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Bruce Northorp and Robert Prittie

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1969 and 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Royal Canadian Mounted Police staff-sergeant Bruce Northorp in uniform, shaking hands with Burnaby Mayor Robert Prittie, as the Mayor presents him with the RCMP's 20-year long-service metal at a ceremony at city hall.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1969 and 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1098

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Royal Canadian Mounted Police staff-sergeant Bruce Northorp in uniform, shaking hands with Burnaby Mayor Robert Prittie, as the Mayor presents him with the RCMP's 20-year long-service metal at a ceremony at city hall.

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms; Public Services - Policing; Ceremonies - Awards; Personal Symbols - Certificates; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: Northorp, Bruce; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Crowd gathered for Queen Elizabeth II

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large crowd gathered behind a line of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, with Queen Elizabeth II visible in the centre. This photograph was taken during the 1971 visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 417-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2001-7

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large crowd gathered behind a line of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, with Queen Elizabeth II visible in the centre. This photograph was taken during the 1971 visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Burnaby.

Subjects: Persons - Crowds; Public Services - Policing; Events - Royal Visits; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory504

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1990

Length: 00:06:00

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s education and career in forensics in the RCMP, and the changes he saw in Burnaby between 1954 to 1975, which were emphasized by absences from Burnaby in this period. He talks about the appearance of the first high rises and the difference in devel…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s education and career in forensics in the RCMP, and the changes he saw in Burnaby between 1954 to 1975, which were emphasized by absences from Burnaby in this period. He talks about the appearance of the first high rises and the difference in development between north and south Burnaby

Date Range: 1947-1990

Photo Info: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979

Length: 00:06:00

Subjects: Public Services - Policing; Education; Buildings

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 26, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown 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 Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 01:35:07

Interviewee Name: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

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 computerization in business 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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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Don Brown

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Prince Philip

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Prince Philip walking through a large crowd of onlookers during the 1971 Royal Visit to Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 417-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2001-7

Scope and Content: Photograph of Prince Philip walking through a large crowd of onlookers during the 1971 Royal Visit to Burnaby.

Subjects: Persons - Crowds; Public Services - Policing; Events - Royal Visits; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Protester being arrested

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45548

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 22, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of a protestor being handcuffed and arrested by a police officer. The protestor was supporting the strike by the Association of University and College Employees at Simon Fraser University by attending the pro-union rally held at the Gaglardi Way and Curtis Avenue intersection(this inters…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 22, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-442

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of a protestor being handcuffed and arrested by a police officer. The protestor was supporting the strike by the Association of University and College Employees at Simon Fraser University by attending the pro-union rally held at the Gaglardi Way and Curtis Avenue intersection(this intersection no longer exists). Eighteen protestors were arrested in total.

Subjects: Protests and Demonstrations; Public Services - Policing; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Association of University and College Employees; Simon Fraser University

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Police handcuff strike supporter."

Geographic Access: Gaglardi Way; Curtis Street

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Protesters being arrested

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 22, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two protestors being arrested. They were supporting the strike by the Association of University and College Employees at Simon Fraser University by attending the pro-union rally held at the Gaglardi Way and Curtis Avenue intersection (this intersection no longer exists). Eighteen prot…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 22, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-441

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of two protestors being arrested. They were supporting the strike by the Association of University and College Employees at Simon Fraser University by attending the pro-union rally held at the Gaglardi Way and Curtis Avenue intersection (this intersection no longer exists). Eighteen protestors were arrested in total.

Subjects: Protests and Demonstrations; Public Services - Policing; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Association of University and College Employees; Simon Fraser University

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Battistoni, Peter

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Two SFU protesters await their trip to paddy wagon."