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postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47085
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.28.3
- Description
- Postcard: black and white photo, glossy, white border; vertical; intricately-carved stone structures on stepped base in front of half-timbered building with sign "-LL & Co." "-ALES" "-OCKPORT"; printed across bottom in white, hand-lettered "ANCIENT CROSSES SANDBACH"; on reverse in black, "POST CARD"; dotted line up centre with "Published by: A.W. Bourne, 32, Babingley Drive, Leicester"; to left, "CORRESPONDENCE", to right, "ADDRESS"; printed at bottom left, "Greetings from"; handwritten in blue ink, "July 4th" "We are here for lunch at Grandpa Bateman's village" [crossed out] "town where he spent his boyhood days" "Dad"; addressed to "Mrs. R H Blackwood 2435 Richter" "Kelowna BC CANADA"; brown King George VI stamp at upper right, "POSTAGE REVENUE" "2D"; cancelled by seven wavy lines; postmark "CREWE CHESHIRE" "815 5 JLY 1953"; note that stamp was used during reign of Elizabeth II; slight wear on corners
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Ancient Crosses / Sandbach / Grandpa Bateman's town where he spent his boyhood days
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Maker
- A. W. Bourne
- Country Made
- England
- Site/City Made
- Leicester
- Title
- Ancient Crosses Sandbach
- Publication Date
- July 5 1953
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47086
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.28.4
- Description
- Postcard: black and white photo, glossy, white border; horizontal; shows street and buildings, Wheat Hotel in right foreground, women with bicycles; printed in white at lower left is handlettered "HIGH TOWN SANDBACH"; on reverse in black "POST CARD", dotted line below, dotted line up centre with "Published by: A.W. Bourne, 32, Babingley Drive, Leicester"; "CORRESPONDENCE" at left, at right "ADDRESS"; at bottom left, "Greetings from"; addressed in blue ink to "Mr and Mrs. E. W. Bateman 3896 - W. 25th Ave. Vancouver 8, BC Canada"; "July 4 - Here we are in Sandbach having our lunch. Ena & Raymond Slack are so hospitable & friendly. We had a fine day at the potteries yesterday - it was the first time Ena & Mrs Ludwig had been too. Thanks for air Mail letter received on arrival at Crewe" "Love Edna"; brown stamp at upper right with King George VI, "POSTAGE REVENUE" "2D", cancelled with wavy lines; postmark "CREWE CHESHIRE" "8-" "5 JLY 1953" [Related to BV004.28.3]; indentation down centre on front, some spotting and damage from liquid?, which took gloss off along indentation
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- High Town Sandbach / Mr. & Mrs. Bateman / Edna
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Maker
- A. W. Bourne
- Country Made
- England
- Site/City Made
- Leicester
- Title
- High Town Sandbach
- Publication Date
- July 4 1953
Images
fork
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25956
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.110.7
- Description
- Dinner fork finished with electroplated silver, which has worn through in places. The fork is decorated in a tipped pattern on the top side of the handle. The back side of the handle has stamped hallmarks and the front side in engraved with "JCB" in script. The fork is part of a set of two forks and two spoons
- Object History
- Object is part of a set of two forks and two spoons. They were inherited by Edwin Wettenhall Bateman from the estate of his father in 1924. His parents were James Bateman and Caroline (Wettenhall) Bateman (J C B) and were purchased sometime before 1891 (the year Caroline Bateman died in Hartney, Manitoba). The object was reputed to have been brought from Sandbach, Cheshire, England where James and Caroline had lived prior to emigrating to Canada.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating & Drinking Utensils
- Object Term
- Fork, Eating
- Measurements
- L: 18.0 cm
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bateman Family
Images
medal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39914
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.24.24
- Description
- Medal, silver-coloured; Queen Victoria Jubilee 1897; front -design of Queen Victoria showing head, shoulders and two laurel sprigs; centre - coat-of-arms, surrounded by 5 circles, each with symbol at centre; hangs from decorative brass bar with blue grosgrain ribbon connecting it to similar bar at top; partial fastener on back; ribbon is hand-sewn on to the brass bars.
- Object History
- Part of a donation pertaining to Frederick Homer Cassels, a WWI Veterinary service army veteran.
- Frederick Homer Cassels was born June 25th 1870 or 1872 in Paisley, Ontario. He moved to BC in 1914 and settled in Vancouver. Cassels was a veterinary surgeon in the 103rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.
- Prior to that, Cassels worked in Washington State. He married Emily Frances McMullen in England in 1919. They came back to Canada and settled in Burnaby the same year.
- He later worked as a marble worker, sticker and polisher at Continental Marble Works until 1932. The family settled in Burnaby's "Skunk Hollow" area, an area off Boundary Road at 13th Avenue and Clydesdale. Their children attended Schou St. School.
- He passed away July 31 1948.
- Marks/Labels
- "VICTORIA REGINA" around image; on reverse, around edge, is stamped "VICTORIA, QUEEN AND EMPRESS, 1837 - 1897, THE LONGEST AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS REIGN ON RECORD"; hand sewn to the front of the ribbon are gold metal initials "VR" and leaf motif
- Names
- Cassels, Frederick Homer
Images
nutcracker
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25962
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.110.13
- Description
- Nutcracker set; nutcracker and seven nutpicks
- Object History
- Object was used by donor's maternal grand-parents, the Dales of Naseby, Lincolnshire, England. It was inherited by the donor and used in Elworth house when it was occupied by the Batemans' from 1920-1935.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Object Term
- Nutcracker
- Subjects
- Food Processing Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bateman Family
Images
teaspoon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25958
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.110.9
- Description
- Teaspoon finished with electroplated silver, which has worn through in places. The fork is decorated in a tipped pattern on the top side of the handle. The back side of the handle has stamped hallmarks and the front side in engraved with "JCB" in script. The spoon is part of a set of two forks and two spoons
- Object History
- Object is part of a set of two forks and two spoons. They were inherited by Edwin Wettenhall Bateman from the estate of his father in 1924. His parents were James Bateman and Caroline (Wettenhall) Bateman (J C B) and were purchased sometime before 1891 (the year Caroline Bateman died in Hartney, Manitoba). The object was reputed to have been brought from Sandbach, Cheshire, England where James and Caroline had lived prior to emigrating to Canada.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating & Drinking Utensils
- Object Term
- Spoon, Eating
- Measurements
- Overall measurements: length 14 cm
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bateman Family