"13th Avenue" found 143 records

Eastburn Park tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38628

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman shoveling dirt onto the base of a tree during the ceremonial tree planting at Eastburn Park. To the right of the photograph (turned away from the camera) is Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable and next to him (wearing light coloured suit) is Burnaby Council member Gerry Ast. In the …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 467-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-5

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman shoveling dirt onto the base of a tree during the ceremonial tree planting at Eastburn Park. To the right of the photograph (turned away from the camera) is Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable and next to him (wearing light coloured suit) is Burnaby Council member Gerry Ast. In the centre of the photograph (wearing light coloured jacket and holding a purse) is Ethel Widmen.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Ast, Gerald D.; Constable, Thomas W. "Tom"; Widmen, Ethel

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eastburn Park; 13th Avenue

Street Address: 7944 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

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Eastburn Park tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38629

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable handing a shovel to Robin Sanders as part of the tree planting ceremony at Eastburn Park. Standing behind them, wearing a light coloured jacket is Ethel Widmen.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 467-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-5

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable handing a shovel to Robin Sanders as part of the tree planting ceremony at Eastburn Park. Standing behind them, wearing a light coloured jacket is Ethel Widmen.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Constable, Thomas W. "Tom"; Sanders, Robin; Widmen, Ethel

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eastburn Park; 13th Avenue

Street Address: 7944 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

Eastburn Park tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38630

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mayor Tom Constable holding a tree at the ceremonial tree planting at Eastburn Park. Standing in the centre of the photograph (wearing light coloured suit) is Burnaby Council member Gerry Ast.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 467-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-5

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mayor Tom Constable holding a tree at the ceremonial tree planting at Eastburn Park. Standing in the centre of the photograph (wearing light coloured suit) is Burnaby Council member Gerry Ast.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Ast, Gerald D.; Constable, Thomas W. "Tom"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eastburn Park; 13th Avenue

Street Address: 7944 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

Eastburn Park tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38633

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd gathered for a ceremonial tree planting at Eastburn Park. Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable can be seen to the far right (partially obscurred) and to the immediate left of him is Burnaby Council member Gerald Ast. The rest of the crowd is unidenitified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 467-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-5

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd gathered for a ceremonial tree planting at Eastburn Park. Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable can be seen to the far right (partially obscurred) and to the immediate left of him is Burnaby Council member Gerald Ast. The rest of the crowd is unidenitified.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Ast, Gerald D.; Constable, Thomas W. "Tom"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eastburn Park; 13th Avenue

Street Address: 7944 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

Eastburn Park tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38634

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of a tree planting ceremony at Eastburn Park. Beth Chobotuck is shown holding the shovel at the centre of the picture and Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable is visible at the far right of the photograph (with his side to the camera). To the left of Mayor Constable (wearing light coloured suit…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 467-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-5

Scope and Content: Photograph of a tree planting ceremony at Eastburn Park. Beth Chobotuck is shown holding the shovel at the centre of the picture and Burnaby Mayor Tom Constable is visible at the far right of the photograph (with his side to the camera). To the left of Mayor Constable (wearing light coloured suit) is Burnaby Council member Gerald Ast. The rest of the people are unidentified.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Ast, Gerald D.; Chobotuck, Beth; Constable, Thomas W. "Tom"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eastburn Park; 13th Avenue

Street Address: 7944 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

Eastburn Park tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38635

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Thomas Constable planting a tree at a ceremonial tree planting event at Eastburn Park. None of the members of the crowd gathered behind him are identified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 467-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-5

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Thomas Constable planting a tree at a ceremonial tree planting event at Eastburn Park. None of the members of the crowd gathered behind him are identified.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Constable, Thomas W. "Tom"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eastburn Park; 13th Avenue

Street Address: 7944 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

Eastburn Park tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38636

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of a ceremonial tree planting at Eastburn Park. Pictured are Burnaby Councillor Gerry Ast (standing to the left next to an unidentified child), Jessie Beattie (centre) and Mayor Tom Constable.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 8, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm pasted on cardboard backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 467-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-5

Scope and Content: Photograph of a ceremonial tree planting at Eastburn Park. Pictured are Burnaby Councillor Gerry Ast (standing to the left next to an unidentified child), Jessie Beattie (centre) and Mayor Tom Constable.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Ast, Gerald D.; Beattie, Jessie; Constable, Thomas W. "Tom"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eastburn Park; 13th Avenue

Street Address: 7944 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

East Side of 6th Street between 12th Avenue and 13th Avenues

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport40945

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 36649

Meeting Date: 21-Mar-1960

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 36649

Meeting Date: 21-Mar-1960

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 36649

21-Mar-1960 Meeting Minutes

Extension of 13th Avenue from Newcombe Street Westerly

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42628

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 40658

Meeting Date: 4-Nov-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 40658

Meeting Date: 4-Nov-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 40658

4-Nov-1957 Meeting Minutes

Improvement of Gilmore Avenue Between 13th Avenue and 14th Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport71935

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 76382

Meeting Date: 14-Dec-1917

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 76382

Meeting Date: 14-Dec-1917

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 76382

14-Dec-1917 Meeting Minutes

Improvements to Services on 13th Avenue, Curragh Avenue, Sperling Avenue, and Holdom Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport66341

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 58529

Meeting Date: 16-Aug-1926

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 58529

Meeting Date: 16-Aug-1926

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 58529

16-Aug-1926 Meeting Minutes

Interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19348

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 56 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 57 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of an oral history interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interview opens with introductions and how the content of the interview can be drawn on by Burnaby Village Museum for future …

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 56 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 57 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Anushay Malik Co Interviewer and technical support: Kate Petrusa Interviewee: Dr. Sadhu Binning Location of Interview: Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 25, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 3 Total Length of all Tracks: (1:15:57) Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto three separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of an oral history interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interview opens with introductions and how the content of the interview can be drawn on by Burnaby Village Museum for future exhibits and for researchers to learn more about the history of the South Asian community in Burnaby. During the interview, Dr. Binning shares his ancestral background along with his relatives' and his own personal experiences as a South Asian immigrant living and working in British Columbia and Burnaby. Dr. Binning conveys that he’s a Burnaby resident who’s lived in Burnaby since 1973 and that his children were born here. Binning shares his ancestral heritage beginning with his uncle Dhana Singh who emigrated from Punjab to British Columbia in 1931 and began working in the forest industry. He explains how Dhana Singh and another partner owned, operated and worked in small sawmills in the vicinity of Kamloops, Williams Lake and also on Vancouver Island. Binning conveys that in the beginning Dhana Singh and many other South Asian immigrants were not legal residents until 1938. In 1938, about 350 South Asian immigrants (mainly Punjabi) gathered resources to hire a lawyer to obtain permanent residency. Binning mentions that one of the notable South Asians in the group who was also a close friend of his uncle, was Darshan Singh Sangha, a trade unionist who was a founding member of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) union and an active member of the Communist Party of Canada. Binning conveys how Darshan Singh Sangha returned to India in 1947 to be a part of the revolution, how he was very active in the communist movement in India. While in India, Darshan Singh Sangha, was known as Canadian and thereby adopted “Canadian” as his surname, becoming “Darshan Singh Canadian”. Binning further explains that his uncle Dhana Singh Sangha returned to India in 1951, married and came back to B.C. in 1957 bringing with him, his wife and children. In 1960, with the support of his uncle, Binning’s father, Jit Singh Binning immigrated to British Columbia and began working in sawmills in the lower mainland, Kamloops, Quesnel and on Vancouver Island. Binning clarifies that his uncle, Dhana Singh was able to immigrate to Canada with the support of his cousins from the Tarker Singh Bains family. Binning further describes Darshan Singh Sangha’s involvement with the Communist party and the IWA and how the majority of the members were from the forest industry. As an active and prominent member of the labour movement, Darshan Singh Sangha fought for the rights of South Asians and Chinese who working in the industry and facing racism, unfair wages and discriminatory practices. Binning describes how Darshan Singh Sangha wrote a book in English in 1943, titled “Rise of the New Asia”. Binning conveys how immigrants of Chinese and South Asian decent didn’t have the right to vote in British Columbia and how Darshan Singh Sangha was instrumental in obtaining the right to vote in British Columbia, although he was never given the credit. Binning describes his uncle Dhana Singh as a likeable guy with many friends, first living in Kamloops before moving to Vancouver. Binning imparts how the sport of wrestling is a popular Punjabi sport along with Punjabi kabaddi. He conveys that his uncle became involved in wrestling while working in sawmills. South Asian immigrants had to do physical labour working in sawmills, the work could be tough and could often lead to physical fights. A number of South Asian immigrants working in the mills already had experience as wrestlers from back home. Dhana Singh later left the lumber industry to work in the agriculture sector. Binning explains how immigration rules changed in the 1960s which lead to larger numbers of South Asians immigrating to Canada. Many of these new immigrants were educated and politically conscious. All of these new immigrants faced racism but being politically conscious from an independent India and with the ability to speak English they organized themselves to fight for their rights. Binning imagines the items that his uncle and his father may have brought with them in their suitcase when immigrating to Canada. Binning describes three items, including a rajai (a blanket with cotton inside that is sewn together), a bistra (small attaché case or trunk) and a piece of cloth to lie on. Binning further describes the roles in Indian society as caste divisions and that it was usually women’s work in making the rajais. Binning recollects the locations that his father and his family lived after coming to Vancouver. Binning explains that a few years after living together in Vancouver, he and his family moved to Burnaby in 1973 to be closer to his Dr. Binning’s wife, Jagdish Binning’s family. Dr. Binning and family lived in a house in Burnaby located on Irmin Street near Royal Oak between 1973 and 1987. While living at this house their children attended McPherson Park Junior High School and later Burnaby South Secondary School. Binning reflects on some of the racism that he and his family have faced while living in Burnaby which led him to write a poem that he published in 1994 titled “No More Watno Dur”. Binning explains the meaning of the title “Watan” meaning “country and everybody” “a country far way from the motherland”. Binning explains the origins of the magazine “Watan” that was started by a friend in 1973. The magazine got its roots in Vancouver in 1973 from an organization called the “Punjabi Literary Association”. Binning became the editor of the magazine in 1976 and his friend joined him as assistant editor in 1978. Binning continued to work as editor until 1983 or 1984 when he returned to school to complete his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree. Binning describes the origins of the “Vancouver Sath” that was formed by a small group of South Asians around 1982. Binning was a founding member of the organization and held meetings and rehearsals at his house in Burnaby. Vancouver Sath first started out as an informal discussion forum by a group of politically conscious Punjabi writers and activists. Binning talks about issues and problems that Vancouver Sath addressed including; racism as well as domestic violence in the South Asian community. Binning explains how he and Sukhwant Hundal wrote articles on these issues and others that were happening in the South Asian community in Canada. Binning talks about how in 1983, the group was inspired to begin performing theatrical works after consulting with Gursharan Singh who was from a well known theatrical group from Punjab who were performing in Vancouver. In the beginning the Vancouver Sath’s plays were focused on the problems in Punjab but they soon decided to address social issues in their own South Asian community here in Canada. Binning summarizes and draws attention to, some of the plays that Vancouver Sath has written and performed including; “Picket Line”, about Punjabi women farmworkers’ rights; “Lattan de Bhoot”, about domestic abuse; “A Crop of Poison”; “Kihda Viah” (English translation- “Whose Marriage”) about arranged marriage and others about social issues in the South Asian community. The plays were performed in public schools and community centres in Vancouver and Richmond, Simon Fraser University and some were also performed in Toronto, Calgary and Williams Lake. Binning mentions some of the traditional foods that he likes to eat and where he and his family have shopped to find ingredients. He recalls how his mother, Gurmaje Kaur Binning did all of the cooking and was often cooking all day long. In the sixties, the Binning family address on 13th Avenue in Vancouver was also used as a postal address for many friends and family who’d recently immigrated. When these friends dropped by to pick up their mail, his mother often provided them with tea and food. After Binning and his wife, Jagdish moved to their own home in 1973, he shared in some of the shopping and cooking but his wife did the majority of the work due to his busy schedule. The interview closes with Binning providing an explanation of how “Watno Dur” magazine changed it’s name to “Watan” magazine. Binning reflects on how this came to be, when he made the decision to get an education in Canada and to stay here, not just as a “Canadian” but as a “Punjabi Canadian.

History: Interviewee biography: Dr. Sadhu Binning was born on May 10, 1947 to mother Gurmej Kaur and father Jeet Singh Binning. Due to lack of proper records management in India at the time of his birth, it is believed that he was actually born sometime in December of 1947. He grew up alongside two brothers and one sister in a village located in Kapurthala, Punjab. Dr. Binning attended secondary school in the nearby city of Phagwara, Punjab although he did not complete his education here. Throughout his childhood, he enjoyed reading both Punjabi and Hindi novels and learned how to read Urdu as well. Dr. Binning’s uncle, Dhana Singh immigrated to Canada in 1933 and returned to India in 1953. When Dhana Singh returned to Canada in 1957, he sponsored Dr. Binning’s father, Jeet Singh Binning to immigrate. Dhana Singh co-owned a few saw mills in British Columbia and also worked in the truck driving industry. Dr. Binning remembers that some people who had lived in Canada would visit their village and that they appeared to be strong and healthy and looked happy. He also noticed that they would eat meat, so whenever they would visit there would be meat available. In 1967, when he was nineteen and a half years old, Dr. Binning immigrated Canada to join his father. He recalls his father and uncle and a friend arriving at the airport to pick him up. During his first few days, Dr. Binning made the decision to remove his turban and beard upon receiving advice from his uncle. Dr. Binning first obtained work on a farm in Abbotsford, working alongside his mother. While working, Dr. Binning also attended English classes in Vancouver. Dr. Binning’s Uncle Dhana Singh worked in a Vancouver saw mill and tried to help find work for his nephew but was unsuccessful. Dr. Binning soon found work at a saw mill in Avola and worked there until the end of the summer until a friend helped find him work in a saw mill in North Vancouver. During his free time, he enjoyed camping with friends. In 1970, Dr. Binning left the saw mill after obtaining a job at the post office. The post office offered lower wages than working at the mill but Dr. Binning believed that he would become more educated working here. While working as a postman, Dr. Binning recalls facing a lot of discrimination and racism and was often referred to as a ‘Paki’ multiple times a day. In 1973, Dr. Binning married Jagish Sihota. Sadhu and Jagdish originated from nearby villages in India and met each other in Canada. Dr. Binning’s wife, Jagdish worked at the Royal Bank of Canada for thirty years until her retirement. While working, she also looked after the household and their son and daughter. Jagdish also handwrote a magazine, “Watno Dur’ (English translation: ‘away from homeland’) which was distributed in the community. In 1976, Dr. Binning became the editor of the magazine and the name was later changed to “Watan’ as they had accepted their new homeland of Canada. While working at the post office, Dr. Binning also attended night school starting in eighth grade. After receiving his high school diploma, he was accepted to Simon Fraser University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Anthropology and Sociology and in 1986 he obtained a Masters degree from Simon Fraser University. While attending university, Dr. Binning was very active within the community and wanted to work to improve society. He first thought that he would return to India to contribute and improve rights in his homeland but upon seeing the prevalence of the movements in Canada, he realized that work needed to be done here too. In 1983, Dr. Binning became a founding member and contributor to a theatrical collective known as “Vancouver Sath”. The theatrical group produced plays that represented societal issues and were invited to perform at multiple conferences throughout British Columbia and Canada. The group focused and acknowledged the many issues in Punjab and in Canada. One of the plays that the group produced focused on the exploitation of Punjabi women who worked on farms in Canada. Dr. Binning continued to be involved as an integral member of Vancouver Sath until 1995. Over the years, Dr. Binning has strongly lobbied for Punjabi language education and between 1988 and 2008 he worked as Punjabi instructor at the University of British Columbia. He first worked as a teaching assistant at UBC under Dr. Harjot Oberoi and due to low wages, he simultaneously worked at the Post Office. In 2019, Dr. Binning received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from UBC in recognition of his work. Since 1973, Dr. Binning has lived in Burnaby and has resided in the same home that he and his wife Jagdish purchased in 1987. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, watercolour painting, travelling abroad and going on road trips. Interviewer biography: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Industries - Forestry; Foods; Migration; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Organizations - Unions; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Performances; Performances - Dramatic Performances; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism

Names: Binning, Dr. Sadhu; Binning, Gurmaje Kaur; Binning, Jit Singh; Binning, Jagdish; Sangha, Darshan Singh; Canadian Farmworkers Union; Hundal, Sukhwant; Sangra, Harjinder; Singh, Dhana; Vancouver Sath

Responsibility: Petrusa, Kate; Malik, Anushay

Accession Code: BV022.29.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby

Documents

2022_0029_0003_005

Audio Tracks

Interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning, [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0003_004.mp3

James Massey family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933-1953 (date of originals), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 18 photographs (tiffs) ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Records consist of 14 digitized photographs of Robert Burnaby Park and the Massey family with views of buildings, gardens, and trails.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933-1953 (date of originals), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 18 photographs (tiffs) ; 600 dpi

Material Details: Tiffs are copies of original photographs

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Records consist of 14 digitized photographs of Robert Burnaby Park and the Massey family with views of buildings, gardens, and trails.

History: James Massey was born in Lancaster, England, in 1890 and immigrated to Burnaby in 1910. He married Alice Wilcock who also immigrated to Canada from Lancaster. James and Alice (Willcock) Massey were married in New Westminster on September 11, 1912. The couple built a house on three adjoining lots on the south side of 13th Avenue in Burnaby near Cumberland Road. James and Alice had three daughters, Betty, Grace, and Evelyn. James worked in road construction for the Burnaby Municipality, assisting to build Sperling Avenue (formerly named Pole Line Road) in 1912. He also worked in the brick yard in the glen behind the B.C. Penitentiary, which was owned by the Cogband family. In 1933, James accepted the job of caretaker for Robert Burnaby Park and moved his family onto the property. He was paid 30 dollars a week and the house was rent-free, leaving the family to rent out their house on 13th Avenue for extra revenue. The house that they moved into in Robert Burnaby Park was formerly owned by the Ramsey family and was a pre-fabricated design with no bathroom and a wood stove in the kitchen for heating. The park is situated south of Burnaby Lake on District Lots 87, 89, and 90. The land was originally owned by the Ramsey family, who purchased the property in 1905 and then sold it to Mr. Vidal in 1909. Annie Ramsey bought it back in 1917, but lost it to the city through tax sale proceedings where she entered into a lease agreement allowing her to live on the property until her death in 1926. As the caretaker of Robert Burnaby Park and Burnaby Lake, James also fulfilled the role of game warden. In his role as game warden, James would watch for any poachers, pull traps, take any firearms from children and also act as a deputy for the Provincial Police, which later became the R.C.M.P. The Massey family's dog, Pete, a spaniel cross, assisted Jim in tracking down any traps. Mr. Massey had three aviaries on the park property, where he raised canaries, and in 1939, he installed a goldfish pond. He was also responsible for constructing a playground and raising the flag up the flag pole on all public holidays. The family built a greenhouse behind their house to grow plants for the extensive park gardens. James' brother was the caretaker of Queens Park in New Westminster and assisted him in the planning and design of the gardens. During the 1930s, many unemployed script worked for Mr. Massey in clearing land and building trails and a bridge within the park. A garage was built at the foot of 2nd Street with two additional rooms built by Mr. Massey with the intention of them being used by the Parks Board. However, it was never used for this purpose and the Air Raid Patrol building from the 2nd Street School grounds was moved to the park and used for storage. The Army for the Common Good gardens were located on the west side of Hill Avenue with a shed for tools. The Army of the Common Good grew food and distributed it within the community to those in need during the Depression. The Massey family moved from the park in 1947 and James decided to run for the Burnaby School in the early 1950s. James retired at 65 years of age but continued to work as a custodian at the Armstrong Avenue School until the age of 72. James died in 1985 in Princeton, B.C., at the age of 95.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Massey family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Photo catalogue 581

John Knox Christian School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows children leaving John Knox Christian School at 8260 13th Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-365

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows children leaving John Knox Christian School at 8260 13th Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: John Knox Christian School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying; Photographers identified by surnames only: Carr and Vardeman

Geographic Access: 13th Avenue

Street Address: 8260 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

John Knox Christian School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79627

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows school buses picking up children from John Knox Christian School at 8260 13th Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-366

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows school buses picking up children from John Knox Christian School at 8260 13th Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Transportation - Buses

Names: John Knox Christian School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying; Photographers identified by surnames only: Carr and Vardeman

Geographic Access: 13th Avenue

Street Address: 8260 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

Knight family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64497

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photgraphs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Knight family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photgraphs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-53

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

History: Milton "Milt" Waller Knight was born in Canada circa 1904. His wife Virginia Harrington was born in Duluth, Minnesota circa 1905 and lived most of her life in Canada. Virginia was the first person in British Columbia to breed budgies when she began in 1932 and by 1939 she and her husband created the first crested budgie in the world. By 1942, Virginia was also housing two-hundred and fifty birds at the home of her mother, Mrs. N.M. Herington, which was located at 1775 West 13th Avenue in Burnaby. Milton and Virginia Knight moved into their own home during the war years but, as they could not get their large aviary moved, they were forced to sell their crested birds. When they started up in their birds again, they obtained some of their crested back. By 1948 they had created two types of crested: those with a miniature cockatiel crest and those with a crest like a crested canary. By 1950 they had created the crested in over twelve colours of budgie, including cobalt and yellow-wing greens. The Knights lived together at 3718 Sperling Avenue (later renumbered 5255 Sperling Avenue) and opened Lakeview Aviaries on their one acre property at Deer Lake where Virginia specialized in budgies (Budgerigars) and bred the first albino in Canada and the first crested variety in the world. She kept Java rice birds, button quail, red factor canaries, cockatiels, finches, love birds and twelve varieties of budgerigar. She was a member of the British Columbia Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society. The facilities at Lakeview Aviaries included two heated aviary cages and three outdoor flight cages constructed by Milton. Lakeview housed the only "hospital" facilities in the city for cage birds, which featured an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled hospital cage. Virginia, known in the community as “the Bird Doctor” nursed many sick birds back to health free of charge for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA. The Knights often donated their trained birds to sick and injured children, for Virginia believed, “Budgies do wonders for the kiddies. They make them forget their troubles and of course a happy mental outlook is a definite aid to better physical health.” The couple’s personal pets included eight different types of parrot, three talking budgies, a dancing bare-eyes cockatoo, three talking cockatiel, and “Hoppy” her pet owl. By 1952, they had a toucan and a macaw as pets. In later years, they added two small dogs. By 1965, Milton had over 25 years of service as a truck driver at the Vancouver Service Department. He was also an avid collector of antique watches and clocks. He reconditioned the timepieces, systematically restoring them to their original condition. He was a member of the National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors. Milt also treasured old music boxes and restored their large metal discs and rolls to “as new” condition. Milton Knight died March 7, 1966 at 62 years of age. Virginia Knight lived alone at 5755 Sperling Avenue after her husband’s death and continued her work at the Lakeview Aviary where she “doctored 700-800 [birds] a year free of charge (except medicine) and gave SPCA donations up to $1000 a year.” Virginia Knight passed away November 10, 1987 at 82 years of age.