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E.T. going home float by Pacific Vocational Institute students

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58944
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 cm x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a float constructed by Pacific Vocational Institute students. The float is based on the movie "E.T." and features some young adults on bicycles on the float.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 cm x 20.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1390
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a float constructed by Pacific Vocational Institute students. The float is based on the movie "E.T." and features some young adults on bicycles on the float.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Transportation - Parade Floats
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on recto: "E.T. going home by Pacific Vocational Institute students"
Note on verso: "Burnaby Today / A-8 / Going home / 100%"
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Bill Price in Remembrance Day Parade

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36991
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989 (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 9.7 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of William "Bill" Price in the last Remembrance Day parade he participated in, 1989.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989 (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 9.7 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-449
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of William "Bill" Price in the last Remembrance Day parade he participated in, 1989.
Subjects
Symbols - Flags
Events - Parades
Persons - Veterans
Names
Price, William Francis "Bill"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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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
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
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.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track ten of interview with Bill Lewarne

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Through the Lens of Andy Digney

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10099
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (12 min., 17 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
Item consists of a short film featuring a compilation of film footage created by Andy Digney that was edited and narrated by the Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby resident Andy Digney captured footage of Burnaby and beyond from 1934 to 1964. Highlights within this film compilaton include the constru…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Museum film collection series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (12 min., 17 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Material Details
Research and Narration: Lisa Codd
Editing and Audio Recording: Matthew Ball
Special thanks to Paul Digney
Scope and Content
Item consists of a short film featuring a compilation of film footage created by Andy Digney that was edited and narrated by the Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby resident Andy Digney captured footage of Burnaby and beyond from 1934 to 1964. Highlights within this film compilaton include the construction and events held at the Oak Theatre; Royal visit motorcade of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; Sports Day at Central Park; Gymcana event at Burnaby Lake Riding Stables; lawn bowling at Central Park; a Depression-era May Day workers’ parade in 1936; May Day celebrations in Burnaby; visits to locations throughout the Lower Mainland, including Stanley Park, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain and boat trip up Burrard Inlet; the Digney Speedway; the Digney family at their home on Bonsor Avenue and the Digney Bowling Alley.
Creator
Digney, Andy
Subjects
Events - Parades
Events - May Day
Sports - Bowling
Names
Digney, Andy
Digney Bowling Alley
Digney Speedway
Codd, Lisa
Oak Theatre
Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Central Park
Street Address
6521 Bonsor Avenue
Accession Code
BV019.18.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016
Media Type
Moving Images
Related Material
See also the City of Burnaby Archives "Digney Family fonds" MI catalogue 562.003 for film masters
Notes
Title based on contents
City of Burnaby Archives holds the original Digney film masters (562.003) that this narrated segment was disseminated from. See Digney family fonds
Images
Video

Through the Lens of Andy Digney, [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016

Through the Lens of Andy Digney, [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2019_0018_0001_001.mp4
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A group of unidentified elderly women

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59047
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of nine unidentified elderly women seated in wheelchairs and waving toward the camera. One holds up a flag and another has a trophy.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1453
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of nine unidentified elderly women seated in wheelchairs and waving toward the camera. One holds up a flag and another has a trophy.
Subjects
Persons - Seniors
Personal Symbols - Trophies
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "PMT / page 4 / Burnaby Today / 92% / Burnaby General"
Images
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Colleen Wood

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46134
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1981
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of musician Colleen Wood with an unidentified man kneeling beside her, presenting her with a framed certificate which reads: "The Corporation of the District of Burnaby / Certificate of Appreciation / presented to / Colleen Wood ..." . She suffered from a rare muscle disease and was an …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1981
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 13.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1022
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of musician Colleen Wood with an unidentified man kneeling beside her, presenting her with a framed certificate which reads: "The Corporation of the District of Burnaby / Certificate of Appreciation / presented to / Colleen Wood ..." . She suffered from a rare muscle disease and was an active member of the Variety Club of British Columbia, donating all funds raised at her concerts to the club.
Subjects
Personal Symbols - Certificates
Occupations - Musicians
Names
Wood, Colleen
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Debbie Brill named Athlete of the Year

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45482
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Debbie Brill accepting the Vincent Eyre Andrew trophy for Athlete of the Year at the Columbian's award banquet.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-377
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Debbie Brill accepting the Vincent Eyre Andrew trophy for Athlete of the Year at the Columbian's award banquet.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Awards
Personal Symbols - Trophies
Names
Brill, Debbie
The Columbian
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Columbian Country's own Debbie Brill beams after being named Athlete of the Year at the paper's awards banquet."
Images
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Debbie Brill named Athlete of the Year

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45484
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Debbie Brill sitting at a table with the Vincent Eyre Andrew trophy that she won for Athlete of the Year at the Columbian's award banquet.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-379
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Debbie Brill sitting at a table with the Vincent Eyre Andrew trophy that she won for Athlete of the Year at the Columbian's award banquet.
Subjects
Personal Symbols - Trophies
Names
Brill, Debbie
The Columbian
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Elaine Tanner with Ron Village

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45991
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
November 13, 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of former Olympic swimmer Elaine Tanner awarding Ron Village with an Outstanding Achievement Award.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
November 13, 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-886
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of former Olympic swimmer Elaine Tanner awarding Ron Village with an Outstanding Achievement Award.
Subjects
Personal Symbols - Trophies
Persons - Athletes
Ceremonies - Awards
Names
Tanner, Elaine
Village, Ron
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Battistoni, Peter
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Elaine Tanner makes presentation to Ron Village"
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Figure skater Kimiko Kajiwara

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45489
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1980]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Golden Blades figure skater Kimiko Kajiwara holding the Fraser Valley Championship trophy and smiling.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1980]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-384
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Golden Blades figure skater Kimiko Kajiwara holding the Fraser Valley Championship trophy and smiling.
Subjects
Personal Symbols - Trophies
Names
Kajiwara, Kimiko
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Unidentified man receiving an award

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59028
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of man receiving an award or framed certificate. He is shaking hands with another unidentified man.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1434
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of man receiving an award or framed certificate. He is shaking hands with another unidentified man.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Awards
Personal Symbols - Certificates
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso reads: "page 5 / Burnaby / Today / PMT 100%"
Images
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B.C. Summer Games parade float

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15412
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 1984
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of B.C. Summer Games parade float in Burnaby for parade between July 19th and 22nd.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
B.C. Summer Games series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of B.C. Summer Games parade float in Burnaby for parade between July 19th and 22nd.
Subjects
Events - Competitions
Sports
Recreational Activities
Events - Parades
Names
B.C. Summer Games
Accession Code
BV021.4.19
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
July 1984
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
April 1, 2021
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Ainsly Lubbock and Ken Glanville

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37268
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1987
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock and Ken Glanville standing beside a team of horses. They were on a trip along the Gold Rush Trail, in covered wagons to Barkerville, BC.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1987
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Lubbock family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
342-043
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock and Ken Glanville standing beside a team of horses. They were on a trip along the Gold Rush Trail, in covered wagons to Barkerville, BC.
Subjects
Transportation - Carriages
Transportation - Horses
Names
Lubbock, Ainsly
Glanville, Ken
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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ALRT - Night Tour

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91714
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 1984
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of Johnson Terminal drivers hauling Advanced Light Rapid Transit (ALRT) rail beds from Delta, BC to Burnaby, BC. Rail beds are lowered onto trucks, driven overnight to Burnaby, and installed onto tall cement supports via cranes to create elevated guideways for the SkyT…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 1984
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Physical Description
40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
618-032
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2015-15
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of Johnson Terminal drivers hauling Advanced Light Rapid Transit (ALRT) rail beds from Delta, BC to Burnaby, BC. Rail beds are lowered onto trucks, driven overnight to Burnaby, and installed onto tall cement supports via cranes to create elevated guideways for the SkyTrain system.
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Transportation - Trucks
Construction Tools and Equipment
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Lawson, Doreen A.
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from label on original slide cases
Note in blue ink on card slotted into slide pocket on slide sheet reads: "Exerpts [sic] from an all night ride from Delta to Burnaby with Johnson Terminal drivers hauling ALRT rail beds. / 1984"
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BCSME locomotive at Burnaby Village Museum

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12441
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1987 and 1989]
Collection/Fonds
Century Park Museum Association fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three unidentified people riding a BCSME minature steam locomotive at the Burnaby Village Museum. The locomotive has stopped outside of the train station. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) ran the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Century Park Museum Association fonds
Series
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three unidentified people riding a BCSME minature steam locomotive at the Burnaby Village Museum. The locomotive has stopped outside of the train station. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) ran the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Transportation - Locomotives
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
BC Society of Model Engineers (BCSME)
Accession Code
BV020.5.102
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1987 and 1989]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
2400
Scan Date
25-Feb-20
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory443
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1930-1990
Length
00:07:58
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the interurban tram service in Burnaby, how it was used, the interurban routes, reasons for closing the interurban and later building Skytrain, and attempts to purchase an old tram car for Heritage Village
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the interurban tram service in Burnaby, how it was used, the interurban routes, reasons for closing the interurban and later building Skytrain, and attempts to purchase an old tram car for Heritage Village
Date Range
1930-1990
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
Length
00:07:58
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation - Skytrain
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
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
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.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Bill Lewarne

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Venables Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52845
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1981
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman standing next to two children on a tricycle on Venables Street. A man is on the far right standing next to a parked car. Three of the people in the photograph are identified by first name only as Sharron, Andrea and Frank. The photograph was most likely taken near the Johnston…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1981
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
483-102
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2008-08
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman standing next to two children on a tricycle on Venables Street. A man is on the far right standing next to a parked car. Three of the people in the photograph are identified by first name only as Sharron, Andrea and Frank. The photograph was most likely taken near the Johnston family home at 4447 Venables Street.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Bicycles
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Johnston, Harold H.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Venables Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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Ainsly Lubbock on horseback

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37240
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1983]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock on horseback, with a horse and rider standing to either side. They are in an arena during a competition.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1983]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Lubbock family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
342-014
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock on horseback, with a horse and rider standing to either side. They are in an arena during a competition.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Events - Competitions
Names
Lubbock, Ainsly
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Allison Eades runs 100 metre hurdles

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45483
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1980]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Allison Eades of Burnaby Central competing in the 100 metre hurdles and winning.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1980]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 19 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-378
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Allison Eades of Burnaby Central competing in the 100 metre hurdles and winning.
Subjects
Events - Competitions
Sports
Names
Eades, Allison
Burnaby Central Secondary School
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Burnaby Central's Allison Eades displays winning form in her girls' 100 metre hurdles heat."
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A man cutting the tape at an opening ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59206
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1982
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the crowd gathered for an opening ceremony. Three people in the foreground are cutting a ribbon and a sign reads "Member Services" in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1982
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1522
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of the crowd gathered for an opening ceremony. Three people in the foreground are cutting a ribbon and a sign reads "Member Services" in the background.
Subjects
Ceremonies
Events - Openings
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "1 / PMT 100% / page 9 / Burnaby Today"
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