"Persons - Children" found 33 records

Burnaby and Digney recreational events

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 30 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour and black and white film segment identified as Reel 3. The film segment opens with footage of Digney family automobile travels and of Pelican Lake, Alberta where the family spent their summer, the footage switches to footage of a parade somewhere in the Rockies (B…

1 image 1 video

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 30 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour and black and white film segment identified as Reel 3. The film segment opens with footage of Digney family automobile travels and of Pelican Lake, Alberta where the family spent their summer, the footage switches to footage of a parade somewhere in the Rockies (Banff) which begins in black and white and changes to colour format. This is followed by colour footage of car racing at the Digney Speedway located on 10 acres of property on MacPherson Ave. Jelopy stock car racing is seen taking place with crowds of people looking on.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Events - Parades; Persons - Children; Persons - Crowds; Sports - Automobile Racing

Names: Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney Speedway

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: MacPherson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Images

Video

Burnaby and Digney recreational events, [between 1934 and 1938]

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-3.m4v

Children's theatrical performance at the Oak Theatre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (1 min., 36 sec.) : digital, b&w ; si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a black and white film segment of an unidentified theatrical production at the Oak Theatre with children as the performers. Children appear in costume with some dressed as mice or rats and cats dancing and performing on the stage while others are dressed as townsfolk. Th…

1 image 1 video

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (1 min., 36 sec.) : digital, b&w ; si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-002-5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-15

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a black and white film segment of an unidentified theatrical production at the Oak Theatre with children as the performers. Children appear in costume with some dressed as mice or rats and cats dancing and performing on the stage while others are dressed as townsfolk. The play closely resembles the folk tale 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' (also known as The Pan Piper, the Rat Catcher of Hamelin).

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Theatres; Recreational Activities - Theatre; Persons - Children

Names: Oak Theatre

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Royal Visit'; Storage location refers to location of DVD containing this clip. See 562-002 notes for more information. Additional copies of video file stored in Permanent drive accession folder.

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

Video

Children's theatrical performance at the Oak Theatre, 1939

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-5.m4v

Close up of front of Robert's house 5118 Douglas Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1931 and 1932]

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 cm x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts children: John A., Edward (Ted) and Roland in front of the Roberts' house at 5118 Douglas Road. Ted and Roland sit in a toboggan while John stands behind them, holding the toboggan's strings. In the background, a large swing frame is attached to the cedar tree. The grou…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1931 and 1932]

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 cm x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-018

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts children: John A., Edward (Ted) and Roland in front of the Roberts' house at 5118 Douglas Road. Ted and Roland sit in a toboggan while John stands behind them, holding the toboggan's strings. In the background, a large swing frame is attached to the cedar tree. The ground is lightly covered with snow.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Recreational Activities; Natural Phenomena - Snow; Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "John, Ted (Edward), and Roland Roberts / (winter 1931-32?)"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Maybe x 1932?"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "331"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.18"; 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

Close up of front of Robert's house 5118 Douglas Road, [between 1931 and 1932] thumbnail

David and Lesley Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82670

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1931]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a boy and a girl, identified as David and Lesley Hill, sitting on a rock.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1931]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-223

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a boy and a girl, identified as David and Lesley Hill, sitting on a rock.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Durban, Lesley C. Hill; Hill, David O. E. "Dave"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "David & Lesey [sic]"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Dave & Lesley"

Images

Five children and a dog

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified boys, two unidentified girls and a dog sitting on logs in a clearing of a forest.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-134

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified boys, two unidentified girls and a dog sitting on logs in a clearing of a forest.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Animals - Dogs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Five children and a dog, [1900-1930] thumbnail

Gerry and Lesley Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82671

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a boy and a girl, identified as Gerry and Lesley Hill, respectively.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-224

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a boy and a girl, identified as Gerry and Lesley Hill, respectively.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Durban, Lesley C. Hill; Hill, Gerald B. "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted to reads: "Gerry and Lesley / Yellowpoint [sic] 1931"

Images

Gerry Hill, Mrs. Biart, and Bim

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82673

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1932

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a boy, a woman, and a girl near a body of water. Identified from left to right are Gerry Hill, Mrs. Biart, and Bim.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1932

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-226

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a boy, a woman, and a girl near a body of water. Identified from left to right are Gerry Hill, Mrs. Biart, and Bim.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Persons - Children

Names: Hill, Gerald B. "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Gerry / Mrs. Biart, Bim 1932"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Gerry / Mrs Biart / Bim"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "1932?"

Images

Gerry Hill, Mrs. Biart, and Bim, 1932 thumbnail

Gerry, Lesley and Dave Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82676

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a girl and two boys, identified from top to bottom as David, Lesley, and Gerry Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-229

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a girl and two boys, identified from top to bottom as David, Lesley, and Gerry Hill.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Geographic Features - Channels

Names: Hill, Gerald B. "Gerry"; Hill, David O. E. "Dave"; Durban, Lesley C. Hill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Gerry, Lesley, Dave"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Dave / Lesley / Gerry / Yellow Point / 34 ish"

Images

Gerry, Lesley and Dave Hill, [1934] thumbnail

Hazel Peterson photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62794

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880-2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations

Scope and Content: File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life,…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880-2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations

Material Details: Some photographs remain in frames or paper covers.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 504-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life, including a trip to Hawaii in 1982. File includes studio portraits, cartes de visites, postcards, and some illustrations.

Subjects: Travel; Persons - Children

Names: Peterson, Hazel; Peterson, Edwin

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of file; Note on verso of 504-022 reads: "This was taken several years ago / Your niece / Hazel Petersen (at left)"; Note on verso of 504-027 reads: "Hazel Erickson Peterson"; Note on verso of 504-028 reads: "all of us except Ethel" and identifies the siblings in the photo; Note on verso of 504-029 reads: "not such a bad picture considering" and identifies the people in the photo.; Note on verso of 504-030 reads: "Agnus McDonald" and "Touch up outline of deer"; Note on envelope for 504-039:504-041 reads: "Hazel Petersen resided at Dania Home, Burnaby, for 20 years before her death shortly before her 100th birthday."

Hill and Loomis children

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82682

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of four boys and two girls identified from left to right as Janet Loomis, Van Loomis, David Hill, Lesley Hill, Gerry Hill, and Ted Loomis.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-236

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of four boys and two girls identified from left to right as Janet Loomis, Van Loomis, David Hill, Lesley Hill, Gerry Hill, and Ted Loomis.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Geographic Features - Beaches

Names: Hill, David O. E. "Dave"; Durban, Lesley C. Hill; Hill, Gerald B. "Gerry"; Loomis, Herbert Van Wyck "Van"; Loomis, Edward D. "Ted"; Rosenthal, Janet V. Loomis

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Janet Loomis, Van, David, Lesley / Gerry & Ted"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Ted Loomis / Gerry Hill / Lesley Hill / Dave Hill / Van Loomis / Janet Loomis / About 1934"

Images

Hill and Loomis children, [1934] thumbnail

Hill and Loomis families

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82681

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of the Hill and Loomis families. Identified are David Hill (back row, far left), Charlotte Hill (back row, fifth from left), Gerry Hill (back row, sixth from left), Van Loomis (back row, far right), Minard Hill (front row, third from left), Lesley Hill (front row, fourth fr…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-234

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of the Hill and Loomis families. Identified are David Hill (back row, far left), Charlotte Hill (back row, fifth from left), Gerry Hill (back row, sixth from left), Van Loomis (back row, far right), Minard Hill (front row, third from left), Lesley Hill (front row, fourth from left), Janet Loomis (front row, second from right), and Ted Loomis (front row, far right).

Subjects: Persons - Children; Geographic Features - Beaches

Names: Hill, David O. E. "Dave"; Durban, Lesley C. Hill; Hill, Gerald B. "Gerry"; Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Herbert Van Wyck "Van"; Loomis, Edward D. "Ted"; Rosenthal, Janet V. Loomis; Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Hill and Loomis families, [1934] thumbnail

Interview with Reidun Seim by Kathy Bossort January 13, 2016 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory650

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1904-1940

Length: 0:11:22

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Reidun Seim talking about her father’s immigration to the USA in 1904 at age 16, his return to Norway and marrying Martine, her parents emigration from Norway to Vancouver in 1930, her father’s purchase of an acre of land on Curtis Street and building a two ro…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Reidun Seim talking about her father’s immigration to the USA in 1904 at age 16, his return to Norway and marrying Martine, her parents emigration from Norway to Vancouver in 1930, her father’s purchase of an acre of land on Curtis Street and building a two room house for the family, Reidun’s birth in 1931, and the family’s move to Curtis Street in 1932. She talks about her childhood memories of playing on a big stump and cedar log in the yard.

Date Range: 1904-1940

Length: 0:11:22

Names: Seim, Sjur; Seim, Martine

Subjects: Buildings - Residences - Houses; Land Clearing; Persons - Children

Geographic Access: Curtis Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: January 13, 2016

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Reidun Seim conducted by Kathy Bossort. Reidun Seim was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Reidun Seim’s memories about her parent’s farm on Curtis Street, events in her childhood, and the people who lived in or visited her neighborhood. She takes us on a tour of her neighborhood in the 1940s, telling us stories about families who lived on Curtis Street on and east of 7300 block, including people who lived on Burnaby Mountain in the old Hastings Grove subdivision above the end of municipal water service at Philips Avenue. She describes changes to Curtis Street, particularly after it provided access to Simon Fraser University in 1965. She also talks about her teaching career, and about how she values the green space and conservation area on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes: Reidun Seim was born in 1931 in Vancouver B.C. to Sjur and Martine Seim. Sjur and Martine Seim emigrated to Canada from Norway in 1930, and after settling in Vancouver, moved to an acre of land and a new home at the base of Burnaby Mountain in 1932. Sjur attended UBC to learn about poultry farming and began his own chicken and egg business in 1935. The farm animals and large garden also contributed to the family’s livelihood and self-sufficiency. The Curtis Street neighborhood was a lively place and extended well up Curtis Street on the west slope of Burnaby Mountain, where Reidun would babysit for families. Reidun attended Sperling Avenue Elementary School (Gr. 1-8), Burnaby North High School, and Vancouver Normal School for teacher training in 1950-1951. She began teaching primary grades in Port Coquitlam at James Park School. Most of her career was spent in North Delta, teaching at Kennedy and Annieville schools from 1954-1958, appointed Primary Consultant (1958-1960) and Primary Supervisor (1960-1985), before retiring in 1986. Reidun lived at home with her parents on Curtis Street, commuting to Delta, and continues to live in the original farmhouse.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 2:35:58

Interviewee Name: Seim, Reidun

Interview Location: Burnaby City Hall in the Law Library

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

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Reidun Seim

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-017/MSS196-017_Track_1.mp3

Interview with Reidun Seim by Kathy Bossort January 13, 2016 - Track 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory657

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1930-1950

Length: 0:08:05

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Reidun Seim telling stories about her mother building Reidun and her friends a playhouse, about walking on Burnaby Mountain and cutting Christmas trees, and tobogganing on Curtis Street.

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Reidun Seim telling stories about her mother building Reidun and her friends a playhouse, about walking on Burnaby Mountain and cutting Christmas trees, and tobogganing on Curtis Street.

Date Range: 1930-1950

Length: 0:08:05

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Persons - Children

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: January 13, 2016

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Reidun Seim conducted by Kathy Bossort. Reidun Seim was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Reidun Seim’s memories about her parent’s farm on Curtis Street, events in her childhood, and the people who lived in or visited her neighborhood. She takes us on a tour of her neighborhood in the 1940s, telling us stories about families who lived on Curtis Street on and east of 7300 block, including people who lived on Burnaby Mountain in the old Hastings Grove subdivision above the end of municipal water service at Philips Avenue. She describes changes to Curtis Street, particularly after it provided access to Simon Fraser University in 1965. She also talks about her teaching career, and about how she values the green space and conservation area on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes: Reidun Seim was born in 1931 in Vancouver B.C. to Sjur and Martine Seim. Sjur and Martine Seim emigrated to Canada from Norway in 1930, and after settling in Vancouver, moved to an acre of land and a new home at the base of Burnaby Mountain in 1932. Sjur attended UBC to learn about poultry farming and began his own chicken and egg business in 1935. The farm animals and large garden also contributed to the family’s livelihood and self-sufficiency. The Curtis Street neighborhood was a lively place and extended well up Curtis Street on the west slope of Burnaby Mountain, where Reidun would babysit for families. Reidun attended Sperling Avenue Elementary School (Gr. 1-8), Burnaby North High School, and Vancouver Normal School for teacher training in 1950-1951. She began teaching primary grades in Port Coquitlam at James Park School. Most of her career was spent in North Delta, teaching at Kennedy and Annieville schools from 1954-1958, appointed Primary Consultant (1958-1960) and Primary Supervisor (1960-1985), before retiring in 1986. Reidun lived at home with her parents on Curtis Street, commuting to Delta, and continues to live in the original farmhouse.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 2:35:58

Interviewee Name: Seim, Reidun

Interview Location: Burnaby City Hall in the Law Library

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

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track eight of interview with Reidun Seim

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-017/MSS196-017_Track_8.mp3

Interview with Tony Fabian by Kathy Bossort October 29, 2015 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory596

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1934-1955

Length: 0:20:52

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Tony Fabian’s memories of his childhood and growing up in Saskatchewan and Richmond, BC. He tells about being taken from his family at an early age and being placed with an immigrant farming family; how hard life was as a child working on a farm; and the often…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Tony Fabian’s memories of his childhood and growing up in Saskatchewan and Richmond, BC. He tells about being taken from his family at an early age and being placed with an immigrant farming family; how hard life was as a child working on a farm; and the often abusive ways he saw people treat farmland and animals. He relates how his experiences developed his land ethic and love of nature.

Date Range: 1934-1955

Length: 0:20:52

Subjects: Agriculture; Persons - Children

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 29, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Tony Fabian conducted by Kathy Bossort. Tony Fabian was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Tony Fabian’s part in park creation and protection of natural areas in Burnaby, particularly as a member of the Park and Recreation Commission in the 1970s; his childhood and how that contributed to his land ethic; and the history of the uses made of and setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes: Tony S. Fabian was born in 1934 in north Saskatchewan. At less than a year old Tony, along with his siblings, was removed from his family home and eventually placed with an immigrant farm family. As a child he worked on the farm and witnessed what he considered abusive treatment of the land and farm animals. When he was about 12 years old his adoptive family moved to the BC coast where he went on his own, working for a variety of farmers in Richmond and Delta. At 19 he contracted polio, quit farm work, and found work with the telephone company. In 1956 Tony married, and in 1957 he and his wife moved to a home on Hardwick Street in Burnaby where he still lives. Tony entered civic politics in the 1960s when he objected to development on Hardwick Park and became concerned about the destruction of Burnaby’s natural landscapes. He became a life long advocate for preserving natural areas and helped to create large parks in Burnaby on the foreshore of the Fraser River and on Burrard Inlet. He served as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission 1970-1975, is a long time volunteer with the Burnaby Lake Park Association, and continues to stay current on local and regional environmental issues. In 2008 Tony was presented with the City of Burnaby Environment Award for Community Stewardship.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 1:43:22

Interviewee Name: Fabian, Tony S.

Interview Location: Tony Fabian'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

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Tony Fabian

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-007/MSS196-007_Track_1.mp3

Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory442

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1893-1944

Length: 00:05:35

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

Date Range: 1893-1944

Photo Info: Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012

Length: 00:05:35

Names: Lewarne, Ethel Leer

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Persons - Children

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

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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Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Bill Lewarne

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_2.mp3

Lesley and Gerry Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an infant boy and a girl sitting on the grass in front of a house.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-211

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an infant boy and a girl sitting on the grass in front of a house.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Durban, Lesley C. Hill; Hill, Gerald B. "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Gerry & Lesley 1930"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "1930"

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Lesley and Gerry Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82659

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an infant boy and a girl sitting on the grass in front of a house.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-212

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an infant boy and a girl sitting on the grass in front of a house.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Durban, Lesley C. Hill; Hill, Gerald B. "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Gerry & Lesley 1930 / Burnaby, BC"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "1930"

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Lesley, Gerry, and David Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1932

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a girl and two boys, identified from left to right as Lesley, Gerry, and David Hill, dressed in costumes.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1932

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-228

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a girl and two boys, identified from left to right as Lesley, Gerry, and David Hill, dressed in costumes.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Persons - Children

Names: Hill, Gerald B. "Gerry"; Hill, David O. E. "Dave"; Durban, Lesley C. Hill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Lesley Gerry David 1932"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Dave Gerry / Lesley"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "1932"

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Lesley, Gerry, and David Hill, 1932 thumbnail

Lesley Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82657

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a girl identified as Lesley Hill standing outdoors.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-210

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a girl identified as Lesley Hill standing outdoors.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Durban, Lesley C. Hill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Lesley / Burnaby"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "1930"

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Lesley Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a girl identified as Lesley Hill standing on a rock by a body of water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-213

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a girl identified as Lesley Hill standing on a rock by a body of water.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Geographic Features - Channels

Names: Durban, Lesley C. Hill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Lesley 1931 / Yellowpoint [sic]"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Lesley"

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