
- Binning, Jit Singh
- Binning, Jagdish
- Sangha, Darshan Singh
- Canadian Farmworkers Union
- Hundal, Sukhwant
- Sangra, Harjinder
- Singh, Dhana
- Vancouver Sath
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Malik, Anushay
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning, [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022
Interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning, [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0003_004.mp3Interview with Edward Apps by Rod Fowler February 22, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory456
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1918-1950
- Length
- 00:05:30
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Ed Apps’ brief overview of the changes in Burnaby since he arrived in 1946, where he grew up in England, his war service, and the reasons that he and his wife Margaret immigrated to Canada from England
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Ed Apps’ brief overview of the changes in Burnaby since he arrived in 1946, where he grew up in England, his war service, and the reasons that he and his wife Margaret immigrated to Canada from England
- Date Range
- 1918-1950
- Length
- 00:05:30
- Subjects
- Migration
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 22, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Edward Apps, conducted by Rod Fowler. Ed Apps was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Ed Apps involvement in community groups, particularly his work in seniors organizations lobbying for seniors’ housing since his retirement, and views about the role of Rate Payer groups, unions and politics in the development of North and South Burnaby. He also talks about his origin in England, his war service, arrival with his wife Margaret in Burnaby in 1946, his work with the Burnaby School Board and for the local union, the location of some of the older schools, the history of his house, and briefly about his wife and children. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Edward Apps was born in 1918 in London, England, and grew up in Kent and Essex. In WWII he flew the third glider to land in Normandy on June 6th, 1944. He and his wife Margaret Hope (1915-1985) immigrated to British Columbia in 1946, joining his wife’s parents, who had immigrated earlier in 1939, in Burnaby Heights in North Burnaby. He worked for the Burnaby School Board as Foreman Painter, and served on CUPE Local 379 Executive, until his retirement in 1982. In 1948 Ed Apps bought his first lot, for $150.00, in the 4700 block on Georgia Street, building houses there and in the 4100 block before buying his present home, a ca.1900 farm building, in the same area in 1954. North Burnaby was “bush country and orchards” in the 1950s; his two sons played in the ravines; and the family used the tram system on Hastings and Boundary Road for transportation. Development of municipal services seemed slower in North than South Burnaby, and Ed Apps remembers the strong role Rate Payers groups had in creating local services and lobbying Municipal Council for provide services. After retirement Ed Apps became involved in several local and provincial seniors organizations, advocating for better housing, including serving on the Executives of the Network of Burnaby Seniors and the Council of Senior Citizens Organization, and was active in the provincial Seniors Research and Resource and CMHC Housing Committee. He also served on the Centennial Committee of Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:56:50
- Interviewee Name
- Apps, Ed
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Ed Apps
Track two of interview with Ed Apps
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-015/MSS187-015_Track_2.mp3