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Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:06:07 min)

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording continues with Ken’s band activities, and then pertains to the games Ken played with his brother and friends. Ken discusses how the school band’s repertoire and performances were designed to complement the school’s events throughout the year. He describes the …

1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:06:07 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ken Yip Date of interview: May 9, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 5 Total length of all Tracks: 0:62:00

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording continues with Ken’s band activities, and then pertains to the games Ken played with his brother and friends. Ken discusses how the school band’s repertoire and performances were designed to complement the school’s events throughout the year. He describes the concert the band was invited to play on the lawn of Ceperley House on their return from Expo 67. Ken recalls the games he and his brother played, and the two neighbor boys they played with. He describes playing on the North American Peat property adjacent to theirs, in the peat trenches and in the bush. He talks of roaming as far as New Westminster and the Fraser River.

History: Recording of an interview with Ken Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Persons - Children; Education; Organizations - Bands

Names: Yip, Ken

Accession Code: BV017.45.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 3, 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0005_003.mp3

Jazz duo

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98163

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of an unidentified jazz duo performing at an International Jazz Festival concert.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3241

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of an unidentified jazz duo performing at an International Jazz Festival concert.

Subjects: Performances; Performances - Concerts; Organizations - Bands

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a June 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Mariachi band

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98264

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of three members of a Mariachi band performing outdoors.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3331

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of three members of a Mariachi band performing outdoors.

Subjects: Organizations - Bands; Performances - Concerts

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a September 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Metro Seniors Band at dedication

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 11, 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Metro Seniors Band at the dedication at Deer Lake Park in honour of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles organised by the Burnaby Historical Society.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 11, 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 314-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1995-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Metro Seniors Band at the dedication at Deer Lake Park in honour of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles organised by the Burnaby Historical Society.

Subjects: Musical Instruments; Organizations - Bands

Names: Burnaby Historical Society; Metro Seniors Band

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park; Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Metro Seniors Band at dedication, June 11, 1995 thumbnail

Outdoor band performance

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98196

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified band performing under a tent outdoors.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3274

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified band performing under a tent outdoors.

Subjects: Organizations - Bands; Performances - Concerts

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Collected by editorial for use in a July 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Outdoor band performance, [1999] thumbnail

School Band

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80229

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of Burnaby South Secondary school's band practicing.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0706

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of Burnaby South Secondary school's band practicing.

Subjects: Musical Instruments; Organizations - Bands

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby B 57%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Interview with Edward Apps by Rod Fowler February 22, 1990 - Track 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory463

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1980-1990

Length: 00:08:00

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Ed Apps involvement in seniors organizations. He describes his involvement in a series of CMHC conferences in 1988, which culminated in the "Habitat" conference in Halifax, and a followup conference in Vancouver in 1990 about senior housing. In 1990 he was Pre…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Ed Apps involvement in seniors organizations. He describes his involvement in a series of CMHC conferences in 1988, which culminated in the "Habitat" conference in Halifax, and a followup conference in Vancouver in 1990 about senior housing. In 1990 he was President of the Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO), member of the CMHC Housing Committee, and on the Executive of the provincial Seniors Research and Resource group

Date Range: 1980-1990

Length: 00:08:00

Subjects: Organizations; Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing

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

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

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 eight of interview with Ed Apps

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-015/MSS187-015_Track_8.mp3

6900 [and] 7000 bk Hastings St. / 7000 blk Pandora St. 200 [and] 300 blks Cliff Ave Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription94205

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1993 - December 1993

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 96 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of various residential and commercial streets in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1993 - December 1993

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 96 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-080

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of various residential and commercial streets in Burnaby.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Buildings - Residential - Apartments; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Commercial

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 93-455-B; Note on negative envelope housing photographs 622-080-1 : 622-080-74 reads: "93-11-26 / Inlet Dr/Hastings, Bby, / 93-455-B"; Note on negative envelope housing photographs 622-080-75 : 622-080-96 reads: "93-12-01 / Comp's / 93-455"; Photographer identified as "K.H."

Geographic Access: Hastings Street; Cliff Avenue; Pandora Street

7365 CA Way Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription94310

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1994

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 40 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of low-rise apartments and single-family homes along the 7300 block of Canaday Way, including a two-storey apartment complex at 7365 Canada Way.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1994

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 40 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-095

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of low-rise apartments and single-family homes along the 7300 block of Canaday Way, including a two-storey apartment complex at 7365 Canada Way.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Apartments; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 94-181-B; Photographer identified as "L.D."

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 7365 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Jerry Dobrovolny

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98037

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of City of New Westminster councillor Jerry Dobrovolny standing in front of his home. The house is covered in lit-up Christmas lights, and a Christmas tree visible in the front window.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3117

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of City of New Westminster councillor Jerry Dobrovolny standing in front of his home. The house is covered in lit-up Christmas lights, and a Christmas tree visible in the front window.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Holidays - Christmas

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Collected by editorial for use in a December 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Person in front of leaky condos

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified person standing in front of two condominium towers that are covered in netting and scaffolding.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3147

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified person standing in front of two condominium towers that are covered in netting and scaffolding.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential; Buildings - Residential - Condominiums; Construction

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in an April 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Person in front of leaky condos, [1999] thumbnail

Townhouses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98212

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of townhouses in an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3290

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of townhouses in an unidentified location.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Townhouses; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Collected by editorial for use in an August 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Interview with Edward Apps by Rod Fowler February 22, 1990 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory457

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1946-1990

Length: 00:09:48

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Ed Apps’ work as Foreman Painter for the Burnaby School Board, and his positions in the local and provincial union CUPE, from 1953 to 1982. He briefly describes some of the old schools and how he got involved in community organizations after retirement

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Ed Apps’ work as Foreman Painter for the Burnaby School Board, and his positions in the local and provincial union CUPE, from 1953 to 1982. He briefly describes some of the old schools and how he got involved in community organizations after retirement

Date Range: 1946-1990

Length: 00:09:48

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Organizations - Unions; Organizations - Societies and Clubs

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

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

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 three of interview with Ed Apps

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-015/MSS187-015_Track_3.mp3

Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy

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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…

1 document 1 audio

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

2023_0016_0019_003

Audio Tracks

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

Love farmhouse conservation work files subseries

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1988-2000, predominant 1993-1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of conservation records pertaining to the acquistion, relocation, restoration, financing and preservation of the Love farmhouse at the Burnaby Village Museum. Records include copies of staff, department, commission, commitee and council reports; correspondence; research; budget s…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse conservation work files subseries

Description Level: Subseries

Material Details: 32 cm of textual records + approx. 29 architectural drawings + 1 drawing + 1 photograph : col. laser print + 3 photographs : photocopies, hand col.

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of conservation records pertaining to the acquistion, relocation, restoration, financing and preservation of the Love farmhouse at the Burnaby Village Museum. Records include copies of staff, department, commission, commitee and council reports; correspondence; research; budget summaries; interior and exterior plans; contract agreements; proposals; interior and exterior finishing treatments including tin ceilings, paint and wallpaper and drainage issues.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Documentary Artifacts - Architectural Drawings; Buildings - Residential

Accession Code: BV018.41

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1988-2000, predominant 1993-1997

Media Type: Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Notes: Title based on content of subseries

6850 Hastings burnaby [sic]

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription94297

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1993

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 26 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the exterior of a Liquidation World store and several houses along an unidentified residential street. The address 6850 Hastings Street no longer exists.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1993

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 26 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-082

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of the exterior of a Liquidation World store and several houses along an unidentified residential street. The address 6850 Hastings Street no longer exists.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 93-468-B; Photographer identified as "L.D."

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

6979 Hastings St / 6941 Hastings St / 6951 Hastings St / 6939 Hastings St

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription94169

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 30, 1993

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 141 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of various residential and commercial properties located throughout Burnaby. Stores visible in the photographs include Cafe Classico at 4293 Hastings Street, Firestone at 6941 Hastings Street, Coast Automatic Transmissions at 4700 Imperial Street, and Bill's Tune Up at 6979 Hastings St…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 30, 1993

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 141 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-077

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of various residential and commercial properties located throughout Burnaby. Stores visible in the photographs include Cafe Classico at 4293 Hastings Street, Firestone at 6941 Hastings Street, Coast Automatic Transmissions at 4700 Imperial Street, and Bill's Tune Up at 6979 Hastings Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Commercial; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; File nos. 93-309-B, 93-310-B, 39-308-B, and 93-307-B; Title and file numbers transcribed from manilla envelope photographs were originally housed in.; Date transcribed from manilla envelope photographs were originally housed in.; File no. 93-309-B is titled "6979 Hastings St."; File no. 93-310-B is titled "6941 Hastings St."; File no. 93-308-B is titled "6951 Hastings St."; File no. 93-307-B is titled "3939 Hastings St."; It is not known which photographs were originally contained in each file.; Photographer identified as "H., Karl"

Geographic Access: Hastings Street; Imperial Street

Burnaby wallpaper installation process

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12099

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of "Burnaby" wallpaper being prepared for hanging in the parlour of the Love farmhouse. Photograph was taken during restoration.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse restoration photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of "Burnaby" wallpaper being prepared for hanging in the parlour of the Love farmhouse. Photograph was taken during restoration.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV018.41.918

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1998

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: See BV018.41.85 for File level description

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 04-Nov-19

Photographer: Langlet, Lisa

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 col. photograph negative accompanying print; Part of Farmhouse restoration photographs -Book 3 - BV018.41.85

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https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12102

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of "Burnaby" wallpaper being prepared for hanging in the parlour of the Love farmhouse. Photograph was taken during restoration. Paper is being folded on itself to cure before going up on the wall.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse restoration photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of "Burnaby" wallpaper being prepared for hanging in the parlour of the Love farmhouse. Photograph was taken during restoration. Paper is being folded on itself to cure before going up on the wall.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV018.41.921

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1998

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: See BV018.41.85 for File level description

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 04-Nov-19

Photographer: Langlet, Lisa

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 col. photograph negative accompanying print; Part of Farmhouse restoration photographs -Book 3 - BV018.41.85

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