"Norfolk Street" found 24 records

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s school activities, recreation, responsibilities, and his jobs. Bob grew up in the area of Central Burnaby known as Skunk Hollow, and talks of living near Norfolk and Douglas Road in his early childhood, and then on Government Road. He recalls…

1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:04:56 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s school activities, recreation, responsibilities, and his jobs. Bob grew up in the area of Central Burnaby known as Skunk Hollow, and talks of living near Norfolk and Douglas Road in his early childhood, and then on Government Road. He recalls attending Douglas Road School and Burnaby South High School. Bob describes his extracurricular activities in school, organized and informal. He mentions the games he played with his friends. Bob discusses his family chores, and his first job, which was a newspaper route for the Vancouver Province. He describes his later jobs, one at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, working for Mr. Arnold, and then for Mr. Robertson at Burnaby Lake Nurseries.

History: Recording of an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"; Douglas Road School; Burnaby South High School; Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Geographic Access: Norfolk Street; Douglas Road; Government Road

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on content of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 1, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_001.mp3

Looking south from 5496 Dominion Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91865

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1998

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the backyard at 5496 Dominion Street, looking south with the houses on Norfolk Street visible above the fence. These houses were built in the 1980s and 1990s following the rezoning of the properties.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1998

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-046

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the backyard at 5496 Dominion Street, looking south with the houses on Norfolk Street visible above the fence. These houses were built in the 1980s and 1990s following the rezoning of the properties.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Gardens

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P9"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "April 1998 / 5496 Dominion St"

Geographic Access: Norfolk Street

Street Address: 5496 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Images

Looking south from 5496 Dominion Street, April 1998 thumbnail

Looking west along the back lane

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91860

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1994

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the back lane between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street, looking west. The fir tree in the centre of the photograph is one of many planted by John Roberts along the south property line of 5538 Dominion Street. The other trees were removed in 1982 when the Roberts' property was larg…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1994

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-041

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the back lane between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street, looking west. The fir tree in the centre of the photograph is one of many planted by John Roberts along the south property line of 5538 Dominion Street. The other trees were removed in 1982 when the Roberts' property was largely cleared in order to relocate the house 100 feet west and subdivide the property into 33 foot lots.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lanes

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.4"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "The Back lane behind 3131 Douglas Rd to 5496 etc Dominion St. / June 1994"; 5118 Douglas Road renumbered to 3131 Douglas Road in 1958 and to 5538 Dominion Street in 1970 or 1971

Street Address: 3131 Douglas Road; 5118 Douglas Road; 5538 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Images

Looking west along the back lane, June 1994 thumbnail

Norfolk Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79450

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 11, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified Burnaby resident on Norfolk Street with his two thumbs down to the street where proposed speed bumps will be installed.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 11, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0383

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified Burnaby resident on Norfolk Street with his two thumbs down to the street where proposed speed bumps will be installed.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "2014 Bby Mario / 8/11 Bby p. 3 83%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)