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BCSME locomotive at Burnaby Village Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12441
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1987 and 1989]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified people riding a BCSME minature steam locomotive at the Burnaby Village Museum. The locomotive has stopped outside of the train station. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) ran the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified people riding a BCSME minature steam locomotive at the Burnaby Village Museum. The locomotive has stopped outside of the train station. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) ran the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.102
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1987 and 1989]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 25-Feb-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![BCSME locomotive at Burnaby Village Museum, [between 1987 and 1989] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0102_001.jpg)
Interview with Ella Beatty
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4475
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:21:41 min)
- Scope and Content
- 00:00-2:58: Ella describes the area around Kingsway and Edmonds as she remembers it from her childhood. She names the businesses on the four corners of the intersection, which included a small house which was turned into a business. 2:58-7:18: Ella mentions some of the organized activities of the …
- 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) (0:21:41 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ella Beatty Date of interview: May 10, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total length of all Tracks: 21:41
- Scope and Content
- 00:00-2:58: Ella describes the area around Kingsway and Edmonds as she remembers it from her childhood. She names the businesses on the four corners of the intersection, which included a small house which was turned into a business. 2:58-7:18: Ella mentions some of the organized activities of the time, and discusses household responsibilities of girls. Ella describes jobs she had as a teenager, such as a brief time working at the B.C. Electric Café at Carrall St. She talks about her allowance, and describes how she spent the money as well as her earnings from her jobs. XXX 7:18–13:55: Although Ella doesn’t recall being involved in many organized activities, she does mention Sunday school and a girl’s group. She talks about having A.R.P. and First Aid training during the Second World War. Ella notes that children made their own fun, and discusses the games she played, parks she went to, and how she got there. She describes how parents kept an eye on children without strictly supervising them. Ella also talks about neighborhood and school friends, describes her recreation, which was mainly informal, and where she played. XXX 13:55–15:30: Ella can’t choose any one memory of her childhood as being the most joyful, but she recalls the announcement of the declaration of war (of World War II) as her worst childhood memory. XXX 15:30–16:31: Ella describes the families in the neighborhood and her schoolmates as having similar cultural backgrounds. The very few immigrant families she remembers came from Europe. XXX 16:31–18:13: Ella describes her household living arrangements and her toys. XXX 18:13–20:25: Ella comments on the changes which have occurred in Burnaby since her childhood as the city has become built up. She notes that much of it began after the war as veterans returned home. XXX 20:25-21:41: Ella explains why she is still a Burnaby resident and remarks on the self-reliance that children acquired in the earlier days of the city.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Ella Beatty, recorded by Tom Gooden on May 10 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 1930s and 40s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Businesses
- Names
- Beatty, Ella
- Responsibility
- Gooden, Tom
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Edmonds Street
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Audio Tracks
Interview with Ella Beatty, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
Interview with Ella Beatty, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0002_001.mp3
Burnaby Central Railway bridge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14029
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway bridge at Burnaby Village Museum. Railway bridge and tracks lead over a creek. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway bridge at Burnaby Village Museum. Railway bridge and tracks lead over a creek. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1057
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1988
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Burnaby Central Railway sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14021
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sign for Burnaby Central Railway located at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sign for Burnaby Central Railway located at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1049
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1988
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Burnaby Central Railway station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14025
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of railway tracks and station of Burnaby Central Railway at Burnaby Village Museum. Signage on station building reads "Sperling Junction". Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of railway tracks and station of Burnaby Central Railway at Burnaby Village Museum. Signage on station building reads "Sperling Junction". Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1051
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1988
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Burnaby Central Railway station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14026
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of railway tracks and station of Burnaby Central Railway at Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of railway tracks and station of Burnaby Central Railway at Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1052
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1988
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Burnaby Central Railway station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14027
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway station building at Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway station building at Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1055
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1988
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Burnaby Central Railway tracks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14028
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway tracks at Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway tracks at Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1056
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1988
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory289
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1939-2012
- Length
- 0:07:05
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early years of marriage while also a member of the work force. She talks about her own children; their early years spent in South Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early years of marriage while also a member of the work force. She talks about her own children; their early years spent in South Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1939-2012
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:07:05
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track three of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_3.mp3