otherplace_txt:"Alta-Vista Historic Neighbourhood" found 54 records

Alta Vista Baptist Church

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Church building.

Associated Dates: 1936

Other Names: Royal Oak Community Church

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Royal Oak Community Church

Geographic Access: Royal Oak Avenue

Associated Dates: 1936

Description: Church building.

Heritage Value: This Baptist congregation originally held services in a tent at the corner of McGregor Avenue and Portland but they soon were able to build a small church. A membership drive by Pastor Arthur James Bowbrick (1875-1961) was so successful that the congregation was able build this fine structure, prominently located at the corner of Victory Street. Although it has been altered with later additions and stucco over the original siding, the original windows and the rooftop belfry remain.

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 7175 Royal Oak Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the Alta Vista Baptist Church, 2013.. East elevation.. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Alta Vista Baptist Church, 2013. (View from the northeast. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Alta Vista Baptist Church, 2013. (South elevation. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Alta Vista Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: As with many areas of Burnaby during this period, the years after World War Two marked a rapid growth in residential development in the Alta-Vista Neighbourhood. Subdivisions like Sussex and Suncrest were built and new schools and amenities were constructed to meet the demands of increased population.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Clinton-Glenwood Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The primarily single-family subdivision and development in the Clinton-Glenwood Neighbourhood occurred during the building boom of the 1950s. Later development fell under the guidelines established in the Royal Oak Community Plan (adopted in 1999) and resulted in an increase in the number of multi-family units.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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McPherson Park Junior High School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1951-1993

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Associated Dates: 1951-1993

Heritage Value: In 1950, the Burnaby School Inspector reported: "the recent development of a number of large housing projects and the continuing growth of new homes in settled areas are compelling the Board to consider a building program of major proportions...now under construction, including McPherson Park with 21 classrooms." Enrolment in its first year was 686 students. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, junior high schools were replaced with expanded secondary schools encompassing grades 7 through 12; as a result, McPherson Park Junior High was closed and Burnaby South Secondary School opened.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Street Address: 5455 Rumble Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

Ocean View Burial Park - Chapel

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Church building.

Associated Dates: 1936

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Associated Dates: 1936

Description: Church building.

Heritage Value: Subsequent work at Ocean View was designed by local architects Sharp & Thompson through the 1950s, including the stone-faced Garden Chapel, built in 1936 as a replica of a Norman church. Prominent stone gates also replaced the original gates at the corner entrance. George Sharp (1880-1974) and Charles Thompson (1878-1961) formed Vancouver’s longest surviving architectural firm in 1908. They were born, educated and articled in London, before arriving in Vancouver via different routes. In 1912, the firm won the competition for the new University of British Columbia.

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Architect: Sharp & Thompson

Area: 359280.00

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 4000 Imperial Street

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Exterior view of the Garden Chapel, 2013.. Front elevation.. thumbnail

Richard & Alice Dunn Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1939

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Jubilee Avenue

Associated Dates: 1939

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This house was built for Richard Dunn, a police sergeant with the B.C. Police force and his wife Alice. This house is a notable example of a Storybook Cottage, dating from just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Modest houses of the era often assumed a cottage appearance that provided a romantic ideal of traditional domesticity. With its smooth, planar stucco, severely-clipped roof edges, round-arched door and windows, side arch with a catslide roof, cross-leaded glass and brick detailing, this house is an excellent example of this picturesque housing trend. Located on a corner lot, the house was sited at an angle. The large Chilean Pine, or monkey-puzzle tree, entrance is a remarkable specimen.

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 7207 Jubilee Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the Richard & Alice Dunn Residence, 2013.. Front elevation.. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Richard & Alice Dunn Residence, 2013. (Oblique view. Exterior Photo.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Suncrest Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The Suncrest Neighbourhood is a small residential area south of Burnaby's Central Park. The Ocean View Burial Park takes up a large area of land in the north-east corner of this neighbourhood and the majority of the housing was built during the 1930-1960 period.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

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Suncrest School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1953

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Associated Dates: 1953

Heritage Value: The new Suncrest subdivision developed in the early 1950s, resulting in 312 new homes in 1951, with an additional 100 being planned. As a result, enrolment pressure resulted in the construction of Suncrest School in 1953. Additions to the original structure were made in 1954 and a library, change rooms and staffroom were added in 1969.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Street Address: 3883 Rumble Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Sussex Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-1982

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Irmin Street

Associated Dates: 1955-1982

Heritage Value: Sussex Avenue school was another school built during the peak expansion years of the 1950s and early 1960s. Burnaby's population was growing at such a fast pace during that decade that 10 new schools were built, and existing schools were expanded. Sussex Avenue School opened with 304 pupils. By the 1970s, student enrolment had slowed considerably from its peak and as a result, a number of schools - including Sussex - were closed.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Street Address: 4443 Irmin Street

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Sussex-Nelson Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The Sussex-Nelson Neighbourhood is located just south of Metrotown and in 1980 was characterised as the most populated of all of Burnaby's Planning Study areas. The area immediately south of Metrotown was initially developed as post-war 1950s housing stock, while the sector south of Rumble was developed after the 1960s and 1970s as single-family housing.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Bea Hardy

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1934] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bea Hardy standing at the back of 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1934] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-648

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bea Hardy standing at the back of 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street).

Names: Hardy, Bea

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: McKee Street

Street Address: 5850 McKee Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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Bea Hardy, [1934] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Bezanson brothers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1932

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 the Bezanson brothers, Charlie and Albert. The boys are shown with a homemade bobsled used to careen down Royal Oak Road hill past Oakalla.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1932

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-714

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Bezanson brothers, Charlie and Albert. The boys are shown with a homemade bobsled used to careen down Royal Oak Road hill past Oakalla.

Subjects: Transportation - Sleds; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Bezanson, Albert "Al"; Bezanson, Charlie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Royal Oak Avenue

Street Address: 7883 Royal Oak Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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Bill Speirs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (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 Bill Speirs, leaning against the back of an automobile in front of the Speirs family home on Watling Street (near Frederick Avenue). Bill and his wife, Dell Speirs, moved to Burnaby in 1929.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-180

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bill Speirs, leaning against the back of an automobile in front of the Speirs family home on Watling Street (near Frederick Avenue). Bill and his wife, Dell Speirs, moved to Burnaby in 1929.

Names: Speirs, Bill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Watling Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Bill Speirs, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Burnaby and Digney recreational events

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 30 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour and black and white film segment identified as Reel 3. The film segment opens with footage of Digney family automobile travels and of Pelican Lake, Alberta where the family spent their summer, the footage switches to footage of a parade somewhere in the Rockies (B…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 30 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour and black and white film segment identified as Reel 3. The film segment opens with footage of Digney family automobile travels and of Pelican Lake, Alberta where the family spent their summer, the footage switches to footage of a parade somewhere in the Rockies (Banff) which begins in black and white and changes to colour format. This is followed by colour footage of car racing at the Digney Speedway located on 10 acres of property on MacPherson Ave. Jelopy stock car racing is seen taking place with crowds of people looking on.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Events - Parades; Persons - Children; Persons - Crowds; Sports - Automobile Racing

Names: Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney Speedway

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: MacPherson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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Burnaby and Digney recreational events, [between 1934 and 1938]

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Burnaby South Annual

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Sadie Clark fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: Item is a school annual for Burnaby South highschool (1951) and is titled 'School Days,1951 Burnaby South.'

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Sadie Clark fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS180-001

Accession Number: 2014-10

Scope and Content: Item is a school annual for Burnaby South highschool (1951) and is titled 'School Days,1951 Burnaby South.'

Names: Burnaby South High School

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Car in Driveway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1950] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a car parked in the driveway at the back of 2337 Waverley Avenue (later renumbered 6926 Waverley Avenue).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1950] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-670

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a car parked in the driveway at the back of 2337 Waverley Avenue (later renumbered 6926 Waverley Avenue).

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Waverley Avenue

Street Address: 6926 Waverley Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Car in Driveway, [ca. 1950] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Digney film 2 - Yard and back of house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1958 and 1964] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (33 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of the back porch and yard of Alice and Andy Digney's home at 7749 Kaymur Drive in Burnaby.

1 image 1 video

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (33 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of the back porch and yard of Alice and Andy Digney's home at 7749 Kaymur Drive in Burnaby.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Geographic Access: Kaymar Drive

Street Address: 7749 Kaymar Drive

Accession Code: BV019.18.4.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1958 and 1964] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film segment; Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.4)

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Video

Digney film 2 - Yard and back of house, [between 1958 and 1964] (date of original), copied 2019

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2019_0018_0004_005.mp4

Digney Pee-Wee Bowling League

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958 or 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 40.5 x 104 cm

Scope and Content: Panorama photograph of the Digney Pee-Wee Bowling League. Some members are identified as; Ernest Frank "Dig" Digney (back row- far left); Natasha Wiebe (back row-2nd from left); Carol Loew; Cathy Strang; Susan Dunham; Lynne Pemble; Leah Pemble; Karen Proby and Bruce Digney (front row-6th from the …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958 or 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 40.5 x 104 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-09

Scope and Content: Panorama photograph of the Digney Pee-Wee Bowling League. Some members are identified as; Ernest Frank "Dig" Digney (back row- far left); Natasha Wiebe (back row-2nd from left); Carol Loew; Cathy Strang; Susan Dunham; Lynne Pemble; Leah Pemble; Karen Proby and Bruce Digney (front row-6th from the left). Andy Digney opened the Digney Bowl on August 19, 1955 and passed the business onto his son Ernest who ran it until his son Bruce Digney took over in 1980. The Digney Bowl was located at 6521 Bonsor Avenue. The bowling league met every Saturday morning at the Digney bowling alley where there were a total of 32 teams (5 children per team) who bowled in shifts since there wasn't enough room for everyone to bowl at once. Paul Digney (the son of Dig Digney) helped out by emptying ashtrays.

Subjects: Sports - Bowling

Names: Digney Bowling Alley; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Wiebe, Natasha; Loew, Carol; Strang, Cathy; Dunham, Susan; Pemble, Lynne; Proby, Karen; Digney, Bruce; Digney, Paul

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Digney Pee-Wee Bowling League, [1958 or 1959] thumbnail

England family home on Royal Oak Avenue

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1927 and 1930] (date of original) , copied 2020

Collection/Fonds: Mary England fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Craftsman style house located at 1906 Royal Oak Avenue near Victory Street in Burnaby (address was changed to 7353 Royal Oak Aveue after 1958). The house was built in 1914 and was the home of Alfred Henry and Mary England (nee Gooding). Alfred H. England died suddenly in 1917. Mary…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Mary England fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Craftsman style house located at 1906 Royal Oak Avenue near Victory Street in Burnaby (address was changed to 7353 Royal Oak Aveue after 1958). The house was built in 1914 and was the home of Alfred Henry and Mary England (nee Gooding). Alfred H. England died suddenly in 1917. Mary England continued to live in the house before settling in a house that she had built on Griffiths Avenue in 1930.