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In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
because
of their appearance, religious beliefs, language, and countries
of origin.
FRONT COVER: Lee Quon Lip (right), his eldest son Gary Lee
(centre) with his niece and her two children in front of the Lee’s
family corner store C & L Grocery Confectionery, 1968. Lee
Quon Lip arrived in Canada in 1921
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV022.8.1
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
- Contributor
- City of Burnaby
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Physical Description
- 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Chinese--British Columbia--History
- Pharmacy--Canada
- Pharmacy--United States
- Pharmaceutical museums
- Directories
- Object History
- Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.
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Digital Books
Black Rock : a tale of the Selkirks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV005.62.57
- Call Number
- 813.5 CON
- Author
- Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
- Contributor
- Smith, George Adam, 1856-1942
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Physical Description
- 270, [2] p.
- Inscription
- "MITCHELL'S CONFECTIONERY / 2950 McKay Ave. -- Carl. 1028-0 / Used Magazines - Ice Cream & School Supplies", stamped in purple inside front and back covers "15c", in pencil inside front cover "29", in black ink inside front cover and underlined on front endpaper "1" and double-barred "1", in pencil on reverse of back endpaper "H/2", in pencil on reverse of back endpaper "25", in pencil on reverse of back endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
The foreigner: a tale of Saskachewan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
- Publication Date
- c1909
- Call Number
- 813.5 CON
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV005.62.58
- Call Number
- 813.5 CON
- Author
- Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Westminster Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1909
- Physical Description
- 384 p.
- Inscription
- February 03, 2014
- "MITCHELL'S CONFECTIONERY / 2950 McKay Ave. -- Carl. 1028-O / Used Magazines - Ice Cream & School Supplies", stamped in green inside front cover "C. Chandler / 2525 Elizabeth Ave. / Burnaby / Dex 2111 R", handwritten in pencil inside front cover "25c", in pencil inside front cover "Dec.28", in pencil on strip of brown paper pasted to front endpaper "WHITE & BINDON LTD. / Booksellers, Stationers, Printers / VANCOUVER, B.C.", on black label inside back cover "E" and "o" with slash through it, in pencil inside back cover "/125", crossed out, in pencil inside back cover "75", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
Modern candy making : how to make all kinds of candy : an up to date guide and practical working manual containing everything pertaining to the art of making choice candies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary463
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wilson, James S.
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Call Number
- 641.8 WIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.18.4
- Call Number
- 641.8 WIL
- Author
- Wilson, James S.
- Place of Publication
- Ohio
- Publisher
- Saalfield Publishing
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 8 p., [9]-83 p. ; 17 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Confectionery
- Notes
- "copyright 1904, by Geo. W. Oglivie & Co." T.p.
![Harry Royle smiling, in a suit and tie, photographed by Chidwich Studio [193-]. Item no. BV005.20.20 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/2000/200500200020.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Harry Royle June 20, 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory111
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1898-1919
- Length
- 0:06:06
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Harry Royle's early life beginning at Gibraltar, through the war years.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Harry Royle's early life beginning at Gibraltar, through the war years.
- Date Range
- 1898-1919
- Photo Info
- Harry Royle smiling, in a suit and tie, photographed by Chidwich Studio [193-]. Item no. BV005.20.20
- Length
- 0:06:06
- Interviewer
- McLeod, Ross S.
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 20, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Harry Royle by Ross S. McLeod (and Bettina Bradbury) June 20, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and the running of a grocery store. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Harry Royle was born in Gibraltar in 1898 to a Spanish mother and an English father (all of the Royle children except for one were born in Gibraltar). Harry's father served in the army for twenty-one years and because of that, the family moved regularly. While Harry was still a young baby, the Royle family moved to Ireland for six years, where he began his first years of schooling at the age of four. His dad retired from the army in 1907 and was sent to Canada with the BC Electric Company (the London General Army Buses Company). The rest of his family followed two years afterward in 1909 and settled in South Vancouver. Harry and his three brothers joined the army and were sent overseas as part of the second division. Luckily, they all returned home to Vancouver in 1919. Harry worked at the Hudson's Bay Company "counter jumping" before opening his own store in 1924 at 5527 Hastings Street and Ellesmere Avenue, a confectionery and general hangout for neighbourhood children."Harry's" was only twenty-five foot square and carried groceries obtained mainly from Kelly Douglas wholesalers. Most of Harry's customers worked at the mill at Barnet. Those that worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway were the few that still held jobs during the Depression. The store continued to serve the people of Capitol Hill throughout the Depression and war years, until Harry closed shop in 1945.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 1:01:43
- Interviewee Name
- Royle, Harry
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
![Harry Royle smiling, in a suit and tie, photographed by Chidwich Studio [193-]. Item no. BV005.20.20 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/2000/200500200020.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Harry Royle
Track one of interview with Harry Royle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-12/100-13-12_Track_1.mp3Harry Royle fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20982
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1880-1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 42 photographs + 2 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs and documents pertaining to Harry Royle's family, his personal life and his buisnesses including the Rose Bowl bowling alley and Harry's confectionery store.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 42 photographs + 2 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs and documents pertaining to Harry Royle's family, his personal life and his buisnesses including the Rose Bowl bowling alley and Harry's confectionery store.
- History
- Henry "Harry" Cecil Royle was born in 1898 in Gibraltar to parents Joseph Royle and Juanita (Jane) [Bermuda] Royle. Harry and his family lived in Vancouver before moving to North Burnaby in the 1920's. Harry and his two brothers, Joe F. Royle and George V. Royle all served in the First World War. Harry served with the Tobins Tigers 29th Battlion during the First World War, signing up in Vancouver, on 18th of March, 1915. When Harry returned from the war he worked at the Hudson's Bay Company before opening his own confectionary and general store "Harry's" in 1924, located at 5527 Hastings Street. The shop advertised groceries, light lunches, tobacco and Harry also operated Harry's Taxi from the store driving the taxi cab himself. In 1928, Harry Royle married Burnaby resident Rita Mary Fennings (daughter of Frederick John Fennings and Rosa Webster Fennings). Harry and his wife Rita lived near the store on Hastings Street. In 1949, Harry opened the Rose Bowl bowling alley and coffee shop located at 3680 Hastings Street Vancouver (address after 1974 became 407 Boundary Road). Harry sponsored softball teams and bowling teams for many years. Harry and his wife Rita ran the Rose Bowl and resided at this adress (3680 Hastings Street) until about 1974 or 1975 when they moved to Ridgelawn Drive in Burnaby. Harry died in 1985 and his wife Rita died in 1991.
- Accession Code
- BV005.20
- BV006.39
- Date
- [1880-1969]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Arrangement of records were based on the original order in which they were acquired.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
The man from Glengarry: a tale of the Ottawa
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3514
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Call Number
- 813.5 CON
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV996.3.1
- Call Number
- 813.5 CON
- Author
- Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Westminster Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- 473 p.
- Inscription
- "MITCHELL'S CONFECTIONERY / 2950 McKay Ave. - Carl. 1028-O / Used Magazines - Ice Cream & School Supplies", hand-stamped in green inside front cover "15-", in pencil inside front cover "Cicely Chandler", handwritten in pencil inside front cover and on front endpaper "2535 Elizabeth Ave / New Westminster BC", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper "THOMSON / STATIONERY / COMPANY / LTD. / VANCOUVER", on label inside back cover "2896", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : a practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. i
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2553
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.70.1
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.1
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1907
- Physical Description
- v-xi p.152, 1-8, : ill. plates.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Notes
- Edited by John Kirkland
- "With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts"
- Includes index
- "Divisional Vol. I"
- Volume 1 of 6
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : A practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. ii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2554
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.70.2
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v. 2
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 308 p. ill. 8 p. plates [some col.]
- Gresham book advertisments at the end.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Notes
- Edited by John Kirkland
- Includes index
- "Divisional Vol. II"
- Volume 2 of 6
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : a practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. iii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2555
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.70.3
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.3
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1907
- Physical Description
- v-xii 152 p.: ill. plates.1-8
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Notes
- Edited by John Kirkland
- "With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts"
- Includes index
- "Divisional Vol. I"
- Volume 3 of 6
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : A practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. v
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2556
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.70.4
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.5
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1907
- Physical Description
- x, 344 p. : ill., plates [some col.]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Notes
- Edited by John Kirkland
- "Divisional Vol. V"
- Volume 5 of 6
- "A Practical and Scientific Work for the Baking and Allied Trades" Tp.
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : a practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. iv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary374
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.29.1
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.4
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- x, 152p. 1-8, : ill. plates.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Object History
- Antique Dealer is from Courtenay BC. He had acquired this book in that area. The rest of the set was missing. This single volume was spotted in a Burnaby Antique Show by Curator Colin Stevens at a table rented by Bluechicken Antiques of Courtenay. After determining that it was identical to the volume missing from our set, it was purchased. The set we have is HV975.70, and was acquired from Ivan Sayers. He had acquired his set in Alberta. His set was missing Volume 4. [CMS 1991 FEB 20]
- Notes
- "Edited by John Kirkland"
- With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts"
- Includes index
- "Divisional Vol. IV"
- Volume 4 of 6
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : A practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. vi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2557
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.70.5
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.6
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Physical Description
- ix, 566 p., ill., [some col.], diagrams
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Notes
- "Edited by John Kirkland"
- Includes index
- "Divisional Vol. VI"
- Volume 6 of 6
- "A Practical and Scientific Work for the Baking and Allied Trades" Tp.
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : A practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. vi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7343
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.6
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Physical Description
- ix, 345-364 p., : ill., [some col.],plates
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Notes
- "Edited by John Kirkland, lecturer and teacher of bread-makingh National Bakery School Borough Polytechnic Institute London."
- "A Practical and Scientific Work for the Baking and Allied Trades" - title page
- "With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts" - title page
- Includes index
- "Divisional Vol. VI"
- Volume 6 of 6, missing volume 2 & 4
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : a practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. iii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7341
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.3
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- xii, 309 - 472 p..: ill. plates.1-22
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Notes
- Edited by John Kirkland,, lecturer and teacher of bread-makingh National Bakery School Borough Polytechnic Institute London."
- "A Practical and Scientific Work for the Baking and Allied Trades" - title page
- "With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts" - title page
- "Divisional Vol III"
- Volume 3 of 6, missing volume 2 & 4
- Full series in Special Collections Library dated 1907
The modern baker confectioner and caterer : A practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. v
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7342
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.5
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- x, 344 p. : ill., plates [some col.]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Notes
- Edited by John Kirkland, lecturer and teacher of bread-makingh National Bakery School Borough Polytechnic Institute London." "A Practical and Scientific Work for the Baking and Allied Trades" - title page
- "With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts" - title page
- "Divisional Vol. V"
- Volume 5 of 6, missing volume 2 &4
- Full series in Special Collections Library dated 1907
Elizabeth Hart Bird collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74173
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Elizabeth Hart Bird collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs taken during Elizabeth Cross Hart Bird's time as a nanny for the Frederick Hart family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Elizabeth Hart Bird collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : sepia
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-19
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs taken during Elizabeth Cross Hart Bird's time as a nanny for the Frederick Hart family.
- History
- Elizabeth "Bess" Cross Hart was born in Newfoundland in 1885. She came from Trinity Bay to visit her uncle Frederick "Fred" Hart just prior to the start of World War I and stayed on as a nanny to her cousins at the Hart House. While in Burnaby, she was the organist at the St. Albans Anglican Church. Sidney Arthur Bird was born on July 30, 1886, in Stamford Lincolnshire, England. After apprenticing as a carpenter and carriage maker in England, Sidney arrived in Canada in 1910 at the age of 24 and settled in Burnaby near Edmonds and Kingsway. He and Elizabeth met at Saint Albans Church. Sidney served overseas during World War I with the first contingent Expeditionary Forces and returned in 1918. Elizabeth and Sidney were married in Prince Rupert on June 28, 1920. Their daughter Mary Louise was born November 14, 1921. Their son Albert Walter was born March 1, 1923. They raised their family in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and ran Bird's Confectionery. Elizabeth Cross Hart Bird died in July of 1951. Sidney died in September of 1975. Albert married and had a family; his daughter Patricia (Bird) Tuchscherer and her husband Ray currently live in Langley, British Columbia.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photo catalogue 541
Interview with Harry Royle June 20, 1975 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory112
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1919-1945
- Length
- 0:10:17
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Harry Royle's memories of returning from the war and setting up his general store at Capitol Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Harry Royle's memories of returning from the war and setting up his general store at Capitol Hill.
- Date Range
- 1919-1945
- Photo Info
- Harry Royle smiling, in a suit and tie, photographed by Chidwich Studio [193-]. Item no. BV005.20.20
- Length
- 0:10:17
- Names
- Harry's
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- McLeod, Ross S.
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 20, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Harry Royle by Ross S. McLeod (and Bettina Bradbury) June 20, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and the running of a grocery store. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Harry Royle was born in Gibraltar in 1898 to a Spanish mother and an English father (all of the Royle children except for one were born in Gibraltar). Harry's father served in the army for twenty-one years and because of that, the family moved regularly. While Harry was still a young baby, the Royle family moved to Ireland for six years, where he began his first years of schooling at the age of four. His dad retired from the army in 1907 and was sent to Canada with the BC Electric Company (the London General Army Buses Company). The rest of his family followed two years afterward in 1909 and settled in South Vancouver. Harry and his three brothers joined the army and were sent overseas as part of the second division. Luckily, they all returned home to Vancouver in 1919. Harry worked at the Hudson's Bay Company "counter jumping" before opening his own store in 1924 at 5527 Hastings Street and Ellesmere Avenue, a confectionery and general hangout for neighbourhood children."Harry's" was only twenty-five foot square and carried groceries obtained mainly from Kelly Douglas wholesalers. Most of Harry's customers worked at the mill at Barnet. Those that worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway were the few that still held jobs during the Depression. The store continued to serve the people of Capitol Hill throughout the Depression and war years, until Harry closed shop in 1945.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 1:01:43
- Interviewee Name
- Royle, Harry
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Track two of interview with Harry Royle
Track two of interview with Harry Royle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-12/100-13-12_Track_2.mp3