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1st Div 1907 West Burnaby School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the First Division class for 1907 at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are two rows of students standing and one row of seated students. there is a male teacher standing on the left side of the group just beside a bicycle that is leaning against the build…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.2 cm

Material Details: Handwritten in the photograph is "1st Div 1907 / West Burnaby School". The reverse side of the photograph is printed in a postcard format.

Scope and Content: Photograph of the First Division class for 1907 at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are two rows of students standing and one row of seated students. there is a male teacher standing on the left side of the group just beside a bicycle that is leaning against the building.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers; Persons - Students

Names: Kingsway West School

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV012.20.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1907]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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1st Div 1907 West Burnaby School, [1907] thumbnail

A. MacKenzie and Company Jubilee Store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1907 or 1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 14.0 cm, mounted on cardboard 13.2 x 18.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a store on the ground floor of a two-storey building, with a sign painted on the front face of the second floor. It reads, "A. MacKenzie & Co / Jubilee Store." There are two men in suits standing out in front of the display windows that show stacks of boxes and cans.…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 14.0 cm, mounted on cardboard 13.2 x 18.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a store on the ground floor of a two-storey building, with a sign painted on the front face of the second floor. It reads, "A. MacKenzie & Co / Jubilee Store." There are two men in suits standing out in front of the display windows that show stacks of boxes and cans. The lot around the building looks vacant, but fenced. There is a wagon drawn by a team of two horses parked or travelling towards the store on the right side of the photograph. The store was owned by Alexander MacKenzie, (1870-1949) who arrived in Vancouver in 1907. There is a discrepancy in the date of the photograph; the accession register dates the photograph 1909 while the donation form signed by the donor dates all the photographs in the accession as 1907 or 1908. Annotations on the bottom front of the card mount read: "Ralph Libby" and "Vancouver B.C." This store later became the Matheson and Sons Market.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores; Transportation - Wagons; Transportation - Horses

Names: A. MacKenzie and Company Jubilee Store; Matheson and Sons Market

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Nelson Avenue

Accession Code: BV985.24.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1907 or 1908]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-19

Photographer: Libby, Ralph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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A. MacKenzie and Company Jubilee Store, [1907 or 1908] thumbnail

Class at West Burnaby School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1905 and 1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm, mounted on black paper 8.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of children in a classroom at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School. Several girls are wearing big bows in their hair and a number of children are in sailor suits.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm, mounted on black paper 8.5 x 12 cm

Material Details: Photograph is mounted on black paper; possibly cut out of a photographic album

Scope and Content: Photograph of children in a classroom at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School. Several girls are wearing big bows in their hair and a number of children are in sailor suits.

Names: Kingsway West School

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.30

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1905 and 1915]

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

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Class at West Burnaby School, [between 1905 and 1915] thumbnail

Division II at West Burnaby School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1906 or 1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Division II at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School) sitting and standing outside. Standing in the back on the far left is John Robertson, fourth from the left is Lillian Bond, beside her is [first name unknown] Barber, Eva Coburne, Mabel Ralph, [first na…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Division II at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School) sitting and standing outside. Standing in the back on the far left is John Robertson, fourth from the left is Lillian Bond, beside her is [first name unknown] Barber, Eva Coburne, Mabel Ralph, [first name unknown] Bramble, George Robertson, Mabel Rowlinson, unidentified, Georgina Bell, Bright Robertson and Fred Bond. Fourth from the left in the second row is Glen McMaster, sixth is Lois Rumble (later Wilson), beside her is Margaret Creamer, Gladys Bisset, Amy Sandell, unidentified, Elgin Robertson, unidentified and Bill Smith. Sitting in the front row, third from the left is Goldie Ralph, beside her is Edith Marten, unidentified, Jessie Robertson, [first name unknown] McMaster, Grace Marten, Elsie Wilson, Beatrice Barber, Dora Barber, Jean Ross and Dolly Smith. Miss Annie Theresa Forrest is standing on the far left behind her students (next to her is a partially visible bicycle).

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Barber, Dora; Bell, Georgina; Bisset, Gladys; Bond, Fred; Bond, Lillian; Coburne, Eva; Creamer, Margaret; Forrest, Annie Theresa; Marten, Edith; Marten, Grace; McMaster, Glen; Ralph, Goldie; Ralph, Mabel; Robertson, Bright; Robertson, Elgin; Robertson, George; Robertson, Jessie; Robertson, John; Ross, Jean; Rowlinson, Mabel; Wilson, Lois Rumble; Sandell, Amy; Smith, Bill; Smith, Dolly; Wilson, Elsie; Kingsway West School

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.42

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1906 or 1907]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of 2nd Division at West Burnaby School / Kingsway West School, see BV999.2.41

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Barrowclough, George Alfred

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1907"; Note in pencil on border on verso of photograph reads: "19 absent."

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Division II at West Burnaby School, [1906 or 1907] thumbnail

Exterior of Middlegate Bakery

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jul. 2003

Collection/Fonds: Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior front entrance and front windows of the Middlegate Bakery. Dry Cleaning business is visible to the right. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior front entrance and front windows of the Middlegate Bakery. Dry Cleaning business is visible to the right. The bakery is located in the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Bakeries

Names: Middlegate Bakery; Middlegate Shopping Centre

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV022.15.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jul. 2003

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Exterior of Middlegate Bakery, Jul. 2003 thumbnail

Interior of a Kingsway Store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of what has been identified by the accession register as a Kingsway Store. Inside the store, there is a woman wearing an apron standing by the counters who has been identified as Mrs. C.B. Button. Behind the counter, a large cash register can be seen. There are weights…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of what has been identified by the accession register as a Kingsway Store. Inside the store, there is a woman wearing an apron standing by the counters who has been identified as Mrs. C.B. Button. Behind the counter, a large cash register can be seen. There are weights, various tin cans, Rennie's seeds, Christie's biscuits, etc. on display. There is a cat sitting on a stool in front of the counter. The interior has hardwood finishing on the floor, walls and ceiling.

Subjects: Animals - Cats; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Nelson Avenue

Street Address: 4920 Kingsway

Accession Code: HV976.153.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interior of a Kingsway Store, [190-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Interview with Cice Brown, May 13, 2005 - Track 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 13, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:07:37 min)

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Cice Brown talking about growing up in West Burnaby near Central Park, between West Burnaby and McKay tram station. Cice describes the area in which she lived; talks about attending school at Kingsway West and highschool at Burnaby South. Interview…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:07:37 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Date of interview: May 13, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Cice Brown talking about growing up in West Burnaby near Central Park, between West Burnaby and McKay tram station. Cice describes the area in which she lived; talks about attending school at Kingsway West and highschool at Burnaby South. Interviewer asks about the types of activities she was involved while growing up. Cice recalls being a member of the school choir at Kingsway West, the music teacher and winning a competition. Cice talks about attending Burnaby South highschool at the start of World War II, her involvement with cadets as well as the "Hi-Y" club and playing outside in the Central Park neighbourhood.

History: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 13 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: Organizations - Adolescents' Societies and Clubs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Organizations - Choirs

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler; Kingsway West School; Burnaby South High School; Central Park

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 13, 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, May 13, 2005 - Track 1, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 13, 2005

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Interview with Cice Brown, May 13, 2005 - Track 2

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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) (0:06:11 min)

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to responsibilities, chores, and money. Cice recalls her chores, and how she spent her allowance. She describes her jobs in Mr. Pitman’s drygoods stores, on Kingsway and on Jubilee Ave., and in Anne Reid’s candy shop. Asked about church, Cice discuss…

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) (0:06:11 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Date of interview: May 13, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to responsibilities, chores, and money. Cice recalls her chores, and how she spent her allowance. She describes her jobs in Mr. Pitman’s drygoods stores, on Kingsway and on Jubilee Ave., and in Anne Reid’s candy shop. Asked about church, Cice discusses her involvement with the Henderson-Jubilee United church, and C.G.I.T..

History: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 13 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: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Jubilee Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, May 13, 2005 - Track 2, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

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Interview with Ella Beatty

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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 …

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) (0:21:41 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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0002_001.mp3

Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recordings (wav) (41 min., 57 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (41 min., 57 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Georgia Chronakis and her son Alex Chronakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 8, 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:08:39 Georgia and her son share biographical details about Georgia and her husband Louis Chronak…

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) (41 min., 57 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (41 min., 57 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Alex Chronakis and Georgia Chronakis Location of Interview: Fraser Wilson Room, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 8, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 41:57 Digital master recordings (wav) were converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Georgia Chronakis and her son Alex Chronakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 8, 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:08:39 Georgia and her son share biographical details about Georgia and her husband Louis Chronakis, including their Greek background, migration to Canada, marriage, children, Louis’ career as a mechanic and gas station owner and owning restaurants in White Rock and Burnaby. 00:08:40 - 00:13:59 Georgia and her son Alex recall the great memories of owning and operating their restaurant Mionas Taverna and share details of their family life in Burnaby and White Rock. 00:14:00 - 00:19:15 Alex and Georgia talk about Louis Chronakis' work experience and how he became involved in the restaurant business. They share their experiences of operating Minoas Taverna including their opening in 1986. 00:19:16 - 00:36:59 Alex and Georgia describe some of the foods that were on the menu of Minoas Taverna, the design of the restaurant, the Minoan history that it’s based on, memories of running the restaurant and why they decided to close. 00:37:00 – 00:41:52 Alex talks about his involvement with Greek festivals in Vancouver and Alex and Georgia reflect on their life in the future now that the restaurant has closed.

History: Interviewees biographies: Georgia Giannias Chronakis was born in Selassia, Sparta, Greece in 1941 and when she was sixteen years of age she moved to Athens. In 1964 Georgia immigrated to Canada and lived in Montreal before moving to Vancouver a few years later. In 1966, while living in Vancouver, she met and married Ilias "Louis" Chronakis who was born in Crete, Greece. Soon after marrying, Georgia and Louis Chronakis bought a house located at 3823 Kingsway and welcomed their first child, Anna. Four years later, Georgia and Louis moved to White Rock but continued to own their house on Kingsway and rented it out. While living in White Rock, they had three more children named Virginia, Alex and Ellie. Louis was a trained mechanic working independently and for various companies including CP Air, BC Ferries and Esso before deciding to get into the restaurant business. He partnered with another businessman to open a Mr. Mike's franchise and later a cafe and Greek restaurant in White Rock. In 1986, Georgia, Louis and family moved back to Burnaby and moved into a house on Sandall Street and began converting their former home on Kingsway into a restaurant which they named Minoas Greek Taverna (Minoas Taverna). They opened the restaurant on May 1, 1986, just one day before Expo '86 was opened. In 2023, after 37 years of running their restaurant they sold their business but continued to own the land and building on Kingsway. Alex Chronakis is the son of Georgia and Louis Chronakis and was born in 1972. Alex has spent time working with his family running their restaurant and has been involved in the Greek Day Festival in Vancouver. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Foods; Occupations; Occupations - Entrepreneurs; Occupations - Mechanics; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations; Migration; Persons - Greek Canadians

Names: Chronakis, Alex; Chronakis, Georgia Giannias; Minoas Taverna; Chronakis, Ilias "Louis"

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Smith Avenue

Street Address: 3823 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV023.16.21

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0021_003

Audio Tracks

Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis, [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0021_002.mp3

MacKenzie family home

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1907 or 1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the MacKenzie family's two-storey house and shed (to the side of the house). There is a woman sitting on the porch with a child by her side. The lot around the house appears vacant, but there are foot paths on the fields. According to a note in the accession file, the location is ide…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the MacKenzie family's two-storey house and shed (to the side of the house). There is a woman sitting on the porch with a child by her side. The lot around the house appears vacant, but there are foot paths on the fields. According to a note in the accession file, the location is identified as one block from Kingsway on Nelson Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue; Kingsway

Accession Code: BV985.24.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1907 or 1908]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-19

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

MacKenzie family home, [1907 or 1908] thumbnail

Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905-1917]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 12 plans : 6 black ink on paper + 2 black & col. ink on paper + 4 graphite on paper

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of six New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan drawn in graphite with markings in black ink "Surveyed for Mr. W. Wilson / Paterson Stat. B.C.E.R." . …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 12 plans : 6 black ink on paper + 2 black & col. ink on paper + 4 graphite on paper

Material Details: Scales [between 1:360 and 1:3168]; Index number on edge of board reads: "22"

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of six New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan drawn in graphite with markings in black ink "Surveyed for Mr. W. Wilson / Paterson Stat. B.C.E.R." . Plan includes subdivision of lots situated between B.C.E. Railway and Vancouver Road (Kingsway). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Subdivision plan (no title) drawn in black ink with annotations in graphite. Plan covers District Lots 2, 4 and 6, west of North Road. Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Plan of "Portion of Municipality" with intials "RB" [sic] (handwritten in blue crayon). Plan covers the area north east of the City of New Westminster including District Lots 11, 13, 14, 12, 1 and 2. Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4."Plan / of Subdivision of / N.W.1/4 Lot 175 / Group 1 New West. Dist. / B.C. / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. " Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. and initialed : "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. "Subdivision / of a Portion of / Lot 15 Group 1 / New Westminster Dist. / Scale 4 chs = 1 in". Plan provides numbered sudivisions - Lots 1 to 15 of District Lot 15 in red ink. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Plan of "Central Park & / Vicinity" Plan includes subdivisions of District Lot 153 east of Central Park District Lot 151 and subdivision of District Lot 36 and 49 west of Boundary Road (Vancouver). Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. and initialed : "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon). (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Subdivision plan (no title) drawn in black ink. Plan identifies lots between Vancouver Road (Yale Road is crossed out and replaced with Vancouver Road) and B.C.E. Railway. "Scale 2 chs = 1 in" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Plan of "Subdivision Lot 1 / Lot 69 Gr. 1 / Scale 30' = 1 " " Plan identifies Boundary Road, Still Creek and a Road Allowance between District Lot 118 and District Lot 69. Plan was "Surveyed for Burnaby Mun. Council / March 11th 1908 / G.K.B." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Plan drawn in black ink (no title) showing a subdivision in Lot 25 with names "Newcomb", "Debeck" and "Armstrong" along with roads identified as Third Street, Cumberland Street, Armstrong Street and Cariboo [sic] Street and including Lots 27, 11 and 13.Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. and initialed : "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Handrawn subdivision plan in graphite titled: "Lot 13, Gr.1" with intials "RB" [sic] (handwritten in blue crayon). Plan is bordered by Armstrong Street (Lot 11, G.1), Cumberland St. (Lot 25, G.1) and Tenth Avenue (City Boundary). The plan is singed by "Albert J. Hill / P.L.S." and one of the subdivided lots is identified with the name: "W. Karrymann". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Handrawn sketch in graphite titled: "Lot 88, Gr.1" with intials "RB" [sic] (handwritten in blue crayon). Plan appears to be a draft of a subdivision plan of a portion of District Lot 88 along Cumberland Road. The plan is signed: "16/7/17 _W.F. Draper [sic] / B.C.L.S." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. "Plan / of Subdivision / of Blocks 61, 62 and 2 / Lot 30 / Group 1 / N.W. Dist. / Scale 1ch = 1 in". Plan is intialed by: "PB" with a note: "Also see board 2 / for duplicate" (handwritten in blue crayon). (Geographic location: Burnaby)

Creator: Hill, Albert James

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Kingsway; Cumberland Street

Accession Code: HV977.93.22

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1905-1917]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 300

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Scale is measured in chains and feet. (One chain equals 792 inches); The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”; Some plans are stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and intialed: "RB" [sic]

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby, [1905-1917] thumbnail

Teachers at Burnaby West School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2944

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w oval ; 16 x 10 cm in decorative oval paper frame

Scope and Content: Photograph of five female teachers at West Burnaby School (renamed Kingsway West School). The group is standing in front of a stone wall.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w oval ; 16 x 10 cm in decorative oval paper frame

Material Details: Oval image of the five women surrounded by a white oval frame and then a black paper frame with plant silhouettes

Scope and Content: Photograph of five female teachers at West Burnaby School (renamed Kingsway West School). The group is standing in front of a stone wall.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV012.20.7

Date: [between 1900 and 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: Another copy of the same image is accessioned as BV999.2.43.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

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Teachers at Burnaby West School, [between 1900 and 1910] thumbnail

Teaching staff at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1355

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1906 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The man is in a suit, and the women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The man is in a suit, and the women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.45

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.46.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.46.

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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1356

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1906 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The five women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The five women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.46

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.45.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.; For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.45.

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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1358

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1906 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing in the c…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing in the centre is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.48

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same group of staff, see BV999.2.49

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1359

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1906 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing third fr…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing third from the left is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.49

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same group of staff, see BV999.2.48

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1361

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1906 and 1916]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken outside in front of a hedge. The six women are all wearing light coloured blouses, some with scarfs around their collars. Miss Morrow is third from the left and Miss Annie Forrest is on the far right.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken outside in front of a hedge. The six women are all wearing light coloured blouses, some with scarfs around their collars. Miss Morrow is third from the left and Miss Annie Forrest is on the far right.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa; Brown, Marie Cornelia Morrow

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.51

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1906 and 1916]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same group of women, see BV999.2.52

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1362

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1906 and 1916]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken outside in front of a hedge. The six women are all wearing light coloured blouses, some with scarfs around their collars. Miss Morrow is second from the left and Miss Annie Forrest is on the far right.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken outside in front of a hedge. The six women are all wearing light coloured blouses, some with scarfs around their collars. Miss Morrow is second from the left and Miss Annie Forrest is on the far right.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa; Brown, Marie Cornelia Morrow

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.52

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1906 and 1916]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same group of women, see BV999.2.51

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2943

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of teaching staff at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). The group is standing in front of a stone wall at the school. Woman standing in the centre is identified as Miss Annie Forrest and the man on the far left is identified as Mr. Brown.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of teaching staff at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). The group is standing in front of a stone wall at the school. Woman standing in the centre is identified as Miss Annie Forrest and the man on the far left is identified as Mr. Brown.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV012.20.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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