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Armitage family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35776
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924 (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 the Armitage family home at 1925 Buller Avenue (later renumbered 7342 Buller Avenue) in the Highland Park area. This was the third Armitage home. Edna Armitage and Joe Rigby held their wedding reception here in 1931.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-634
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Armitage family home at 1925 Buller Avenue (later renumbered 7342 Buller Avenue) in the Highland Park area. This was the third Armitage home. Edna Armitage and Joe Rigby held their wedding reception here in 1931.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Buller Avenue
Street Address
7342 Buller Avenue
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Armitage family home

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (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 the Armitage family home at 3276 Buller Avenue (later renumbered 7342 Buller Avenue) in the Highland Park Area. This fourth Armitage family home was built by Albert Armitage and his brother. It was a much larger house than its predecessor on the same lot.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-635
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Armitage family home at 3276 Buller Avenue (later renumbered 7342 Buller Avenue) in the Highland Park Area. This fourth Armitage family home was built by Albert Armitage and his brother. It was a much larger house than its predecessor on the same lot.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Buller Avenue
Street Address
7342 Buller Avenue
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Less detail

Bea and Evelyn Hardy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38074
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1926] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of sisters Bea Hardy and Evelyn Hardy in the garden of 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1926] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-661
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of sisters Bea Hardy and Evelyn Hardy in the garden of 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street).
Names
Hardy, Bea
Le Grove, Evelyn Hardy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
McKee Street
Street Address
5850 McKee Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Less detail

Bea Hardy and Evelyn Hardy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38073
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1926] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of sisters Bea Hardy and Evelyn Hardy seated in the garden of 2930 McKee Street (late renumbered 5850 McKee Street).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1926] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-660
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of sisters Bea Hardy and Evelyn Hardy seated in the garden of 2930 McKee Street (late renumbered 5850 McKee Street).
Names
Hardy, Bea
Le Grove, Evelyn Hardy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
McKee Street
Street Address
5850 McKee Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Less detail

Building and opening the Digney Speedway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85334
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1948 and 1949]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
Scope and Content
Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continue…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1948 and 1949]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Physical Description
1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
562-003-16
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-04
Scope and Content
Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continues with footage of a press dinner in the garden of Andy Digney's home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby and is followed with footage of the Digney Speedway in operation for the grand opening on July 8, 1948. Midget cars and jalopies (stock cars) can be seen racing on the speedway. Some of the footage of the raceway pit and races switches to black and white.The film closes with colour footage of a truck moving Lucky Fordham's house from Bonsor Ave to the speedway.
Subjects
Sports - Automobile Racing
Names
Digney, Andy
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Digney Speedway
Fordham, Lucky
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
Digney, Andy
Creator
Digney, Andy
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Geographic Access
Bonsor Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Maywood Area
Images
Video

Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]

Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]

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Butler family home

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928 (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 the Butler family home at 7790 Buller Avenue in the snow. This was the home of Edwin Butler, his wife Margaret Butler, and their children.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-335
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Butler family home at 7790 Buller Avenue in the snow. This was the home of Edwin Butler, his wife Margaret Butler, and their children.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Buller Avenue
Street Address
7790 Buller Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Less detail

Children playing in a sand pile

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35496
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (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 children playing in a sand pile at the end of Patrick Street, in Buller Ravine (John Matthews Ravine Park). Identified: (2nd from left) Evelyn Hardy (later Evelyn Le Grove). The others are Quinn children, neighbourhood friends of the Hardies. Evelyn was the daughter of Marie and Archi…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-354
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of children playing in a sand pile at the end of Patrick Street, in Buller Ravine (John Matthews Ravine Park). Identified: (2nd from left) Evelyn Hardy (later Evelyn Le Grove). The others are Quinn children, neighbourhood friends of the Hardies. Evelyn was the daughter of Marie and Archie Hardie, who lived on McKee Street.
Names
Le Grove, Evelyn Hardy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
John Matthews Creek Ravine Park
Patrick Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Less detail

Doris Armitage and Phyllis Fisher

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35473
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (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 (left) Doris Armitage (later Doris Chadsey) and (right) Phyllis Fisher, in front of the Armitage family home, 4565 Portland Street, Alta Vista. Doris' father, Alfred Armitage, built the house himself. The foundation was built with boulders and rocks cleared from the property.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-331
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left) Doris Armitage (later Doris Chadsey) and (right) Phyllis Fisher, in front of the Armitage family home, 4565 Portland Street, Alta Vista. Doris' father, Alfred Armitage, built the house himself. The foundation was built with boulders and rocks cleared from the property.
Names
Chadsey, Doris Armitage
Fisher, Phyllis
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Portland Street
Street Address
4565 Portland Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Ella Hardy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38079
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1925 and 1929] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ella Hardy standing in the front yard of 2830 McKee Street (later renumbered as 5850 McKee Street).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1925 and 1929] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-666
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ella Hardy standing in the front yard of 2830 McKee Street (later renumbered as 5850 McKee Street).
Names
Spencer, Ella Hardy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
McKee Street
Street Address
5850 McKee Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Erickson and Bezanson family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35854
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928 (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 Grandfather Erickson, and brothers Albert Bezanson (sitting) and Charlie Bezanson (standing). They were part of the Icelandic community in South Burnaby, most of them carpenters.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-713
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Grandfather Erickson, and brothers Albert Bezanson (sitting) and Charlie Bezanson (standing). They were part of the Icelandic community in South Burnaby, most of them carpenters.
Names
Bezanson, Albert "Al"
Bezanson, Charlie
Erickson, Mr
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Royal Oak Avenue
Street Address
7883 Royal Oak Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Fredrick Le Grove

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35502
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (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 Frederick Le Grove in the front yard of his home at 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street). In the background is the Boscott family home. Fredrick Le Grove was married to Ida Le Grove (nee Burlton) and lived here with his family.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-360
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Frederick Le Grove in the front yard of his home at 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street). In the background is the Boscott family home. Fredrick Le Grove was married to Ida Le Grove (nee Burlton) and lived here with his family.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Le Grove, Frederick
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Neville Street
Street Address
5422 Neville Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Less detail

Hardie family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35494
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926 (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 the Hardie family home in wintertime. The house was located at 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street) and was the home of Archie and Marie Hardie and their children: Sabra, Helen, Fred, Ella, Evelyn, and Bea.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-352
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Hardie family home in wintertime. The house was located at 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street) and was the home of Archie and Marie Hardie and their children: Sabra, Helen, Fred, Ella, Evelyn, and Bea.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
McKee Street
Street Address
5850 McKee Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Hardy sisters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35493
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1926] (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 yard at the Hardy family home at 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee), South Slope. Sisters (left) Bea Hardy and (right) Evelyn Hardy are sitting in the garden with their arms around each other.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1926] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-351
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of yard at the Hardy family home at 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee), South Slope. Sisters (left) Bea Hardy and (right) Evelyn Hardy are sitting in the garden with their arms around each other.
Names
Hardy, Bea
Le Grove, Evelyn Hardy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
McKee Street
Street Address
5850 McKee Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Hardy sisters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38067
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1941] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Hardy family sisters at 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street). Left to right: Evelyn Hardy, Eve Hardy, Ella Spencer, Bea Hardy, Sabrina Scott, and Helen Hardy. There is an unidentified child seated on a chair at the back right.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1941] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-654
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Hardy family sisters at 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street). Left to right: Evelyn Hardy, Eve Hardy, Ella Spencer, Bea Hardy, Sabrina Scott, and Helen Hardy. There is an unidentified child seated on a chair at the back right.
Names
Hardy, Bea
Hardy, Eve
Hardy, Helen
Le Grove, Evelyn Hardy
Scott, Sabrina Hardy
Spencer, Ella Hardy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
McKee Street
Street Address
5850 McKee Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Ida and Fred Le Grove

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38090
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1921] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of husband and wife, Ida and Fred Le Grove standing outside of 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1921] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-677
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of husband and wife, Ida and Fred Le Grove standing outside of 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street).
Names
Le Grove, Frederick
Le Grove, Ida
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Neville Street
Street Address
5422 Neville Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 7

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1939-1990
Length
00:09:08
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood
Date Range
1939-1990
Photo Info
Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
Length
00:09:08
Subjects
Education
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
April 10, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
1:26:27
Interviewee Name
Kernaghan, Eileen
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
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track seven of interview with Eileen Kernaghan

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Keel farm house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36488
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the A.J. Keel farm house and orchard, at 5387 Rumble Street. A.J. Keel bought this property, which went from Rumble to Walting, in 1920.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Keel family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
279-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of the A.J. Keel farm house and orchard, at 5387 Rumble Street. A.J. Keel bought this property, which went from Rumble to Walting, in 1920.
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5387 Rumble Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
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Le Grove family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35504
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924 (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 (left) Frederick Le Grove and his son (right) Lyle Le Grove (Carlyle) in front of their family home at 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street). To the right, is the home of neighbour, Sam Bickerton; to the left is a shoe repair business run by Mr. Bickerton.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-362
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left) Frederick Le Grove and his son (right) Lyle Le Grove (Carlyle) in front of their family home at 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street). To the right, is the home of neighbour, Sam Bickerton; to the left is a shoe repair business run by Mr. Bickerton.
Names
Le Grove, Frederick
Le Grove, Frederick Carlyle "Lyle"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Neville Street
Street Address
5422 Neville Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Le Grove family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35505
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924 (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 Mr. Frederick Le Grove's pride and joy, an arbour and fountain he'd made himself. Water was piped from the basement. Mr. Le Grove was married to Ida Le Grove (nee Burlton) and lived at 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-363
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mr. Frederick Le Grove's pride and joy, an arbour and fountain he'd made himself. Water was piped from the basement. Mr. Le Grove was married to Ida Le Grove (nee Burlton) and lived at 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street).
Subjects
Fountains
Geographic Features - Gardens
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Neville Street
Street Address
5422 Neville Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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Lyle and Fred Le Grove

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38072
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lyle Le Grove (left) and his father, Fred Le Grove, seated in the garden of 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-659
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lyle Le Grove (left) and his father, Fred Le Grove, seated in the garden of 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street).
Names
Le Grove, Frederick
Le Grove, Frederick Carlyle "Lyle"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Neville Street
Street Address
5422 Neville Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
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