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Helen 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark591
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Commercial building.
- Associated Dates
- 1956
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear Sign
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear Sign
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Associated Dates
- 1956
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 12771
- Enactment Date
- 19/04/2010
- Description
- Commercial building.
- Heritage Value
- While the building here is of some importance as the former North Burnaby municipal office, its primary importance is its delightful neon sign that has become a North Burnaby landmark. Helen Arnold opened Helen’s Childrens Wear shop in the building next door to the old Municipal offices in 1948. In 1955, when North Burnaby moved out, she moved into the vacated building. As part of the renovations, Helen enlisted the assistance of her good friend Jimmy Wallace, owner of Vancouver’s Wallace Neon Company, to create a new sign for her expanded business. One of the company’s designers, Reeve Lehman, created the swinging neon girl that was installed in 1956. Designed in two parts, one section of the sign is cloud shaped and reads ‘Helen’s’ while the other section is a moving representation of a little girl on a swing. The sign is nine feet six inches high and nine feet wide, and the lower section is animated with an internal motor and gears. It immediately became a landmark on Hastings Street, and recently the sign’s design fame has spread far and wide as one of the best surviving examples of kinetic neon art in North America.
- Locality
- Vancouver Heights
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Community
- Burnaby
- Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear
- Street Address
- 4142 Hastings Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
![Bonsor Hall, [1958] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/345-003.jpg?width=280)
Bonsor Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37282
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bonsor Hall (formerly the Kingsway West School). A note on the back of the photograph reads: "The Old Bonsor Hall - Formerly Kingsway W. School as in Burnaby Courier." The photograph was taken by the Burnaby Courier newspaper ca. 1958.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Norah Code subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 345-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bonsor Hall (formerly the Kingsway West School). A note on the back of the photograph reads: "The Old Bonsor Hall - Formerly Kingsway W. School as in Burnaby Courier." The photograph was taken by the Burnaby Courier newspaper ca. 1958.
- Names
- Bonsor Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Code, Norah
- Notes
- Title based on caption.
- Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Bonsor Hall, [1958] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/345-003.jpg)
Old Bonsor Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37281
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the old Kingsway West school building which also served as the Bonsor Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Norah Code subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 345-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the old Kingsway West school building which also served as the Bonsor Hall.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Code, Norah
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory470
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:34
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:34
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon 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 the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track seven of interview with Al Nixon
Track seven of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_7.mp3
New Vista Society Project
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34649
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.9 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the New Vista Society housing project no. 6 at 141-149-155 11th Avenue (later renumbered the 8100 block of 11th Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.9 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 080-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the New Vista Society housing project no. 6 at 141-149-155 11th Avenue (later renumbered the 8100 block of 11th Avenue).
- Names
- New Vista Society
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption at bottom left of photograph, "New Vista Society's Project #6. 141-149-155 11th Ave. East, South Burnaby, B.C., 1954"
- Stamp and annotation on back of photograph reads, "Photo by The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC" and "#7071-A"
- Geographic Access
- 11th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
Three Apartment Blocks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64659
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the three apartment blocks at New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Housing Project no. 6 at 141-149-155 11th Avenue (later renumbered the 8100 block of 11th Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 514-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the three apartment blocks at New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Housing Project no. 6 at 141-149-155 11th Avenue (later renumbered the 8100 block of 11th Avenue).
- Names
- New Vista Society
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "Three Apartment Blocks / Senior Citizens Housing Project # 6 / Burnaby - B.C. - 1954"
- Geographic Access
- 11th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
Building fatigue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36566
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of "BUILDING FATIGUE" inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Archie Miller subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 296-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-36
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of "BUILDING FATIGUE" inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Dibble, Bob
- Notes
- Title taken from caption given to photograph in original pamphlet
- Photographs copies of originals used in "UNITE BURNABY" pamphlet which asked citizens to "VOTE YES" to the construction of a new Municipal Hall in Burnaby
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Interior of the Burnaby Municipal Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36568
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of secretaries working inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Archie Miller subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 296-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-36
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of secretaries working inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Dibble, Bob
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Municipal Council
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55631
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 1956 Burnaby Municipal Council in Council Chambers at Burnaby Municipal Hall. Identified in the photograph are (starting at centre, forefront and moving clockwise): Gerald Charlton, Fred Philps, Wesley Morrison, Arnold Hean, Ted Ward (Deputy Municipal Clerk), John Shaw (Municipal…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 1956 Burnaby Municipal Council in Council Chambers at Burnaby Municipal Hall. Identified in the photograph are (starting at centre, forefront and moving clockwise): Gerald Charlton, Fred Philps, Wesley Morrison, Arnold Hean, Ted Ward (Deputy Municipal Clerk), John Shaw (Municipal Clerk), Reeve Charles MacSorley (in the back), two unkown members of staff, Samuel Hughes, William Philps and Doug Drummond.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Buildings - Civic - City Halls
- Occupations - City Clerks
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Names
- Charlton, Gerald
- Philps, Fred
- Morrison, Wesley
- Hean, Arnold F.C.
- Ward, Ted
- Shaw, John Horace "Jack"
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Hughes, Samuel E.
- Philps, William P.
- Drummond, John D. "Doug"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Cunningham, W.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Notes on verso identify the people in the photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Over-crowded general office
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36565
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "OVER-CROWDED GENERAL OFFICE" inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Archie Miller subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 296-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-36
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "OVER-CROWDED GENERAL OFFICE" inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Dibble, Bob
- Notes
- Title taken from caption given to photograph in original pamphlet
- Photographs copies of originals used in "UNITE BURNABY" pamphlet which asked citizens to "VOTE YES" to the construction of a new Municipal Hall in Burnaby
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Over-crowded police quarters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36567
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "OVER-CROWDED POLICE QUARTERS" inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Archie Miller subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 296-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-36
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "OVER-CROWDED POLICE QUARTERS" inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Dibble, Bob
- Notes
- Title taken from caption given to photograph in original pamphlet
- Photographs copies of originals used in "UNITE BURNABY" pamphlet which asked citizens to "VOTE YES" to the construction of a new Municipal Hall in Burnaby
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Plan filing room. Fire hazard???
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36570
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "PLAN FILING ROOM [believed to be a] FIRE HAZZARD [sic]???" inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Archie Miller subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 296-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-36
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "PLAN FILING ROOM [believed to be a] FIRE HAZZARD [sic]???" inside the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Dibble, Bob
- Notes
- Title taken from caption given to photograph in original pamphlet
- Photographs copies of originals used in "UNITE BURNABY" pamphlet which asked citizens to "VOTE YES" to the construction of a new Municipal Hall in Burnaby
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Staff using Council Chamber
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36564
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of "STAFF USING COUNCIL CHAMBER" at the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Archie Miller subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 296-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-36
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of "STAFF USING COUNCIL CHAMBER" at the second Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Dibble, Bob
- Notes
- Title taken from caption given to photograph in original pamphlet
- Photographs copies of originals used in "UNITE BURNABY" pamphlet which asked citizens to "VOTE YES" to the construction of a new Municipal Hall in Burnaby
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory538
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1950-1990
- Length
- 00:06:16
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.
- Date Range
- 1950-1990
- Photo Info
- Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712
- Length
- 00:06:16
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial
- Buildings - Civic
- Buildings - Industrial
- Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Lake City Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 4, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin 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 Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.
- Total Tracks
- 10
- Total Length
- 00:56:44
- Interviewee Name
- Morin, Severin "Sev"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Sev Morin
Track two of interview with Sev Morin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%202.mp3
Dania Home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34585
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 22.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Dania Home at 4279 Norland Avenue and Canada Way. The accompanying description reads, "Dania - Modern Danish Rest Home / On site pioneer estate of C.F. Sprott, one of first reeves of Burnaby, Douglas Road - near Norland." The original house, at the centre of the b…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 22.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 059-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Dania Home at 4279 Norland Avenue and Canada Way. The accompanying description reads, "Dania - Modern Danish Rest Home / On site pioneer estate of C.F. Sprott, one of first reeves of Burnaby, Douglas Road - near Norland." The original house, at the centre of the building, was one of the earliest homes in the Burnaby Lake area, built in 1891 by Charles F. Sprott with the assistance of Bernard R. Hill.
- Names
- Dania Home
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Norland Avenue
- Street Address
- 4279 Norland Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![The Fair Haven, [between 1950 and 1957] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/305-001.jpg?width=280)
The Fair Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36597
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photographic postcard of "the Fair Haven," a group of United Church homes for Senior Citizens. The road in the foreground is Rumble Street, and the long road to the right is Sussex Avenue. The small forest behind "the Fair Haven" is the David Gary Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Vera Jackson Pel subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 305-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-46
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photographic postcard of "the Fair Haven," a group of United Church homes for Senior Citizens. The road in the foreground is Rumble Street, and the long road to the right is Sussex Avenue. The small forest behind "the Fair Haven" is the David Gary Park.
- Subjects
- Aerial Photographs
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing
- Names
- Fair Haven
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Typewritten note on verso of postcard reads: "AERIAL VIEW/ 'The Fairhaven', Burnaby BC / United Church Homes for Senior Citizens / 4341 Rumble St., Burnaby, BC"
- Handwritten note on verso of postcard reads: ""The road in the foreground is Rumble Street. The long road to the right is Sussex Avenue. The road, going up, on the left, barely visible is McKay Avenue = lower corner. Behind Fair Haven is the future David Gary Park cleared in the late 1950's - then more trees were felled in October 1962 with Hurricane Freda (blown over, uprooted trees) that left the park as it is today in 1993. The top row of little (5) white cottages were moved from the N.W. corner of Willingdon and Kingsway where Old Orchard Mall is now - they were part of Old Orchard Auto Villas, the first Fair Havens. Note: All cottages on right side of Lodge have been moved to Vancouver Island in 1991 for Motel units - by barge."
- Printed on verso of postcard: "Traveltime product, made in Vancouver, Canada, by Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd."
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
- Street Address
- 4341 Rumble Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![The Fair Haven, [between 1950 and 1957] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/305-001.jpg)
New Vista Society Bungalow Court
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64688
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of New Vista Society's Bungalow Court in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 514-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of New Vista Society's Bungalow Court in Burnaby.
- Names
- New Vista Society
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "New Vista Society Bungalow Court Burnaby B.C. 1951"
Images
![New Vista Society Housing Projects, [between 1949 and 1957] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/514-013.jpg?width=280)
New Vista Society Housing Projects
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64687
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1949 and 1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of an unpaved road lined with New Vista Society Housing Projects.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1949 and 1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 514-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of an unpaved road lined with New Vista Society Housing Projects.
- Names
- New Vista Society
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten in border of photograph: "1-2-3"
Images
![New Vista Society Housing Projects, [between 1949 and 1957] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/514-013.jpg)
New Vista Society Project
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34647
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.9 x 24.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the New Vista Society housing project #2 at 901 to 953 Vista Crescent (later renumbered 7593 to 7549 Vista Crescent).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.9 x 24.9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 080-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the New Vista Society housing project #2 at 901 to 953 Vista Crescent (later renumbered 7593 to 7549 Vista Crescent).
- Names
- New Vista Society
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption at bottom left of photograph, "New Vista Society's Project #2. 901 - 953 Vista Crescent, South Burnaby, B.C., 1950"
- Stamp and annotation on back of photograph reads, "Photo by The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC" and "#6400-B"
- Geographic Access
- Vista Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
Images
![New Vista Society Project, [195-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/080-006.jpg?width=280)
New Vista Society Project
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34651
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.7 x 25.0 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a New Vista Society housing project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.7 x 25.0 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 080-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a New Vista Society housing project.
- Names
- New Vista Society
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Photo by The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC" and "#7217"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
![New Vista Society Project, [195-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/080-006.jpg)