"Burnaby Heights Area" found 16 records

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Burnaby's first fire hall Carleton Ave. and Eton St. 290 N (1925)"; Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"

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Fire hall no. 1, [1925] (date of original) thumbnail

Fire insurance plans - Greater Vancouver - Volume XV - Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1927-1940

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 11 plans on 8 sheets : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of fire insurance plans titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XV / Municipality / of Burnaby" surveyed May 1927 and revised October 1940. Volume XV includes a two page Key Plan (A and B) identifying associated plan numbers and district lots and nine numbered fire insurance plans identifi…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 11 plans on 8 sheets : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm

Material Details: Scales between [1:600] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: Item consists of fire insurance plans titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XV / Municipality / of Burnaby" surveyed May 1927 and revised October 1940. Volume XV includes a two page Key Plan (A and B) identifying associated plan numbers and district lots and nine numbered fire insurance plans identified as; 1507; 1508 ; 1517; 1518; 1519; 1520;1521; 1531and 1532.

Creator: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Publisher: Plan Department of Fire Branch of British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: BV987.1.70

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1927-1940

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Notes: Title based on contents of item; These plans are contained within a bound book with labels on cover page reading: "Plan No. 90 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / of / Vancouver VOLUME "8" / IN THE PROPERTY OF THE / British Columbia Insurance Underwriter's Association / Vancouver B.C. / AND IS LOANED / MELVILLE F. THOMSON CO. .../ Date May 26th, 1934"; / "Plan No. 74 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / VANCOUVER VOLUME "9"" / Plan No. 11 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / BURNABY VOLUMES 15-19" / "THIS PLAN IS THE PROPERTY OF / THE / BRITISH LAW INSURANCE COMPANY / LIMITED"; Fire insurance plans cover various district lots in Burnaby including: District Lot 116,121, 186 and 187.; Sticker adhered to Key Plan B reads: "; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view fire insurance plans that are part of Volume XV

Front view of 4108 Trinity Street

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of house at 4108 Trinity St. Front view looking north, no other homes visible. Porches are not quite finished.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Material Details: "4108 Trinity St / Front view / looking north" written on back in black ink.

Scope and Content: Photograph of house at 4108 Trinity St. Front view looking north, no other homes visible. Porches are not quite finished.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Geographic Access: Trinity Street

Street Address: 4108 Trinity Street

Accession Code: BV007.45.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on notation on the reverse of the photograph

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Front view of 4108 Trinity Street, [192-] thumbnail

Gilmore Avenue Div. 12

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Division 12 Grade 3 class at Gilmore Avenue School sitting and standing outside in rows with their teacher Miss Tough (far right). The twenty boys are sitting in two rows in the front and the eighteen girls and the teacher are standing in two rows in the back. The girls are mostly…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11.5 cm

Material Details: Title handwritten on negative by photographer has printed (white) on photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Division 12 Grade 3 class at Gilmore Avenue School sitting and standing outside in rows with their teacher Miss Tough (far right). The twenty boys are sitting in two rows in the front and the eighteen girls and the teacher are standing in two rows in the back. The girls are mostly wearing dresses with round collars and the boys are mostly wearing sweaters over shirts, shorts and knee high socks with boots.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Gilmore Avenue School; Tough, Miss

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV994.27.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

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Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the front of the Gilmore Avenue School. Note the doors and stairways added on to the side of the building, and the electric power pole and the power lines in front of the school building. Inscribed in the original negative and printed on the bottom front right of the photograph: "Gil…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the front of the Gilmore Avenue School. Note the doors and stairways added on to the side of the building, and the electric power pole and the power lines in front of the school building. Inscribed in the original negative and printed on the bottom front right of the photograph: "Gilmore Ave. School / Van. Heights. / Vancouver, B.C." Printed on the bottom front left of the postcard: "J.M. Henton. Photographer, Vancouver, B.C."

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Gilmore Avenue School; Henton, J.M.

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV985.100.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Related Material: For another postcard of the same image, see HV983.70.2 stored with the postcards.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-02

Photographer: Henton, John Morse

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School, with additions being built. Visible are two cars parked by the school on the right side of the photograph, and construction barricades on one side of the building. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Addition to Gilmore Avenue School / No date."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School, with additions being built. Visible are two cars parked by the school on the right side of the photograph, and construction barricades on one side of the building. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Addition to Gilmore Avenue School / No date."

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Construction

Names: Gilmore Avenue School

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: HV977.99.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [192-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Gilmore Avenue School, [192-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Gilmore Avenue School Division 5

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 21 May 1928

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School Division 5 students arranged in rows outside of the school. Walter "Wally" Westerman is identified in the bottom row, first on the left.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Material Details: `

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School Division 5 students arranged in rows outside of the school. Walter "Wally" Westerman is identified in the bottom row, first on the left.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Buildings - Schools

Names: Westerman, Walter "Wally"; Gilmore Avenue School

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV020.17.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 21 May 1928

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 22-Sep-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Walter aged 11/ May 21st 1928"

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Gilmore Avenue School Division 5, 21 May 1928 thumbnail

Gilmore Avenue School division VII class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 1927

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School Division VII class arranged in rows outside of the school. Walter "Wally" Westerman is identified seated on the ground in the front row, fourth from left.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Material Details: `

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School Division VII class arranged in rows outside of the school. Walter "Wally" Westerman is identified seated on the ground in the front row, fourth from left.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Buildings - Schools

Names: Westerman, Walter "Wally"; Gilmore Avenue School

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV020.17.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: April 1927

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 22-Sep-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Walter aged 10 years / April 1927"

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Gilmore Avenue School division VII class, April 1927 thumbnail

Gilmore Avenue School Staff

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.5 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are lined up in rows by the side of the school. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Back row, standing (left to right): Ethel Whitwo…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.5 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are lined up in rows by the side of the school. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Back row, standing (left to right): Ethel Whitworth, unidentified woman, Dorothy Thompson, unidentified man standing behind Dorothy Thompson, unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Mr. Griffiths (principal), John Burnets, Mr. Pullinger, unidentified woman, Margaret Scott, Miss Keast, unidentified woman. Front row, sitting (left to right): unidentified woman, unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Dorothy Lupton (Mrs. E.W. Rogers), unidentified woman, Esther Wilks (Mrs. Dickson). An annotation on the album page reads: "Gilmore Ave. Sch. Staff. 1926."

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Burnets, John; Dickson, Esther Wilks; Gilmore Avenue School; Griffiths, Mr.; Keast, Miss; Pullinger, Mr.; Rogers, Dorothy Lupton; Scott, Margaret; Thompson, Dorothy; Whitworth, Ethel

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: HV983.70.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Related Material: The photograph shares the same paper mount as HV983.70.4, which is another photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph

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Gilmore Avenue School staff

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.3 x 5.9 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are standing and kneeling together in two rows. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Kneeling in the front row, first from the left is…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.3 x 5.9 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are standing and kneeling together in two rows. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Kneeling in the front row, first from the left is Dorothy Lupton (Mrs. E.W. Rogers), and kneeling in the front row, wearing a dark dress with a string of beads, third from the left, is Esther Wilks (Mrs. Dickson). An annotation on the album page reads: "Gilmore Ave. Sch. Staff. 1926."

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Dickson, Esther Wilks; Gilmore Avenue School; Rogers, Dorothy Lupton

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: HV983.70.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Related Material: The photograph shares the same paper mount as HV983.70.4, which is another photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph

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Gilmore Avenue School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1920 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School. The group consists of twenty-one boys and nineteen girls, aged about eight or nine. Most of the girls have short hair and are wearing dresses or skirts just above the knees with knee high socks. The boys are in either shirts or swea…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School. The group consists of twenty-one boys and nineteen girls, aged about eight or nine. Most of the girls have short hair and are wearing dresses or skirts just above the knees with knee high socks. The boys are in either shirts or sweaters.

Names: Gilmore Avenue School

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV994.27.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1920 and 1925]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifies photograph as no. "921"

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Gilmore Avenue School students, [between 1920 and 1925] thumbnail

Interview with Jenny Siormanolakis

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1960-2023] (interview content), interviewed 26 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (87 min.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (86 min., 51 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Jenny (Eugenia) Siormanolakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks on July 26 2023. 00:00-12:02 Interview opens with introductions. Jenny Siormanolakis shares details about her parents Eugene and Europe Siormanola…

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (87 min.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (86 min., 51 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: James Binks Interviewee: Jenny (Eugenia) Siormanolakis Location of Interview: Prado Cafe, 4321 Still Creek Dr., Burnaby Interview Date: July 26, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:26:60 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Ambient sound from cafe in background of interview

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Jenny (Eugenia) Siormanolakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks on July 26 2023. 00:00-12:02 Interview opens with introductions. Jenny Siormanolakis shares details about her parents Eugene and Europe Siormanolakis who were both born in Greece and immigrated to Vancouver. Jenny provides details about the history of Romana Pizza restaurant including; the restaurant partners, the various locations, her father’s work ethics of running the restaurant and the staff who worked there. Jenny provides details about her father's life, his ancestral background and family relations which lead him to immigrate to Vancouver. Jenny shares childhood memories of helping out in her parents’ restaurant and later working there. 12:03 – 26:41 Jenny describes various food dishes that have been on the menu of Romana Pizza and Steak House and Romana Pizza, how they've evolved over time, how her father learned to cook traditional Greek food and develop his own recipes and where he sourced his restaurant food supplies. Jenny conveys how they used social media to advertise the restaurant, describes the election pizza poll that Romana Pizza held during the federal and provincial elections and a baby poll that was held at the restaurant to guess the weight of her and her sister’s babies. 26:42 – 31:47 Jenny talks about her marriage and recollects how she got married in a civil ceremony at Romana Pizza. Jenny talks about her family life while her family was running the restaurant, their decision to sell the restaurant and describes the last days of running the restaurant. 31:48 – 46:33 Jenny conveys the background story of her business “Granpa J’s”. Jenny describes how her uncle Jimmy Voulides, created his own seasoning salt product and after he died in 2003, Jenny and her sister Nora purchased the business. Jenny describes how they developed their business, created new products, their struggles and how they became successful. Jenny describes how their products have been developed from family recipes and recalls how the actor Ryan Reynold’s helped their products become even more successful overnight. 46:34 – 55:38 Jenny talks about different community festivals and events that she’s been involved with including; Greek Day on Broadway (Vancouver) and the Hats Off Day event in North Burnaby. Jenny shares the background history of Greek Day in Vancouver and information about other Greek community events. Jenny talks about the importance of bringing the community together and the importance of knowing the history of your ancestors and where they came from. 55:39 - 1:04:35 Jenny talks about her involvement with the Greek community newspaper “Gnome” and provides details about; the former creator and editor Kostas Karatsikis, the newspaper's content, it's importance in the Greek community and the distribution. Jenny describes some of the articles that she’s written for the Gnome newspaper. 1:04:36 - 1:14:12 Jenny describes some pivotal moments that occurred over the years at Romana Pizza including; placing second in the Vancouver Sun newspaper contest for Best Pizza (1986) and having members of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team frequent their restaurant. Jenny conveys how the restaurant benefited from having a website and using social media as a marketing tools. 1:14:13 - 1:22:42 Jenny talks about her involvement with Kolanki Group West, Euro Find foods and her passion for Greek food and other European foods. Jenny describes some traditional Greek recipes, family recipes, talks about marketing Grandpa J's products and reflects on the menu of Romana Pizza. 1:22:43 - 1:26:51 Jenny reflects on the role of the Greek community, how food plays a roll, the future of the Greek community in Vancouver and Burnaby and the importance of engaging the younger generation. In closing Jenny provides a quote from an article that she wrote “Forgive the mistakes of the past, let it go and realize that we are all equals...”.

History: Interviewee biography: Eugenia "Jenny" Siormanolakis is the daughter of Eugene and Europe Siormanolakis. Jenny’s father, Eugene Siormanolakis immigrated to Canada from Greece in the late 1960’s and her mother Europe Siormanolakis immigrated in 1973. In April 1973, her father and five partners opened the restaurant “Romana Pizza and Steak House” (later renamed "Romana Pizza") located at 4660 Hastings Street in the Burnaby Heights neighbourhood. Jenny and her sister Eleanora Iliakis spent much of their childhood in the family owned restaurant and also worked at the restaurant as they become older. Jenny’s parents continued to own and operate the restaurant until 2014 when they decided to retire from the business. In 2004, an opportunity arose for Jenny and her sister Eleanora to buy their recently deceased uncle’s business Grandpa J’s Seasoning Inc. They launched their business of “Grandpa J’s” seasoning first selling to local restaurants and eventually adapted their product line to include other Greek seasoning products which they developed from their own recipes. They expanded their clientele to include retail outlets and in 2020, they got a boost to their sales when actor Ryan Reynolds promoted their seasoing product "Vancity Grind" on Instagram. Since launching their business they have been featured in many culinary and business publications and were nominated in 2022 as finalists for Product of the Year by BC Food and Beverage. Jenny is extremely passionate about food, her Greek heritage and is an advocate for food security for children and seniors and mental health. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Businesses; Elections; Foods; Migration; Occupations - Entrepreneurs; Persons - Greek Canadians

Names: Gnome Publications; Iliakis, Eleonara Siormanolakis; Karatsikis, Kostas "George"; Siormanolakis, Eugenia "Jenny"; Nikolaidis, "Eleni"; Nikolaidis, Stelios; Romana Pizza; Siormanolakis, Eugene; Siormanolakis, Europe; Voulides, Demetrios "Jimmy"

Responsibility: Binks, James

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 4660 Hastings Street

Accession Code: BV023.16.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1960-2023] (interview content), interviewed 26 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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

Documents

2023_0016_0013_004

Audio Tracks

Interview with Jenny Siormanolakis, [1960-2023] (interview content), interviewed 26 Jul. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0013_003.mp3

Miss Scott's class at Vancouver Heights Public School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm mounted on card 18 x 23 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Miss Scott's class taken on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School. The students are standing in seven rows and Miss Scott is standing on the left at the end of the second row.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm mounted on card 18 x 23 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Miss Scott's class taken on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School. The students are standing in seven rows and Miss Scott is standing on the left at the end of the second row.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Vancouver Heights Public School

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV989.19.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1912]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: McConnell, W. F.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "R. G. McManus/ 4257 Dundas St [top two lines crossed out]/ North Burnaby B.C" and "c/o Terry Lynn Callender/ TEACHER MISS SCOTT"; Note written in pen on verso of card mount reads: "AS OF FEB 28/85/ DAVID L. McMANUS/ [address follows]"; Embossed letters on the card mount reads: "W. F. McConnell/ VANCOUVER, B.C."

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Miss Scott's class at Vancouver Heights Public School, [after 1912] thumbnail

Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. The first two pages are numbered "A" and "B" and are key plans from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY", "PLA…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scales [1:1200] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. The first two pages are numbered "A" and "B" and are key plans from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY", "PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ASSN.". Key Plan "B" covers plans: 1505; 1506; 1512 to 1516; 1540 to 1544; 1550 to 1557 and District Lots: 129 to 132; 135 to 138; 205 to 208 and 215 to 218. Key Plan "A" covers plans: 1501 to 1504; 1507 to 1511; 1517 to 1525; 1531 to 1539; 1545 to 1550 and District Lots: 116 to 127 and 186 to 189. Plan "1806" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lot 153. Plan "1807" is from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lots: 99,149 and 152.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood); Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Sperling-Broadway Area; Lochdale Area; Parkcrest-Aubrey Area; Westridge Area; Willingdon Heights Area; Capitol Hill Area; Maywood Area; Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; Scales are measured 1 inch = 100 feet and 1 inch = 500 feet; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII, May 1927

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Municipality of Burnaby- Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1520" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 121 and 187. Plann "1521" is part of …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:600] and [1:1200]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1520" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 121 and 187. Plann "1521" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 121 and 187. Key plan "H" reads: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY" and covers plans: 1813 to 1822; 1824 to 1832; 1839; 1840; 1853 to 1865 and District Lots: 28; 30; 53; 90 to 93; 95 to 97; 155a; 155b; 155c; 159; 160; 171 to 173. Plan "1801" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lot 153.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood); Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area; Kingsway-Beresford Area; Windsor Area; Big Bend Area; Clinton-Glenwood Area; Burnaby Heights Area; Edmonds Area; Stride Avenue Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet

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Students at Vancouver Heights Public School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1912 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10.5 cm mounted on card 23 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students standing in six rows on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10.5 cm mounted on card 23 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students standing in six rows on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School.

Names: Vancouver Heights Public School

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV989.19.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1912 and 1920]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "c/o Terry Lynn Callender"; Note written in pen on verso of card mount reads: "Jessie Horn -/ Mrs. R. G. McManus.", and "AS OF FEB 28/85/ DAVID L. McMANUS/ [address follows]"

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