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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
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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
Division VIII at Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1374
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- April 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, standing in four rows on the front steps of the school building (the front door is swung open behind the group of children). Standing at the top row (from left) are; Clement Garside, Reggie Coe, Murdo Cameron, Roy Birtch, Gordon Buck, Jack Grocot…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Material Details
- Card mount has a decorative border
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, standing in four rows on the front steps of the school building (the front door is swung open behind the group of children). Standing at the top row (from left) are; Clement Garside, Reggie Coe, Murdo Cameron, Roy Birtch, Gordon Buck, Jack Grocott, Reggie Woodward and Thomas Edwards. In the second row; Glynne L. Jones, Ronald Cooper, Wilbert Hamilton, Norman Cooper, Grant Armour, George Spittall, Henry Campbell, Leslie Watson, Jack Cameron and Billy Keefer. In the third row; Marjorie King, Marjorie Somerville, Joan Gold, Ada Reid, Peggy Chisholm, Sidney Stokes, Stanley Sheldon, Richard Devine, Geo Crossman and Ernest Hughes. In the front row; Bernice Bailey, Frances McDaniel, Eva Blake, Kathleen Poblock, Margery Watts, Irene Gillespie, Evelyn Eckardt, Norah [illegible], Eunice Rouse, Phyllis Sleeth and Helen Dermott. Their teacher Miss Annie Forrest is not pictured.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Garside, Clement
- Coe, Reggie
- Cameron, Murdo
- Birtch, Roy
- Grocott, Jack
- Woodward, Reggie
- Edwards, Thomas
- Jones, Glynne L.
- Cooper, Ronald
- Hamilton, Wilbert
- Cooper, Norman
- Armour, Grant
- Spittall, George
- Campbell, Henry
- Watson, Leslie
- Cameron, Jack
- Keefer, Billy
- King, Marjorie
- Somerville, Marjorie
- Gold, Joan
- Reid, Ada
- Chisholm, Peggy
- Stokes, Sidney
- Sheldon, Stanley
- Devine, Richard
- Crossman, George
- Hughes, Ernest
- Bailey, Bernice
- McDaniel, Frances
- Blake, Eva
- Watts, Margery
- Gillespie, Irene
- Eckardt, Evelyn
- Rouse, Eunice
- Sleeth, Phyllis
- Dermott, Helen
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.64
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- April 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's mark in the lower right-hand corner identifies photograph as no. 52
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "April 1923. Kingsway West. (Div. 13). A. T. F.", c. "Top row. Right to left./ Thomas Edwards, Reggie Woodward, Jack Grocott, Gordon Bush,/ Roy Birtch, Murdo Cameron, Reggie Coe, Clement Garside,/ 2nd row. Rt. To left./ Billy Keefer, Jack Cameron, Leslie Watson, Henry Campbell,/ George Spittall, Grant Armour, Norman Cooper, Wilbert Hamilton,/ Ronald Cooper, Glynne L. Jones./ 3rd row. Rt. to left./ Ernest Hughes, Geo Crossman, Richard Devine, Stanley Sheldon/ Sidney Stokes, Peggy Chicholm, Ada Reid, Joan Gold,/ Marjorie Somerville, Marjorie King,/ 4th. Rt. to left./ Helen Dermott, Phyllis Sleeth, Eunice Rause, Norah Burnie [sp?],/ Evelyn Eckardt, Irene Gillespie, Margery Watts, Kathleen Poblock./ Eva Blake, Frances McDaniel, Bernice Bailey."
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Division XIII at Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1373
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe and…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe and Robert McIntosh. Standing in the second row; Virginia Brown, Jean Griffiths, Sylvia Wright, Doreen Gravestock, Laura Chamberlain, Florence Brown, Mabel Gill and Peggy Chisholm. Sitting in the third row; Edna Mayhew, Viola Higgins, [Doreen Fenton], Verna Campbell, Eileen Oben, Hazel King, Mary McLean, Beulah Macmillan, Mandie Everett and [Doreen Fenton]. Sitting in the fourth row; Grant Armour, Arthur James, Freddy Eaglestone, Antony Hedger, Albert Savage, Jack Grocott, John Harding, Wilbert Hamilton, Frank Bailey, Jack Dalziel and Hugh Wilson. Sitting on the wood ground in the front row are; Roy Birtch, Eric Dogley, Gordon Taylor and Herbert Coe. Their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest is not pictured.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Hughes, Ernest
- Grant, Alastair
- McHale, Melville
- Yeates, Arthur
- Dermott, Bernard
- Lloyd, Freddy
- Walker, Albert
- Watson, Leslie
- Coe, Reggie
- McIntosh, Robert
- Brown, Virginia
- Griffiths, Jean
- Wright, Sylvia
- Gravestock, Doreen
- Chamberlain, Laura
- Bevan, Florence Brown
- Gill, Mabel
- Chisholm, Peggy
- Mayhew, Edna
- Higgins, Viola
- Fenton, Doreen
- Potkins, Verna Campbell
- Oben, Eileen
- King, Hazel
- McLean, Mary
- Kennedy, Beulah MacMillan
- Everett, Mandie
- Armour, Grant
- James, Arthur
- Eaglestone, Freddy
- Hedger, Anthony
- Savage, Albert
- Grocott, Jack
- Harding, James
- Hamilton, Wilbert
- Bailey, Frank
- Dalziel, Jack
- Wilson, Hugh
- Birtch, Roy
- Dogley, Eric
- Taylor, Gordon
- Coe, Herbert
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.63
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1922
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 66
- Note in pencil on recto of photograph reads: "1922"
- Note in black ink on verso of card mount reads: "Div. XIII. Kingsway West School. Sept. - Oct. 1922 / 1st Top row. (Left to right) Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe, Robert McIntosh / 2nd row. (left to right), Virginia Brown, Jean Griffiths, Sylvia Wright, Doreen Gravestock, Laura Chamberlain, Florence Brown, Mabel Gill, Peggy Chisholm / 3rd row. (left to right). Edna Mayhew, Viola Higgins, Doreen Fenton, Verna Campbell, Eileen Oben, Hazel King, Mary Mc.Lean, Beulah Macmillan, Mandie Everett, Doreen Fenton / 4th. row. (Left to right) Grant Armour, Arthur James, Freddy Eaglestone, Antony Hedger, Albert Savage, Jack Grocott, John Harding, Wilbert Hamilton, Frank Bailey, Jack Dalziel, Hugh Wilson / 5th row (Left to right). Roy Birtch, Eric Dogley, Gordon Taylor, Herbert Coe. / A. T. Forrest. (Teacher)"
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