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![Gilmore Avenue School, [1917 or 1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-779.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38192
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1917 or 1918] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the original Gilmore Avenue School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1917 or 1918] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-779
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the original Gilmore Avenue School.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School, [1917 or 1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-779.jpg)
![Gilmore Avenue School, [1916] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/449-004.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38509
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Gilmore Avenue School building with a few children standing on the front step (all unidentified). Written on the bottom right of the postcard is; "Gilmore Avenue School, Vancouver Heights, Vancouver BC." At the bottom left, the photographer is identified as J.M. Henton…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 449-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Gilmore Avenue School building with a few children standing on the front step (all unidentified). Written on the bottom right of the postcard is; "Gilmore Avenue School, Vancouver Heights, Vancouver BC." At the bottom left, the photographer is identified as J.M. Henton, Vancouver.
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Henton, J.M.
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School, [1916] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/449-004.jpg)
Gilmore Avenue School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35240
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School class. Sally Knowlton Yeates is in the front row, 3rd from left. The school is located at 50 Gilmore Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-097
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School class. Sally Knowlton Yeates is in the front row, 3rd from left. The school is located at 50 Gilmore Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School Class, [1919] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-112.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35255
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1919] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School class. Gladys Beniston is marked in ink in the middle. This is an interior view of a classroom with the students seated at their desks and the teacher standing at the back.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1919] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-112
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School class. Gladys Beniston is marked in ink in the middle. This is an interior view of a classroom with the students seated at their desks and the teacher standing at the back.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School Class, [1919] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-112.jpg)
![Gilmore Avenue School construction, [1913] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-283.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35425
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.4 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of a brick extension to Gilmore Avenue public school. The original Vancouver Heights School building is visible.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.4 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-283
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of a brick extension to Gilmore Avenue public school. The original Vancouver Heights School building is visible.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Eaton, Dr. Carl
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School construction, [1913] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-283.jpg)
![Gilmore Avenue School construction, [1914] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-285.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35427
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Avenue Public School extension construction. Note the horse and wagon hauling material to the site. Dr. Carl Eaton was teacher and first principal of Gilmore school (then called Vancouver Heights school).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-285
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Avenue Public School extension construction. Note the horse and wagon hauling material to the site. Dr. Carl Eaton was teacher and first principal of Gilmore school (then called Vancouver Heights school).
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Eaton, Dr. Carl
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School construction, [1914] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-285.jpg)
Gilmore Avenue School Grade 1 Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36831
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Gilmore Avenue School Grade 1 class. Identified: Robert Clark, Jr. (back row, 2nd from left), Miss Simmons (teacher, far right).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-289
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Gilmore Avenue School Grade 1 class. Identified: Robert Clark, Jr. (back row, 2nd from left), Miss Simmons (teacher, far right).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School staff members, [1962 or 1963] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/463-005.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School staff members
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38567
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1962 or 1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the nineteen staff members at Gilmore Avenue School - all are unidentified. A sign placed in front of the group reads: "Gilmore Ave School Staff 1962 - 1963."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1962 or 1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the nineteen staff members at Gilmore Avenue School - all are unidentified. A sign placed in front of the group reads: "Gilmore Ave School Staff 1962 - 1963."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School staff members, [1962 or 1963] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/463-005.jpg)
![Girls at Gilmore Avenue School, [1917 or 1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-777.jpg?width=280)
Girls at Gilmore Avenue School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38190
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1917 or 1918] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of girls standing on the Gilmore Avenue School grounds. Left to right: Alice Bruce, May Graham, Ella Robinson, Margaret Reilly, Beatrice Morely, Dorothy Warburton, Mary Clark, Nellie Langley, Isabelle Spraggon, and Dolly Killer.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1917 or 1918] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-777
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of girls standing on the Gilmore Avenue School grounds. Left to right: Alice Bruce, May Graham, Ella Robinson, Margaret Reilly, Beatrice Morely, Dorothy Warburton, Mary Clark, Nellie Langley, Isabelle Spraggon, and Dolly Killer.
- Names
- Bruce, Alice
- Clark, Mary
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Graham, May
- Killer, Dolly
- Langley, Nellie
- Morely, Beatrice
- Reilly, Margaret
- Robinson, Ella
- Spraggon, Isabelle
- Warburton, Dorothy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Girls at Gilmore Avenue School, [1917 or 1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-777.jpg)
![Grade 2, Division 13, [1962 or 1963] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/463-006.jpg?width=280)
Grade 2, Division 13
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38568
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1962 or 1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children lined up in rows for their class picture in the gymnasium of the school building. All forty-two children are unidentified. The teacher is Mrs. V. Cuthbertson. A sign placed in front of the group reads: "Gilmore Ave School Gr. 2 Div. 13 1962-1963."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1962 or 1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children lined up in rows for their class picture in the gymnasium of the school building. All forty-two children are unidentified. The teacher is Mrs. V. Cuthbertson. A sign placed in front of the group reads: "Gilmore Ave School Gr. 2 Div. 13 1962-1963."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Grade 2, Division 13, [1962 or 1963] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/463-006.jpg)
Gilmore Public School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35721
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Public School class. Identified: (front row, 11th from left, circled) Annie Smedley. Teacher: Miss Simmons. Annie Smedley is wearing the pinafore she disliked and hid in the bushes on her way to school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-579
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Public School class. Identified: (front row, 11th from left, circled) Annie Smedley. Teacher: Miss Simmons. Annie Smedley is wearing the pinafore she disliked and hid in the bushes on her way to school.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Teachers at Vancouver Heights School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35428
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Carl Eaton (left), school principal, with unidentified teaching staff. Carl Eaton was the first principal of Vancouver Heights Public School, later called Gilmore Avenue School, when it opened in 1912.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-286
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Carl Eaton (left), school principal, with unidentified teaching staff. Carl Eaton was the first principal of Vancouver Heights Public School, later called Gilmore Avenue School, when it opened in 1912.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Vancouver Heights
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35426
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a general view of Vancouver Heights. The car is on Ingleton Avenue near the corner of Triumph Street, looking east to MacDonald Avenue and Gilmore Avenue. Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church and Gilmore Avenue School can be seen in the background at the right. The photograph is by D…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-284
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a general view of Vancouver Heights. The car is on Ingleton Avenue near the corner of Triumph Street, looking east to MacDonald Avenue and Gilmore Avenue. Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church and Gilmore Avenue School can be seen in the background at the right. The photograph is by Dr. Carl Eaton, teacher, principal and later family physician.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Eaton, Dr. Carl
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Ingleton Avenue
- MacDonald Avenue
- Triumph Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
Grieve family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66379
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 cm. of textual records and 15 b&w prints.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of publications, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Grieve family of North Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 cm. of textual records and 15 b&w prints.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of publications, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Grieve family of North Burnaby.
- History
- William Ewart “Bill” Grieve was born at Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan (then the North-West Territories), on August 15, 1885. He was the eldest child of John and Flora Grieve. Bill attended school at Qu’Appelle until he was 12 years old and went to work at a furniture store. In October of 1902, at the age of 17, he moved to the Okanagan and worked on a Kettle Valley Railroad construction camp for four years. Bill enlisted at Kamloops in 1915 and served overseas as a member of the 72nd Seaforth Battalion. He was wounded at the Battle of Lens in August of 1917 and was invalided home in November of 1917. On April 14, 1920, William Ewart “Bill” Grieve married Christine. Bill’s ill health sent them to California for a year but by April of 1923, they had returned to Canada and bought a house at 3925 Triumph Street in North Burnaby. Bill worked as manager of the Used Car Department of Johnston Motors Ltd in Vancouver for the next twenty years. He retired in 1946 and opened his own used car business at 4507 East Hastings Street, Burnaby. Christine Grieve was a life-long member of the Women’s Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada. Christine and Bill had two sons, Kenneth Ewart “Ken” and William Ronald “Ronald.” Ken was born about 1922. By 1928, he was in grade three at Gilmore Avenue School and by 1948, he was at the University of British Columbia. Ken died prior to March of 2006. Ronald was born about 1929 and was 13 years old during World War II. Like his older brother before him, he attended the University of British Columbia. He later married and had children, one of whom was Catherine E. “Cathy” Grieve (later Linowski). Ronald died April 7, 1970, at the age of 41. Bill served as president of the North Burnaby Liberal Association for four years and was liberal candidate for the Burnaby Provincial riding at the General Election in 1937. He also served on the Burnaby School Board from 1943 to 1957 consecutively. Bill died April 1, 1969 at the age of 83.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS155, photo catalogue 523
Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory18
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1914-1932
- Length
- 0:08:44
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's early childhood including the reasons why his family first moved to Burnaby, his first experiences of unemployment and what initially drew him to the Working Organization in Burnaby and their protest against evictions.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's early childhood including the reasons why his family first moved to Burnaby, his first experiences of unemployment and what initially drew him to the Working Organization in Burnaby and their protest against evictions.
- Date Range
- 1914-1932
- Photo Info
- Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005
- Length
- 0:08:44
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Geographic Access
- Inman Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July / August 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 1:17:56
- Interviewee Name
- O'Brien, Harry
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with W.H.
Track one of interview with W.H.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-25/100-13-25_Track_1.mp3