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Children at May Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35971
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of children at May day. Boys are seated in the front row, and girls are standing in the back row, dressed in their Maypole dancing dresses during Burnaby May Day at Burnaby Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Edmonds School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 207-020
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-07
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of children at May day. Boys are seated in the front row, and girls are standing in the back row, dressed in their Maypole dancing dresses during Burnaby May Day at Burnaby Park.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Clothing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Robert Burnaby Park
- Wedgewood Street
- Street Address
- 8155 Wedgewood Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
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Children at May Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35975
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two rows of Maypole dancers during Burnaby May Day at Burnaby Park. A large group of spectators is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Edmonds School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 207-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-07
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two rows of Maypole dancers during Burnaby May Day at Burnaby Park. A large group of spectators is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Clothing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Robert Burnaby Park
- Wedgewood Street
- Street Address
- 8155 Wedgewood Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
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Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19567
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Miss Verna Phillip, retiring "Copper Queen" seated in throne and holding bouquet of flowers during the May Day celebration at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Miss Verna Phillip, retiring "Copper Queen" seated in throne and holding bouquet of flowers during the May Day celebration at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.274
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "Ex Queen / Verna Phillips"
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19568
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of retiring "Copper Queen" Miss Verna Phillip (left) standing next to crowned "Copper Queen" Miss Margaret Welby at the fourteenth annual May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of retiring "Copper Queen" Miss Verna Phillip (left) standing next to crowned "Copper Queen" Miss Margaret Welby at the fourteenth annual May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.275
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19569
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of crowned "Copper Queen" Miss Margaret Welby seated in throne at the fourteenth annual May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of crowned "Copper Queen" Miss Margaret Welby seated in throne at the fourteenth annual May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.276
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "1939 Queen"
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19571
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of former "Copper Queen" Verna Phillip with large bouquet of flowers walking down a path in procession at May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of former "Copper Queen" Verna Phillip with large bouquet of flowers walking down a path in procession at May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.278
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "Verna"
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19572
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Boy Scouts' drum and bugle band standing outside building at "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Boy Scouts' drum and bugle band standing outside building at "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.279
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "Boy Scout Band"
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19573
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Boy Scouts' drum and bugle band marching at "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Boy Scouts' drum and bugle band marching at "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Musical Instruments
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.280
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19574
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of drum major Joyce Rheay standing together with Boy Scouts' drum and bugle band outside building at "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of drum major Joyce Rheay standing together with Boy Scouts' drum and bugle band outside building at "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.281
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "Joyce / Rheay"
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19575
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large crowd of photographers gathered together during the "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large crowd of photographers gathered together during the "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Persons - Crowds
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.282
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "Photographers"
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19576
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of former "Copper Queen" Verna Phillip on an elevated platform during the "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach. An unidentified man is walking by in front.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of former "Copper Queen" Verna Phillip on an elevated platform during the "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach. An unidentified man is walking by in front.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.283
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "Verna"
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Dedication of flag at Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4892
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 6, 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ;12 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph identified as "Dedication of the flag at Central Park" at the May Day celebration "May 6th, 1935". An unidentified Boy Scout and Girl Guide leader dressed in uniforms stand at the centre of the photograph under a large log arch while a small group of people look on and a large group of…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ;12 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph identified as "Dedication of the flag at Central Park" at the May Day celebration "May 6th, 1935". An unidentified Boy Scout and Girl Guide leader dressed in uniforms stand at the centre of the photograph under a large log arch while a small group of people look on and a large group of Girl Guides in uniforms are gathered in a line in the background.
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.250
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 6, 1935
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 5, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
- Note in black ink on scrapbook page reads: "May 6th 1935 / Dedication of flag at Central Park"
- Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "May Day Celebration / Burnaby, BC, May 6, 1935 / Stride Studios Photos"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "May 6 1935 / Dedicating of flag at Central Pk."
- Photograph is a part of page 37 of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
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Dedication of flag at Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4893
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 6, 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ;12 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph identified as the dedication of the flag at the May Day celebration at Central Park, May 6th, 1935. An unidentified Girl Guide leader is standing near the centre of a stage and presented with a certificate or award by former Burnaby Reeve Thomas F. Sanderson. There is an unidentifed ma…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ;12 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph identified as the dedication of the flag at the May Day celebration at Central Park, May 6th, 1935. An unidentified Girl Guide leader is standing near the centre of a stage and presented with a certificate or award by former Burnaby Reeve Thomas F. Sanderson. There is an unidentifed man standing at a microphone in the centre of the stage surrounded by onlookers and the May Queen and her suite.
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.251
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 6, 1935
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 5, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
- Note in black ink on scrapbook page reads: "May 6th 1935 / Dedication of flag at Central Park"
- Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "May Day Celebration / Burnaby, BC, May 6, 1935 / Stride Studios Photos"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "May 6 1935 / Dedicating of flag at Central Pk."
- Photograph is a part of page 37 of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
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Helen Bettles, Burnaby May Queen attendant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37067
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Helen Bettles (daughter of Lilly and Alfred Bettles), Burnaby May Queen attendant representing Second Street School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-530
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Helen Bettles (daughter of Lilly and Alfred Bettles), Burnaby May Queen attendant representing Second Street School.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Ina and Joyce Stanley on May Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20228
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ina (Stanley) Shankie standing next to her younger sister Joyce (Stanley) Warner. The girls are dressed for May Day celebrations. Ina Stanley is dressed as a May Princess, wearing a white cape and holding a basket of flowers and Joyce has decorated her doll carriage with crepe paper f…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ina (Stanley) Shankie standing next to her younger sister Joyce (Stanley) Warner. The girls are dressed for May Day celebrations. Ina Stanley is dressed as a May Princess, wearing a white cape and holding a basket of flowers and Joyce has decorated her doll carriage with crepe paper for the event. The event is taking place in Port Moody.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.650
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1937
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-29
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Ina as maid of / honor & / Joyce with / decoratged doll / buggy"
- Note in white ink on album page reads: "INA & JOYCE"
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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 10
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory450
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Length
- 00:05:53
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Burnaby and New Westminster May Days and how geography and poor transportation affects municipal east-west and north-south connections
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Burnaby and New Westminster May Days and how geography and poor transportation affects municipal east-west and north-south connections
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:05:53
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Transportation
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 1:34:40
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
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Audio Tracks
Track ten of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track ten of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_10.mp3May Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36677
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Day being held in Central Park. A water tower can be seen in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-032
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Day being held in Central Park. A water tower can be seen in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
May Day at Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription86559
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children dancing around a may pole during the Burnaby May Day celebrations at Central Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children dancing around a may pole during the Burnaby May Day celebrations at Central Park.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "Bby May Day / 1932 / Cent. Park?"
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
May Day Celebration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34271
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0 x 17.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young women being escorted across a field by men during the Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two uniformed youth, possibly boy scouts, are in the foreground carrying Union Jacks, and a uniformed man is to the right of the procession. Children, maypoles and crowds are in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0 x 17.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 013-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young women being escorted across a field by men during the Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two uniformed youth, possibly boy scouts, are in the foreground carrying Union Jacks, and a uniformed man is to the right of the procession. Children, maypoles and crowds are in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photographs
- Annotation at bottom of photographs reads, "May Day Celebration / Burnaby, BC, May 20, 1933 / Stride Studios photo / 3"
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
May Day Celebration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34272
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0 x 17.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two young women are seated on a stage platform, with a girl standing between them. Four men are standing on the stage (2nd from right: Constable Jeffery), and boys and girls can be seen at the sides of the photograph. There is a microphone on the right si…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0 x 17.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 013-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two young women are seated on a stage platform, with a girl standing between them. Four men are standing on the stage (2nd from right: Constable Jeffery), and boys and girls can be seen at the sides of the photograph. There is a microphone on the right side of the photograph.
- Names
- Jeffery, George
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
- Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "May Day Celebration / Burnaby, BC, May 20, 1933 / Stride Studios photo / no. 10"
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area