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North Burnaby Lions
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37560
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Burnaby Lions S.S. 3rd Div. League Champs 1955-6 (Soccer). Identified: (right) Jim Greer, coach.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-148
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Burnaby Lions S.S. 3rd Div. League Champs 1955-6 (Soccer). Identified: (right) Jim Greer, coach.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
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![Sunday School Soccer League Trophy Presentation, [ca. 1957] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-284.jpg?width=280)
Sunday School Soccer League Trophy Presentation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37696
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1957] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Sunday School soccer league trophy presentation. Identified, back row, left to right: Mr. Whittaker, Hugh Greer, and Jim Greer.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1957] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-284
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Sunday School soccer league trophy presentation. Identified, back row, left to right: Mr. Whittaker, Hugh Greer, and Jim Greer.
- Names
- Greer, Hugh
- Greer, Jim
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
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![Sunday School Soccer League Trophy Presentation, [ca. 1957] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-284.jpg)
Sunday School Soccer League Trophy Presentation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37697
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1957 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Val Roach presenting a cup to Dunc McInnis as part of a Sunday School soccer league trophy presentation.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1957 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-285
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Val Roach presenting a cup to Dunc McInnis as part of a Sunday School soccer league trophy presentation.
- Names
- McInnis, Dunc
- Roach, Val
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
Award winning pianists
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37292
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three boys in front of a piano, holding trophies. The two boys seated in front are identified only as the Mandy brothers and the third is unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Norah Code subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 345-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three boys in front of a piano, holding trophies. The two boys seated in front are identified only as the Mandy brothers and the third is unidentified.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Code, Norah
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper.
Images
Bob Blake and Phyllis Grendahl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64830
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of YMCA movie club president Bob Blake presenting a trophy to Phyllis Grendahl.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 9.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1557
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of YMCA movie club president Bob Blake presenting a trophy to Phyllis Grendahl.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "2 [?] / Fri AM / 6""
Images
Nancy Hansen holding her winnings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45240
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954, published September 1, 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Nancy Hansen, winner of both Miss Burnaby and Miss PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) 1954, holding her winnings, which included a gold Oscar and a bouquet of flowers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954, published September 1, 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 19.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-136
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Nancy Hansen, winner of both Miss Burnaby and Miss PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) 1954, holding her winnings, which included a gold Oscar and a bouquet of flowers.
- Names
- Hansen, Nancy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Atlee, Bob
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Oakalla Clydesdale horse, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-729.jpg?width=280)
Oakalla Clydesdale horse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38142
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with a trophy inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-729
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with a trophy inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
Images
![Oakalla Clydesdale horse, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-729.jpg)
![Oakalla Clydesdale horse, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-730.jpg?width=280)
Oakalla Clydesdale horse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38143
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with an award inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-730
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with an award inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
Images
![Oakalla Clydesdale horse, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-730.jpg)
Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37597
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team, Burnaby champions in 1952-53. The coaches (left to right) are J.G. Edwards and Cecil Shantz.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-185
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team, Burnaby champions in 1952-53. The coaches (left to right) are J.G. Edwards and Cecil Shantz.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Capitol Hill School boys soccer team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37598
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill School boys soccer team, Burnaby Senior Boys champions in 1951-52. The photograph was taken in front of the school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-186
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill School boys soccer team, Burnaby Senior Boys champions in 1951-52. The photograph was taken in front of the school.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Names
- Capitol Hill School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37599
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team, 5th Division Middleton Cup Winners 1954-55. The photograph was taken in front of the school. Identified: (left) Cecil Shantz, coach.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-187
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team, 5th Division Middleton Cup Winners 1954-55. The photograph was taken in front of the school. Identified: (left) Cecil Shantz, coach.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37600
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team, 7th Division. The photo was taken in front of the school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-188
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill School Boys Soccer Team, 7th Division. The photo was taken in front of the school.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Names
- Capitol Hill School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Sunday School Soccer League Banquet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37698
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1957 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Sunday School soccer league team banquet. Identified, back row, left to right: Val Roach, Sam Nelson, Jim Greer, Mr. Whittaker, Hugh Greer, Spud McGivern, Billy Barland, and Jack Greer.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1957 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-286
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Sunday School soccer league team banquet. Identified, back row, left to right: Val Roach, Sam Nelson, Jim Greer, Mr. Whittaker, Hugh Greer, Spud McGivern, Billy Barland, and Jack Greer.
- Subjects
- Events
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
Personal material
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82732
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-008
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.
- Subjects
- Arts - Paintings
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Performances - Concerts
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Personal Symbols - Certificates
- Transportation
- Persons - Royalty
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together
- Simnett personal papers series
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory477
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Length
- 00:13:27
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the circumstances behind Merrill Gordon’s founding of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club in 1956, his subsequent involvement and role as President of the club for 15 years, and the growth and history of soccer clubs in Burnaby. He also talks about his frien…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the circumstances behind Merrill Gordon’s founding of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club in 1956, his subsequent involvement and role as President of the club for 15 years, and the growth and history of soccer clubs in Burnaby. He also talks about his friend Mark Stockdale who was second president of the club for 16 years and creator of the rose garden on Burnaby Mountain.
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:13:27
- Subjects
- Persons - Volunteers
- Sports - Soccer
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- 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
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track six of interview with Merrill Gordon
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Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory479
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Length
- 00:10:17
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s founding and operation of the youth soccer exchange with Washington State, and the importance of soccer to the community. He discusses the problem of isolation between north and south Burnaby, planned development in Burnaby, and the contributi…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s founding and operation of the youth soccer exchange with Washington State, and the importance of soccer to the community. He discusses the problem of isolation between north and south Burnaby, planned development in Burnaby, and the contributions of Ratepayer groups and volunteers
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:10:17
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- 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
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track eight of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track eight of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_8.mp3![Arthur W. Mawbey, [between 1959 and 1964] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-1147.jpg?width=280)
Arthur W. Mawbey
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46259
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1959 and 1964]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of World War I veteran Arthur W. Mawbey sitting in front of the Union Jack in uniform during a Remembrance Day observance ceremony. He is smoking a pipe, with one hand resting on his cane, and the other hand holding a white wooden cross with maple leaf resting on it.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1959 and 1964]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1147
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of World War I veteran Arthur W. Mawbey sitting in front of the Union Jack in uniform during a Remembrance Day observance ceremony. He is smoking a pipe, with one hand resting on his cane, and the other hand holding a white wooden cross with maple leaf resting on it.
- Subjects
- Persons - Veterans
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Symbols - Flags
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Names
- Mawbey, Arthur W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Arthur W. Mawbey, [between 1959 and 1964] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-1147.jpg)
![Edmonds School United Nations flag, [195-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/138-007.jpg?width=280)
Edmonds School United Nations flag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34816
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag. Four young women and two men are unfolding it. Identified: Jack Davy (left) and Bill Good (right).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Helen Davy subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 138-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag. Four young women and two men are unfolding it. Identified: Jack Davy (left) and Bill Good (right).
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Officials
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Allan, Ray
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Ray Allan / The Allan Studios / 3763 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC / Phone: Dex. 5766"
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7641 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Edmonds School United Nations flag, [195-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/138-007.jpg)
![Edmonds School United Nations flag, [195-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/138-008.jpg?width=280)
Edmonds School United Nations flag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34817
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag and officials. Identified (on back of photograph): Jack Davy, C.G. Brown, and Bill Good.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Helen Davy subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 138-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag and officials. Identified (on back of photograph): Jack Davy, C.G. Brown, and Bill Good.
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Officials
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Allan, Ray
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Ray Allan / The Allan Studios / 3763 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC / Phone: Dex. 5766"
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7641 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Edmonds School United Nations flag, [195-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/138-008.jpg)
Flags for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip Visit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55620
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of 24 men and women wearing various uniforms standing on the steps of Burnaby Municipal Hall holding Union Jacks. The photograph was taken on the occasion of the 1951 Royal Visit. None of the people in the photograph are identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of 24 men and women wearing various uniforms standing on the steps of Burnaby Municipal Hall holding Union Jacks. The photograph was taken on the occasion of the 1951 Royal Visit. None of the people in the photograph are identified.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Allan Studios
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Caption on recto reads: "Flags for Princess Elizabeth & Prince Philip / Burnaby 1951"
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
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