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Building and opening the Digney Speedway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85334
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continue…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continues with footage of a press dinner in the garden of Andy Digney's home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby and is followed with footage of the Digney Speedway in operation for the grand opening on July 8, 1948. Midget cars and jalopies (stock cars) can be seen racing on the speedway. Some of the footage of the raceway pit and races switches to black and white.The film closes with colour footage of a truck moving Lucky Fordham's house from Bonsor Ave to the speedway.
- Subjects
- Sports - Automobile Racing
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Maywood Area
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Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]
Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-16.m4vBylaw Number: 1691 - General Borrowing and Hypothecation of Taxes Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21775
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1691
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Mar 01
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1691
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Mar 01
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1692 - Sinking Fund Suspension Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21774
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1692
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Mar 27
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1692
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Mar 27
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1693 - Percentage Additions Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21773
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1693
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Mar 27
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1693
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Mar 27
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1695 - Revenue Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21771
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1695
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Mar 27
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1695
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Mar 27
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1698 - Land Sale Bylaw No 3, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21768
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1698
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Apr 10
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1698
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Apr 10
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1699 - Property Exchange Bylaw No 1, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21767
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1699
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Apr 17
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1699
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Apr 17
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1700 - Land Sale Bylaw No 3, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21766
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1700
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Apr 30
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1700
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Apr 30
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1701 - Land Sale Bylaw No 4, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21765
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1701
- Final Adoption
- 1940 May 08
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1701
- Final Adoption
- 1940 May 08
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1702 - Property Exchange Bylaw No 2, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21764
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1702
- Final Adoption
- 1940 May 08
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1702
- Final Adoption
- 1940 May 08
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1703 - Highway Abandonment Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21763
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1703
- Final Adoption
- 1940 May 29
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1703
- Final Adoption
- 1940 May 29
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1704 - Land Sale Bylaw No 5, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21762
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1704
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jun 05
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1704
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jun 05
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1705 - Corporate Land Sale Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21761
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1705
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jun 26
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1705
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jun 26
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1706 - Land Sale Bylaw No 6, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21760
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1706
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jul 03
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1706
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jul 03
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1707 - Delinquent Taxes Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21759
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1707
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jun 17
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1707
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jun 17
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1708 - Land Sale Bylaw No 7, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21758
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1708
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jun 30
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1708
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Jun 30
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1709 - Land Sale Bylaw No 8, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21757
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1709
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Sep 04
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1709
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Sep 04
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1710 - Soldiers Taxes Extension Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21756
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1710
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Sep 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1710
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Sep 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1711 - Percentage Rebate Bylaw 1940 - 1941
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21755
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1711
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Sep 25
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1711
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Sep 25
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1712 - Land Sale Bylaw No 9, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21754
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1712
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Oct 09
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1712
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Oct 09
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1713 - General Borrowing and Hypothecation of Taxes Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21753
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1713
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Oct 09
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1713
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Oct 09
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1714 - John Freer Lease Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21752
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1714
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Nov 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1714
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Nov 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1715 - Land Sale Bylaw No 10, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21751
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1715
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Nov 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1715
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Nov 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1716 - Scott Property Sale Bylaw 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21750
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1716
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Nov 22
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1716
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Nov 22
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 1717 - Land Sale Bylaw No 11, 1940
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21749
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1717
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Dec 04
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1717
- Final Adoption
- 1940 Dec 04
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds