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Interview with Mary Lumby by Kathy Bossort January 8, 2016 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory673
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1983-2003
- Length
- 0:11:05
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Mary Lumby talking about the link between the communities of Forest Hills and Forest Grove, about Forest Grove Elementary School, and about how residents advocated for community services, particularly parks for children. She talks about how neighbourhood desig…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Mary Lumby talking about the link between the communities of Forest Hills and Forest Grove, about Forest Grove Elementary School, and about how residents advocated for community services, particularly parks for children. She talks about how neighbourhood design balances protecting the natural environment with needed community services, and the problem of isolation for the communities.
- Date Range
- 1983-2003
- Length
- 0:11:05
- Subjects
- Public Services - Municipal Services
- Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Persons - Volunteers
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Forest Grove Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- January 8, 2016
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Mary Lumby conducted by Kathy Bossort. Mary Lumby was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Mary Lumby’s experience living in Forest Hills, raising her children there, and her involvement in community groups and advocating for improved community services in the Forest Hills and Forest Grove neighbourhoods, and her later move to UniverCity. She talks about the history of the Forest Hills subdivision and what she liked about living there, its links with Forest Grove, and challenges facing both communities as a result of their isolation. Her description of living in UniverCity provides an interesting comparison in how community is created. Mary Lumby also talks about her teaching career, her volunteer activities especially related to the environment, the relationship Trans Mountain tank farm had with adjacent neighbourhoods when she lived in Forest Hills, and what the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area means to her.
- Biographical Notes
- Mary Lumby was born in Vancouver B.C. She moved to Burnaby and the Parkcrest area in 1977, and then to the new Forest Hills subdivision. Later she moved into another developing community, UniverCity, at the top of Burnaby Mountain and adjacent to the Simon Fraser University campus. Mary has been an active community member, volunteer and community advocate. She has been particularly interested in environmental issues, as a teacher, volunteer coordinator for civic events, and citizen representative on Burnaby’s Environment Committee. She continues to be active in community affairs and enjoys living on Burnaby Mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 1:31:47
- Interviewee Name
- Lumby, Mary M.
- Interview Location
- Mary Lumby's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Mary Lumby
Track three of interview with Mary Lumby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-016/MSS196-016_Track_3.mp3
Shenaz Lakhani, Amber Hembruff, Patrick Montgomery and Chris Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78670
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 29, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Shenaz Lakhani (left), Amber Hembruff, Patrick Montgomery and Chris Hall visiting the Forest Grove Elementary School at the Friday night drop-in centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 29, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0031
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Shenaz Lakhani (left), Amber Hembruff, Patrick Montgomery and Chris Hall visiting the Forest Grove Elementary School at the Friday night drop-in centre.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Names
- Forest Grove Elementary School
- Lakhani, Shenaz
- Hembruff, Amber
- Montgomery, Patrick
- Hall, Chris
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "93% Bby 1 / Bby Mario 2919 A"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
- Geographic Access
- Forest Grove Drive
- Street Address
- 8525 Forest Grove Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
Images
Shenaz Lakhani, Chris Hall and Amber Hembruff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78671
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 29, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Shenaz Lakhani, Chris Hall, and Amber Hembruff playing Yahtzee at the Forest Grove Elementary teen drop-in centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 29, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0032
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Shenaz Lakhani, Chris Hall, and Amber Hembruff playing Yahtzee at the Forest Grove Elementary teen drop-in centre.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "93% Bby 1 / Bby Mario 2919 A"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
- Geographic Access
- Forest Grove Drive
- Street Address
- 8525 Forest Grove Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
Images
