"Wales" found 5 records | Heritage Burnaby

Description: Receipt for payment of paperweight BV000.35.1. Yellow paper with logo in upper left corner. paperweight commemorates wedding of Prince and Princess of Wales.

Object History: The wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales on 29 July 1981 was billed as a "fairytale wedding" watched by a global television audience of 750 million.

Marks/Labels: "Montague BRIDGMAN LTD." "China" "Crystal" "Gifts" "650 Fort Street, Victoria - Phone (604) 383-0821" "MAILING ADDRESS" "P.O. Box 901, Station E, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8W 2R9" in the upper right. "PURCHASED BY" "Visa ..." "M.C. Harris" "DATE" "Aug 22/81" "DESCRIPTION" "Selkirk 1 R.W. Bubble 70-" "TOTAL" "74.20" "No.30153".

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs; Souvenirs - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Receipts

Description: Vox Stellarum Old Moore's Almanack - Booklet -- [1861]. Almanack produced by T. Goode and the Lion Steam Printing Office. The Almanack was for 1861 which has been named the Year of Human Redemption. The booklet includes information like fairs in England and Wales, directions for farmers and gardeners, as well as cab fares, taxes and weather. There is no back cover for this booklet.

Object History: Albert Joseph Samual Prothero was born June 6 1920 in Wales to Albert and Gertrude Prothero. Albert and Gertrude moved to Canada in the late 1920s with their children Albert, Sidney and Violet and settled in Delta. The family later relocated to Vancouver in the mid/late 1930s on West 7th Street. Albert Joseph Samual Prothero attended Delta Central School and later married Helen Slark. He worked as a dentist. The family lived at 5615 Carson Street in Burnaby. He died in 1995 in Vancouver.

Description: Pages, loose, from a book; 1. Prince Albert; 2. royal family; 3. Marriage of Victoria and Albert; 4. Marriage of Prince of Wales and Alexandra; 5. Death of Queen Victoria; 6. Scene in Mortuary Chapel, Osborne; 7. Services at Westminster Abbey; 8. Embroidering the Royal Pall; 9. start of the Funeral Procession; 10. Embarkation at Cowes; 11. Voyage of the Alberta; 12. coffin passes through Marble Arch in London; 13. coffin passes through Hyde Park; 14. funeral cortege passes through Apsley Gate; 15. funeral service; 16. King Edward VII's first act of government; with loose page showing five portraits: Queen Victoria at centre, upper left 'Helena', upper right 'Louise', lower left 'Jane Churchill', lower right 'Beatrice'