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Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20285
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recordings (wav) (121min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (121 min., 13 sec.)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 25, 2023. The interview is divided into four sections: early life of Harry Toy, the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser M…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Museum Oral Histories series
Subseries
Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recordings (wav) (121min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (121 min., 13 sec.)
Material Details
Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewees: Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy Location of Interview: Residence of Harry Toy Interview Date: September 25, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:01:13 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 25, 2023. The interview is divided into four sections: early life of Harry Toy, the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants’ Association and Harry's daughters, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy's memories of growing up in Burnaby. 00:00:00 – 00:23:53 Harry Toy shares biographical information about himself and his ancestors. Harry provides information about his migration to Canada and his life in Manitoba, attending school, working at the family restaurant and teaching high school. 00:23:53 – 00:41:16 Harry talks about moving his family to Burnaby and his experiences owning and operating the Canada Way Food Market. 00:41:17 – 00:54:19 Harry talks about his involvement with the Fraser Merchants Association (FMA) and provides some history about the organization. 00:54:20 – 1:22:44 Harry talks about running the Canada Way Food Market and the alterations that he made to the store over the years. Harry and his daughters comment as they look through photographs of Harry and his store and the Fraser Merchants Association. 1:22:45 – 2:01:14 Beverley and Christina talk about their early childhood in Manitoba and growing up in Burnaby. They recall what it was like growing up and working in the family owned store.
History
Interviewee biography: Harry Wee Koon Toy was born in February 9, 1936 in Taikong, Toisan county, Guangdong, China. Harry's father William Toy came to Canada in the early 1920s when he was ten years old. Harry arrived in Vancouver, Canada on September 9, 1950. After staying in Vancouver for one night, he joined his father in Neepawa, Manitoba where the family operated a cafe business (Royal Cafe). Harry grew up in Neepawa and graduated from the University of Manitoba and teacher's college. He became a high school teacher and worked at schools in Minnedosa and Gladstone, Manitoba teaching various subjects including, science, business, geography, history and physical education. Harry and his wife, had three daughters, Melinda, Beverley and Christina who were all born in Neepawa. When the family decided to move to the west coast, Harry was introduced to the grocery store business through an uncle who was a store operator. Around 1970, Harry purchased a grocery store at 4694 Canada Way in Burnaby which he named "Canada Way Food Market" and Harry and his daughters made their home at the back of the store. Harry owned and operated the store for approximately 40 years between 1970 and 2010. Around 1986, Harry purchased the butcher shop next door (4692 Canada Way) which was no longer in operation, expanding his store and adding a second storey to use a residence. Harry's children helped him operate the store throughout their childhood. In the early 1970s, corner stores were threatened by the spread of small chain-operated convenience stories from Eastern Canada to Vancouver. Formed in April 1972, the Fraser Merchants’ Association was established to protect the rights of corner store operators. With no paid legal help, the association was incorporated in Victoria, BC for the cost of 56 cents. The benefits of being a member of the association included warehouse and group purchasing, common advertising and other advantages of being part of an association. Founded by Gary Lee Ling and five others, Fraser Merchants’ Association’s first member was Graham Grocery. By 1978, the association represented over 200 corner stores in the Lower Mainland (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Coquitlam, and New Westminster) and Fraser Valley. The association remained active into the 1980s and 1990s. Harry has served as President of the Fraser Merchants' Association from 1992 to present. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.
Creator
Burnaby Village Museum
Subjects
Education
Migration
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Grocers
Organizations
Organizations - Business Associations
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Social Issues
Social Issues - Racism
Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores
Names
Toy, Christina
Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"
Babey, Beverley
Canada Way Food Market
Fraser Merchants' Association
Responsibility
Fong, Denise
Geographic Access
Canada Way
Street Address
4694 Canada Way
Accession Code
BV023.16.19
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023
Media Type
Sound Recording
Related Material
See also: BV023.25 - Harry Toy fonds
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks

Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy, [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023

Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy, [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0019_002.mp3
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Bertha, Janet and Ramsay Shankie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5523
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a young Ramsay Shankie walking towards the camera on a sidewalk in front of a house's front porch. Behind him is Bertha Shankie standing, holding a baby Janet Shankie. House is identified as being the Shankie house on Barker Avenue.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in black on front of photograph [illegible]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a young Ramsay Shankie walking towards the camera on a sidewalk in front of a house's front porch. Behind him is Bertha Shankie standing, holding a baby Janet Shankie. House is identified as being the Shankie house on Barker Avenue.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.30
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
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Bertha, Janet and Ramsay Shankie with cat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4119
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie seated on a lawn, holding a cat. Seated on a large cushion in front of Bertha is Ramsay Shankie and baby Janet Shankie. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured short sleeve shirt. The group is seated in a garden, besi…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: " (illegible) 1923".
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie seated on a lawn, holding a cat. Seated on a large cushion in front of Bertha is Ramsay Shankie and baby Janet Shankie. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured short sleeve shirt. The group is seated in a garden, beside the Shankie's Barker Avenue home.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Animals - Cats
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.20
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Bertha, Ramsay and Janet Shankie with cat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4121
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[8 June 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie standing with two young children, Ramsay and Janet Shankie. A cat is sitting at her feet. Ramsay is standing in front of Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dar…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "8th June 1924".
Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.26.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie standing with two young children, Ramsay and Janet Shankie. A cat is sitting at her feet. Ramsay is standing in front of Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dark coloured shirt and shorts. They are standing on a wooden sidewalk, in front of a picket fence and topiary vegetation. Bertha and Thomas Shankie's home on Barker Avenue is partially visible in the background.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.22
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[8 June 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Bertha Shankie with children Ramsay and Janet Shankie and cat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4126
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
8 Jun. 1924 (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie kneeling behind two young children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. A cat is walking in front of the group. Ramsay Shankie is standing beside Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a l…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "8th June 1924".
Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.22.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie kneeling behind two young children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. A cat is walking in front of the group. Ramsay Shankie is standing beside Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dark coloured shirt and shorts. They are standing on a wooden sidewalk, in front of a picket fence and topiary vegetation. The family's Barker Avenue home is partially visible in the background.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Animals - Cats
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.26
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
8 Jun. 1924 (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Bertha Shankie with Ramsay and baby Janet Shankie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4128
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on the porch of the family's Barker Avenue house. Next to her is Ramsay Shankie and they are holding baby Janet Shankie in between them.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.30.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on the porch of the family's Barker Avenue house. Next to her is Ramsay Shankie and they are holding baby Janet Shankie in between them.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.28
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Related Material
See also BV016.43.30.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Berth Shankie with her two children

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5607
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpg)
Scope and Content
Group photograph of mother, Bertha Gray Shankie, with her two children, Thomas Ramsay Shankie aged about three years, and Janet Shankie Bower, in arms. Group is seated on front steps of their home at 3718 Barker Avenue (5515 Barker Avenue). Baby Janet is held between Ramsay on the left and Bertha o…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpg)
Scope and Content
Group photograph of mother, Bertha Gray Shankie, with her two children, Thomas Ramsay Shankie aged about three years, and Janet Shankie Bower, in arms. Group is seated on front steps of their home at 3718 Barker Avenue (5515 Barker Avenue). Baby Janet is held between Ramsay on the left and Bertha on the right.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie Family
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV015.40.40
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
09-Sep-18
Notes
Title based on annotations on digital file name
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Ramsay and Janet Shankie standing in front of house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4174
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[Aug 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie standing on the sidewalk in front off the family home on Barker Avenue. A picket fence is visible behind them. Janet is wearing Scottish Highland Dress. Dated on the bottom of the image "11th Aug 1929". Handwritten on the back "Taken on day of Caledonian Games…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "11 Aug 1929".
Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: "Taken on day of Caledonian Games / at vancouver Exhibition.".
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie standing on the sidewalk in front off the family home on Barker Avenue. A picket fence is visible behind them. Janet is wearing Scottish Highland Dress. Dated on the bottom of the image "11th Aug 1929". Handwritten on the back "Taken on day of Caledonian Games / at vancouver Exhibition".
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.73
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[Aug 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Thomas Shankie with children Janet and Ramsay Shankie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4132
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thomas Shankie sitting on a lawn of the Shankie's Barker Avenue house with two small children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. Thomas is casually dressed in a white v-neck t-shirt and black trousers. Ramsay appears to be eating an apple. Janet is holding a pamplet that reads "McGill Univers…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "4th [ill.] 1924".
Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.23.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thomas Shankie sitting on a lawn of the Shankie's Barker Avenue house with two small children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. Thomas is casually dressed in a white v-neck t-shirt and black trousers. Ramsay appears to be eating an apple. Janet is holding a pamplet that reads "McGill University" on the front. all appear to be eating apples. There is vegetation and a clothesline visible behind them.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Thomas, 1872-1959
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Bower, Janet Shankie
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.32
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Thomas Shankie with Janet and Ramsay Shankie on lawn

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4123
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thomas Shankie sitting on a lawn with two small children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. Thomas is casually dressed in a white v-neck t-shirt and black trousers. They all appear to be eating apples. There is a tree and other vegetation visible behind them.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "[ill.] 1924".
Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.32.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thomas Shankie sitting on a lawn with two small children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. Thomas is casually dressed in a white v-neck t-shirt and black trousers. They all appear to be eating apples. There is a tree and other vegetation visible behind them.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas, 1872-1959
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Shankie Family
Accession Code
BV016.43.23
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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