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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 10
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory450
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Length
- 00:05:53
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Burnaby and New Westminster May Days and how geography and poor transportation affects municipal east-west and north-south connections
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Burnaby and New Westminster May Days and how geography and poor transportation affects municipal east-west and north-south connections
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:05:53
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Transportation
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne 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 Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 1:34:40
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
- 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 business computerization 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.
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Track ten of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track ten of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_10.mp3Jack Nichols at the parade
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38165
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-752
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Costumes
- Persons - Crowds
- Events - May Day
- Events - Parades
- Transportation - Wagons
- Names
- Nichols, Jack
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
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May Day celebrations
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34074
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 13.0 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of costumed people at the Valleyview Community Centre May Day celebrations.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 13.0 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 009-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of costumed people at the Valleyview Community Centre May Day celebrations.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Costumes
- Events - May Day
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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May Day Parade
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35090
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a decorated car float in a May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue at a railway crossing. The automobile has "Rose Dress Shop" spelled along its side.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Davies family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 190-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a decorated car float in a May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue at a railway crossing. The automobile has "Rose Dress Shop" spelled along its side.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Transportation - Parade Floats
- Events - May Day
- Events - Parades
- Names
- Rose Dress Shop
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Patterson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
May Day Parade
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35091
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue with a line of cars and floats driving down the street (the lead car is a Hudson). They may be passing by the Jubilee Grove Arch at Central Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Davies family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 190-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue with a line of cars and floats driving down the street (the lead car is a Hudson). They may be passing by the Jubilee Grove Arch at Central Park.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Patterson Avenue
- Imperial Street
- Central Park
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
May Day Parade
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35868
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (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 Lubbock farm one-seater buggy in a May Day Parade, on Columbia Street, in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (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.
- 204-727
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Lubbock farm one-seater buggy in a May Day Parade, on Columbia Street, in New Westminster.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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May Queen crowning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34574
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.4 x 35.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview May Queen being crowned. Standing on the stage are; Henry Hill, [unidentified], Helen Brown, [unidentified], and Mary Dobson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.4 x 35.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 054-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview May Queen being crowned. Standing on the stage are; Henry Hill, [unidentified], Helen Brown, [unidentified], and Mary Dobson.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
Riverway East staff and student
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36855
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Riverway East School staff; Miss Walton (teacher) and H.J. Feakes (principal), with student Betty Hillman ready for May Day.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-313
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Riverway East School staff; Miss Walton (teacher) and H.J. Feakes (principal), with student Betty Hillman ready for May Day.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 5787 Marine Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Valleyview Community Centre May Queen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34071
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.7 x 12.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May day celebrations. The May Queen and her suite are seated with three men and a woman standing behind them. Identified are (back row, l to r) MLA Ernie Winch, unknown, Burnaby Reeve Geroge Morrison and unknown woman. The Valleyview Community Centre …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.7 x 12.9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 009-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May day celebrations. The May Queen and her suite are seated with three men and a woman standing behind them. Identified are (back row, l to r) MLA Ernie Winch, unknown, Burnaby Reeve Geroge Morrison and unknown woman. The Valleyview Community Centre was located at 4050 Grandview-Douglas Highway (later renumbered and renamed 4949 Canada Way).
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Valleyview Community Centre May Queen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34072
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.9 x 12.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre Fair, May Queen and Suite standing outside. One of them has a crown and two are carrying boquets of flowers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.9 x 12.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 009-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre Fair, May Queen and Suite standing outside. One of them has a crown and two are carrying boquets of flowers.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Valleyview Community Centre May Queen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34073
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 12.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre fair's May Queen dressed in white, wearing a crown and standing at a microphone on a decorated stage. Men and other girls are also on the stage.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 12.9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 009-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre fair's May Queen dressed in white, wearing a crown and standing at a microphone on a decorated stage. Men and other girls are also on the stage.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Valleyview Community Centre May Queen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34081
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 12.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May Queen and her suite dressed in white with sashes and standing outside on a stage. The Queen is wearing a crown and holding a bouquet of flowers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 12.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 009-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May Queen and her suite dressed in white with sashes and standing outside on a stage. The Queen is wearing a crown and holding a bouquet of flowers.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Symbols - Flags
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area