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Central Park Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark723
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1891-1904
- Heritage Value
- Central Park was one of the first and fastest-growing communities in Burnaby. Located along the electric tram line and the Vancouver Road (Kingsway), it was also chosen for a government settlement project referred to as the Central Park Small Holdings. The lands held by the Provincial Government were subdivided and sold around 1894 and by 1899 the settlement was large enough to warrant the construction of an Anglican Church there.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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The arithmetic of electricity: a manual of electrical calculations by arithmetical methods, including numerous rules, examples, and tables in the field of practical electrical engineering and experimenting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2026
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 3d ed., rev.
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1891
- Call Number
- 537.02 SLO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.71
- Call Number
- 537.02 SLO
- Edition
- 3d ed., rev.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1891
- Physical Description
- iii-viii; 138 p. : ill. , tables ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Chas. W. Davies"
- "43 Duke Street"
- "Halifax N.S."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electricity
- Electricity--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates : Sloane, T. O’Conor (Thomas O’Conor), 1851-1940.
Heat for advanced students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5896
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Edser, Edwin, -1932
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- c1936
- c1899
- Call Number
- 536 EDS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.4.28
- Call Number
- 536 EDS
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Edser, Edwin, -1932
- Contributor
- Bligh, N. M. (Neville Melton), 1890-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- c1936
- c1899
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons
- Physical Description
- v-x, 487 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Nabil Sabbagh" [handwritten in ink] "Student in the Faculty of Sciences" crossed-out "S17" "S 11" [handwritten in ink] "ADIB F SABBAGH [INK STAMP] c/o Queen's University" "Kingston (Ontario) Canada" inside front page: "G "6 Talliha Street, [handwritten in ink] "Heliopolis" "Electrical Engineering Student" "LEC/571334"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Heat
- Heat--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes indexes.
- Revised by Bligh, N. M. (Neville Melton), 1890-.
Appointment of Committee to Confer with BC Electric Railway Tramway Company re Gravelling Track
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport77679
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 77033
- Meeting Date
- 4-Nov-1899
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 77033
- Meeting Date
- 4-Nov-1899
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Notification to BC Electric Railway Company re Replacement of Planking Alongside Each Rail of Track on Vancouver Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport77312
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 77023
- Meeting Date
- 14-Oct-1899
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 77023
- Meeting Date
- 14-Oct-1899
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Unsafe Conditions of BC Electric Railway Company Crossings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76999
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76833
- Meeting Date
- 29-Apr-1899
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76833
- Meeting Date
- 29-Apr-1899
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Magnetism and electricity : a manual for students in advanced classes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5897
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Poyser, Arthur William
- Edition
- New ed.
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Call Number
- 537 POY
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.4.29
- Call Number
- 537 POY
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Poyser, Arthur William
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Printer
- William Clowes and Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- v-x, 406 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Charles Wright" [handwritten in ink] "Inter Science Class" "1901" crossed-out "S 16", "S 17" [handwritten in ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Magnetism
- Magnetism--Textbooks
- Electricity
- Electricity--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
Sidewalk from Post Office to BC Electric Railway Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76614
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76648
- Meeting Date
- 19-Nov-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76648
- Meeting Date
- 19-Nov-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Switch Placed by BC Electric Railway Co to be Kept
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79755
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840250
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jul-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840250
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jul-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Offer from BC Electric Railway Co to Pay 1897 Taxes in Full
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79758
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840253
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jul-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840253
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jul-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Municipal Taxes Due by BC Electric Railway Co
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79750
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840245
- Meeting Date
- 16-Jul-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840245
- Meeting Date
- 16-Jul-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Consideration of Placing of the Switch by BC Electric Railway Co
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79743
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840238
- Meeting Date
- 2-Jul-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840238
- Meeting Date
- 2-Jul-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Legality of BC Electric Railway Co Actions
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79737
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840232
- Meeting Date
- 18-Jun-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840232
- Meeting Date
- 18-Jun-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request to BC Electric Railway Co re Lay Planking on MacKay (McKay) Road and Widen 3rd Avenue Crossing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79733
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840228
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jun-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840228
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jun-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
BC Electric Railway Co to Attend to Council Request
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79696
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840191
- Meeting Date
- 16-Apr-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840191
- Meeting Date
- 16-Apr-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request to BC Electric Railway Co to Remove Tram Crossing Sign on Hastings Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79663
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840159
- Meeting Date
- 2-Apr-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840159
- Meeting Date
- 2-Apr-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Inquiry About BC Electric Railway Co Request Response
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79667
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840163
- Meeting Date
- 2-Apr-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840163
- Meeting Date
- 2-Apr-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Electric Street Light Needed on Mary Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79629
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840131
- Meeting Date
- 19-Feb-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840131
- Meeting Date
- 19-Feb-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Complaint Regarding Electric Lights at BC Electric Railway Co
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport79598
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840102
- Meeting Date
- 8-Jan-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 840102
- Meeting Date
- 8-Jan-1898
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![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.mp3