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Burnaby District on roller skates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4845
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Brownies and Girl Guides on roller skates from the Burnaby District. Margaret McGeachie is standing in the back row on the far left and Ivy McGeachie is standing on the far right in the back row.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Brownies and Girl Guides on roller skates from the Burnaby District. Margaret McGeachie is standing in the back row on the far left and Ivy McGeachie is standing on the far right in the back row.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.195
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page5/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
Ivy and Margaret McGeachie on roller skates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4846
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in their Girl Guide uniforms and wearing roller skates. The sisters have their hands clasped together and appear to be dancing while wearing white roller skates.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in their Girl Guide uniforms and wearing roller skates. The sisters have their hands clasped together and appear to be dancing while wearing white roller skates.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.197
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page5/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Second Burnaby Girl Guides Company, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0198_001.jpg?width=280)
Second Burnaby Girl Guides Company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4847
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 11.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company meeting outside storefronts on Edmonds Street prior to hiking. The Guides are standing outside a meet store with signage on the awning reading "Fine Quality Meats" and signage for Pan's Hardware store can be seen in the distance.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 11.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company meeting outside storefronts on Edmonds Street prior to hiking. The Guides are standing outside a meet store with signage on the awning reading "Fine Quality Meats" and signage for Pan's Hardware store can be seen in the distance.
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.198
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 6/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Second Burnaby Girl Guides Company, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0198_001.jpg)
![Ivy McGeachie, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0199_001.jpg?width=280)
Ivy McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4848
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie wearing a Girl Guide uniform and sitting on the ground before the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guides go hiking.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie wearing a Girl Guide uniform and sitting on the ground before the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guides go hiking.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.199
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 6/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Ivy McGeachie, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0199_001.jpg)
![Guides on boat, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0200_001.jpg?width=280)
Guides on boat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4849
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of eight Girl Guides on what might be a BC ferry boat. The girls are in uniform and are seated or standing in front of a lifeboat with the name "Lady Cecilia". Some of the Girl Guides are identified as Patty Webb, Joyce Curran.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of eight Girl Guides on what might be a BC ferry boat. The girls are in uniform and are seated or standing in front of a lifeboat with the name "Lady Cecilia". Some of the Girl Guides are identified as Patty Webb, Joyce Curran.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.200
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten annotations above photograph read: "2nd Burnaby ( Patty / Joyce Curran) / Webb"
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 7/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Guides on boat, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0200_001.jpg)
![Ann Ryder- Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0201_001.jpg?width=280)
Ann Ryder- Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4850
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ann Ryder of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company. Ann is wearing her Girl Guide uniform and holding a small trophy while standing in a field. There is a wooden barn in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ann Ryder of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company. Ann is wearing her Girl Guide uniform and holding a small trophy while standing in a field. There is a wooden barn in the background.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.201
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 7/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Ann Ryder- Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0201_001.jpg)
![Group of Girl Guides, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0203_001.jpg?width=280)
Group of Girl Guides
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4851
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Girl Guides from the Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company. The guides are wearing uniforms and carrying backpacks. There is a cloud of smoke behind them which might be from a campfire.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Girl Guides from the Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company. The guides are wearing uniforms and carrying backpacks. There is a cloud of smoke behind them which might be from a campfire.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.203
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 11/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Group of Girl Guides, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0203_001.jpg)
![Ivy McGeachie, [between 1948 and 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0202_001.jpg?width=280)
Ivy McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4852
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie wearing a Girl Guide uniform and seated in a wooden adirondack style chair in a garden outside an unidentified house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie wearing a Girl Guide uniform and seated in a wooden adirondack style chair in a garden outside an unidentified house.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.202
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1955]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 10/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Ivy McGeachie, [between 1948 and 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0202_001.jpg)
![Girl Guide open house at St. Alban's, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0204_001.jpg?width=280)
Girl Guide open house at St. Alban's
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4853
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three Girl Guides from the Second Burnaby Girl Guide company. The girls are in uniform and one is holding a union jack flag on a pole. They are standing outside St. Alban's Anglican church hall where the company held an open house. Special guests were Miss E. Periton, District Commiss…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three Girl Guides from the Second Burnaby Girl Guide company. The girls are in uniform and one is holding a union jack flag on a pole. They are standing outside St. Alban's Anglican church hall where the company held an open house. Special guests were Miss E. Periton, District Commissioner; Miss F. McGeachie District Captain and Rev. N.J. Thompson. Representatives of the Second Burnaby Scout troop and the First Burnaby Brownie Pack were present. Patrol Leader, Seconds, stripes, lanyards and service stars were awarded. Shield for the neatest guide was presented to Norma McDonald.
- Geographic Access
- 19th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7717 19th Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.204
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 11/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Girl Guide open house at St. Alban's, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0204_001.jpg)
![Girl Guide with trophy, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0205_001.jpg?width=280)
Girl Guide with trophy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4854
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w :11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Girl Guide in uniform holding a small trophy and standing outside in front of a trellis fence. The Girl Guide may be Norma McDonald who received a shield for the neatest guide at the Second Burnaby Girl Guide company open house at St. Alban's Anglican Church hall.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w :11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Girl Guide in uniform holding a small trophy and standing outside in front of a trellis fence. The Girl Guide may be Norma McDonald who received a shield for the neatest guide at the Second Burnaby Girl Guide company open house at St. Alban's Anglican Church hall.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.205
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 11/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Girl Guide with trophy, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0205_001.jpg)
Okanagan Fishing Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11398
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. ink on paper handcol. ; 24 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of map titled "Okanagan Fishing Guide / Showing / Major Roads / and the / Best Fish Lakes". Hand drawn map compiled and drawn by W.C. Rueber, Kelowna B.C. of Okanagan Lake area. Advertisement at bottom of page indicates that it may have been produced by "OK USED FURNITURE STORE / 239 …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. ink on paper handcol. ; 24 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of map titled "Okanagan Fishing Guide / Showing / Major Roads / and the / Best Fish Lakes". Hand drawn map compiled and drawn by W.C. Rueber, Kelowna B.C. of Okanagan Lake area. Advertisement at bottom of page indicates that it may have been produced by "OK USED FURNITURE STORE / 239 BERNARD AVE., KELOWNA, B.C....". The map was copyrighted in Canada on July 20, 1948, No. 79416.
- Creator
- Rueber, W.C.
- Publisher
- OK Used Furniture Store
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.116
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-11-23
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Staining on map with creases from being folded and handcoloured markings with blue pencil
Images
Elaine A. Myers fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88370
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948-1961 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Elaine A. Myers fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948-1961 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Elaine A. Myers fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi
- Material Details
- Jpegs are copies created by the donor of sepia originals.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-26
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.
- History
- Elaine Anne Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1939 and immigrated to British Columbia with her family in 1947. She was the eldest daughter of William Sefton and Edna (nee Howarth) Myers and sister to Hermione Christine, born in 1943. Her father, William Sefton Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1905 and was one of six children. He married Edna Howarth on July 29, 1933. Before immigrating to Canada, William worked as a purchasing agent at Walkers Tannery in Bolton and later became a cabinet maker in the 1930s, building and designing most of the family’s furniture. In September 1947, he and his family immigrated to Canada along with his younger brother, Hermann, and his wife and daughter. The family were granted landed immigrant status upon their arrival at Dorval airport in Montreal on September 25, 1947, and travelled to Vancouver by train, arriving in early October. They shared their first home on Imperial Street in Burnaby with William’s brother Hermann and family, but after several months were able to purchase their own new home on MacKay Avenue just below Victory in South Burnaby. William’s first job was working as a night janitor at the Woodwards Department store in Vancouver. He was later hired as a purchasing agent for the Seagrams Distillery in New Westminster, where he stayed until his retirement in 1970. Elaine’s mother, Edna (nee Howarth) Myers worked in the offices of Pacific Veneer Canadian Forest Products in New Westminster, retiring from there in 1967. The family moved again in the 1950s to a house on the corner of Sussex and Victory and Elaine and Christine attended a variety of Burnaby schools including; Kingsway West, Nelson Avenue and McPherson Park Junior High. The family were parishioners of All Saints Anglican Church in Burnaby where Elaine also attended Girl Guides. Elaine’s father fulfilled his dream of designing and building the family home when he purchased property on London Street in New Westminster. The family moved to New Westminster and lived in a small house on the property while William spent three years completing their new home. Elaine commuted to Burnaby by the Interurban train in order to complete her studies at McPherson Park Junior High before enrolling at Duke of Connaught and graduating from Lester Pearson in New Westminster in 1957. In 1961, William Myers built the sanctuary lectern, pulpit, and altar for St. Andrew’s Church on Smith Avenue in Burnaby his brother Hermann’s parish. By the mid-1960s, William and Edna Myers moved from their home in New Westminster to White Rock. Edna Myers died on April 23, 1969. William built the ambry for the church of St. Mark as a memorial. William remarried Ruth, a widow, in 1971, and they resided in White Rock until Ruth’s death in 1983. William died in White Rock March 26, 1991. Elaine Myers married Gordon Wilfred Atkinson in 1961; they had four children and lived in the Dunbar area of Vancouver before they separated ways in 1988. Elaine completed her Bachelor of Arts degree as a mature student at University of British Columbia in 1984 followed by the completion of her Master’s degree at University of Toronto in April 1996, and PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) in 2007. She has lived abroad in Jerusalem and the United Kingdom, working on a variety of research projects. Elaine Anne Myers passed away on February 19, 2015.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Myers, Elaine A.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 580
Interview with Edward Apps by Rod Fowler February 22, 1990 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory460
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1948-1990
- Length
- 00:06:43
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the history of Ed Apps’ house, changes in the neighbourhood around Georgia Street, and the tram serving his area from Hastings
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the history of Ed Apps’ house, changes in the neighbourhood around Georgia Street, and the tram serving his area from Hastings
- Date Range
- 1948-1990
- Length
- 00:06:43
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 22, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Edward Apps, conducted by Rod Fowler. Ed Apps 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 Ed Apps involvement in community groups, particularly his work in seniors organizations lobbying for seniors’ housing since his retirement, and views about the role of Rate Payer groups, unions and politics in the development of North and South Burnaby. He also talks about his origin in England, his war service, arrival with his wife Margaret in Burnaby in 1946, his work with the Burnaby School Board and for the local union, the location of some of the older schools, the history of his house, and briefly about his wife and children. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Edward Apps was born in 1918 in London, England, and grew up in Kent and Essex. In WWII he flew the third glider to land in Normandy on June 6th, 1944. He and his wife Margaret Hope (1915-1985) immigrated to British Columbia in 1946, joining his wife’s parents, who had immigrated earlier in 1939, in Burnaby Heights in North Burnaby. He worked for the Burnaby School Board as Foreman Painter, and served on CUPE Local 379 Executive, until his retirement in 1982. In 1948 Ed Apps bought his first lot, for $150.00, in the 4700 block on Georgia Street, building houses there and in the 4100 block before buying his present home, a ca.1900 farm building, in the same area in 1954. North Burnaby was “bush country and orchards” in the 1950s; his two sons played in the ravines; and the family used the tram system on Hastings and Boundary Road for transportation. Development of municipal services seemed slower in North than South Burnaby, and Ed Apps remembers the strong role Rate Payers groups had in creating local services and lobbying Municipal Council for provide services. After retirement Ed Apps became involved in several local and provincial seniors organizations, advocating for better housing, including serving on the Executives of the Network of Burnaby Seniors and the Council of Senior Citizens Organization, and was active in the provincial Seniors Research and Resource and CMHC Housing Committee. He also served on the Centennial Committee of Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:56:50
- Interviewee Name
- Apps, Ed
- 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 computerization in business 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
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Ed Apps
Track six of interview with Ed Apps
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-015/MSS187-015_Track_6.mp3Interview with Lizette Pappas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20334
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (137 min., 12 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (137 min., 12 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lizette Pappas conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 7, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:41:04 Lizette provides details on her family background in Greece, recalls her early childhood in Naxos, her families’ migrati…
- 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
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (137 min., 12 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (137 min., 12 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Lizette Pappas Location of Interview: Fraser Wilson Room, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 7, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 3 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:17:12 Digital master recordings (wav) were converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lizette Pappas conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 7, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:41:04 Lizette provides details on her family background in Greece, recalls her early childhood in Naxos, her families’ migration to Canada and their experiences as new immigrants living in Penticton. Lizette shares information about her husband including his Greek origins, his migration story, and how they met as well as information about their careers and raising their family in Burnaby. 41:05 – 01:10:52 Lizette talks about living in Penticton and helping out in the family restaurant business. Lizette describes some of the challenges that they faced and describes some of the foods that they served and reflects on what it means to be a Greek immigrant in British Columbia. 01:10:53– 01:36:32 Lizette talks about her life in Burnaby, her involvement with the Ladies Philoptochos Society, a back to your roots group, the Hellenic Community, the importance of sharing Greek culture, traditions and food with the younger generation and her experiences celebrating Greek culture while attending university. 01:36:33 – 01:54:39 Lizette talks more about her families’ life in Penticton as Greek immigrants, their experiences and accomplishments, her experiences visiting Greece after immigrating to Canada and her husbands’ experiences living in Greece. 01:54:40 – 02:03:59 Lizette reflects on the impacts of COVID in the restaurant industry, community building and urban development in Burnaby and makes comparisons to communities in Greece. 02:04:00 – 02:17:14 Talks about the origin of her name, shares the story of how her name evolved over time after she immigrated to Canada and shares examples of some of the traditional family names that have been passed down through generations.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Lizette Pappas was born in Apeiranthos on the island of Naxos in Greece in 1948 to parents Florio Vassilakakis and Paraskevi Vassilakis. In 1956, Lizette immigrated to Canada with her parents and her two older brothers. With the help of Lizette’s uncle, her family settled in Penticton and in 1958, Lizette’s younger sister was born. Lizette’s birth name was Elisa Vassilakakis but when she immigrated to Canada she was given the first name “Alice” on her immigration documents. Soon after, when she was enrolled in elementary school, her aunt suggested that she use the name “Lizette” instead of “Alice” and Lizette became the first name she’s continued to use since. While living in Penticton, Lizette’s parents first worked doing manual labour in the fruit industry before buying their own restaurant in 1968. Lizette obtained her teaching degree from the University of British Columbia. In 1972, Lizette met her future husband Basile Pappas and they were married in 1975. After marrying, Lizette and her husband settled in the Brentwood area of Burnaby and began raising their two children. Lizette, her husband and children moved back to Penticton in late 1979 to join her family running two restaurants and a nightclub. After a number of years, Lizette, her husband and two children returned to their home in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. Lizette has worked as a teacher with the Vancouver School Board and has been involved with various organizations including “Back to our Roots” and “Philoptochos Ladies Society”. 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
- Religions
- Organizations - Women's Societies and Clubs
- Persons - Greek Canadians
- Migration
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Names
- Pappas, Elisa Alice "Lizette" Vassilakakis
- Vassilakakis, Florio
- Vassilakis, Paraskevi
- Love, John Agapitos
- Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society
- Hellenic Community of Vancouver
- Responsibility
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.20
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcript available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Lizette Pappas, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023
Interview with Lizette Pappas, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0020_004.mp3The Varsity story
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3841
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Callaghan, Morley, 1903-1990
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Call Number
- 813.5 CAL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV995.15.60
- Call Number
- 813.5 CAL
- Author
- Callaghan, Morley, 1903-1990
- Contributor
- Aldwinckle, Eric
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- MacMillian Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 172 p. : ill. ; 21.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "Blythe Eagles"--Handwritten in ink on front fly leaf. "To: Dr, Eagles / with best wishes / Anne M. Smith [?] / Dec. 25, 1949"--Handwritten in ink on Half title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- University of Toronto--Fiction
- Object History
- Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"
What you should know about your new Mercury : owner's manual
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6399
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.35.95
- Call Number
- 629.2 MER
- Publisher
- Mercury and Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Co. of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 52 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "J. H. Robins 3525 Dover St Burnaby BC" [handwritten in blue ink on cover] "1949" [handwritten in blue ink on cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Maintenance and repair
- Ford automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Ford Motor Company of Canada
- Notes
- Includes index.
Royal guides : a story of the 1st Buckingham palace company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6814
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.7
- Call Number
- 369.4 SYN
- Author
- Synge, V.M.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Girl Guides Association
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Printer
- Staples Press
- Physical Description
- 51 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Be Prepared Canadian Girl Guides Ass'n." [sticker attached to title page] "Return to 12th Burnaby Guide Co." [handwritten in blue ink on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Royal family
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides Association
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Margaret, Princess, countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Notes
- Author's full name is Synge, Violet Montresor
Scoutmaster Tom Corbett and Scout leaders
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35275
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tom Corbett with other Scout leaders at Hopkins Landing Camp. Tom Corbett was married to Grace Dallamore.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-132
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tom Corbett with other Scout leaders at Hopkins Landing Camp. Tom Corbett was married to Grace Dallamore.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Scoutmaster Tom Corbett
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35276
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Scout leaders, including Tom Corbett, departing Hopkins Landing wharf for Vancouver. Tom Corbett was married to Grace Dallamore.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-133
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Scout leaders, including Tom Corbett, departing Hopkins Landing wharf for Vancouver. Tom Corbett was married to Grace Dallamore.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Staff at the McKay Branch of the Royal Bank
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37114
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at the McKay Branch of the Royal Bank standing outside the bank, in front of a car. Marie Russel is in the front row, third from the left. The bank manager, Mr. Stewart is on the far left, and the accountant Reg. Gillingham is on the far right.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Joe Russel subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 321-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1995-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at the McKay Branch of the Royal Bank standing outside the bank, in front of a car. Marie Russel is in the front row, third from the left. The bank manager, Mr. Stewart is on the far left, and the accountant Reg. Gillingham is on the far right.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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