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Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
Publication Date
1976
c1975
Call Number
971.133 MCG COPY 4
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
971.133 MCG COPY 4
Author
McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Century Park Museum Association
Publication Date
1976
c1975
Physical Description
108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Notes
4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
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Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory308
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1944-1960
Length
0:09:21
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of reconnecting with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown on the interurban tram. He discusses his job history and tells the story of single-handedly clearing land for their family home.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of reconnecting with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown on the interurban tram. He discusses his job history and tells the story of single-handedly clearing land for their family home.
Date Range
1944-1960
Photo Info
Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018.
Length
0:09:21
Names
Brown, Cice Chandler
Subjects
Land Clearing
Interviewer
Damer, Eric
Interview Date
September 18, 2012
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with Dennis Brown conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.
Biographical Notes
Dennis Brown’s family moved from North Vancouver to South Burnaby, near Central Park, in 1941. Dennis finished his high school in Burnaby and enlisted in the air force, completing basic training. He returned to Burnaby looking for work and found employment stoking the boiler of a cargo ship. He and a friend spent the next year sailing around the world. When Dennis returned to Burnaby, he found work at a local shingle mill, married Cice Chandler and began work on a new home at Willingdon and Imperial. He and Cice had two children in 1948 and 1950, and three more in the later nineteen-fifties. By this time, Dennis had retrained as an accountant and worked in several large businesses in Vancouver. In their later years, both Dennis and Cice were active in the restoration of the Parker Carousel and Interurban 1223 (now on display at the Burnaby Village Museum) and both were honoured independently with “Citizen of the Year” awards. Cice (Chandler) Brown was, additionally, Honourary Reeve of the Burnaby Village Museum.
Total Tracks
5
Total Length
0:43:57
Interviewee Name
Brown, Dennis
Interview Location
Burnaby Village Museum
Interviewer Bio
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burna-Boom Oral History Project series
Transcript Available
None
Media Type
Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks

Track three of recording of interview with Dennis Brown

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Tony Schmand with Mayor Tom Constable

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45992
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
October 1973
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Association for the Mentally Retarded president Tony Schmand with Mayor Tom Constable performing the sod turning ceremony for the site of a facility to accomodate the developmentally challenged in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
October 1973
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-887
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Association for the Mentally Retarded president Tony Schmand with Mayor Tom Constable performing the sod turning ceremony for the site of a facility to accomodate the developmentally challenged in Burnaby.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Ceremonies
Names
Schmand, Tony
Constable, Thomas W. "Tom"
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Battistoni, Peter
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Banff Avenue
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Widening of Scott Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56677
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1976, published March 24, 1976
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the process of widening Scott Road in Surrey BC. The process was undertaken by the provincial government. Citizens were upset as this process included cutting down century-old trees (stumps of these former trees are visible in this photograph).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1976, published March 24, 1976
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-531
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the process of widening Scott Road in Surrey BC. The process was undertaken by the provincial government. Citizens were upset as this process included cutting down century-old trees (stumps of these former trees are visible in this photograph).
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Construction - Road Construction
Land Clearing
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Road-widening on Scott Rd. in Surrey has taken its toll of old trees."
Images
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