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Cecil and Julie Lee family portrait

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 2000 and 2006]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : colour ; copy scan

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cecil and Julie Lee's extended family posing for studio portait; top row (L-R): Cecil (Chue Kan) Lee, Julie Cho Chan Lee; middle row (L-R): Rodney Lee holding Ethan and Tyler Lee, Darin Lee, Sandra Lee holding baby Aiden Lee; bottom row: Suey Ying Jung (Laura).

Administrative History: Photographs from the collection of Julie Lee, daughter of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Chan Puy Yuen (Henry). The couple were married at Fraser Mills in October, 1942. The family owned a farm on Douglas Road near Still Creek in the early 1900s. Their farm was located in front of the Douglas Road inte…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : colour ; copy scan

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cecil and Julie Lee's extended family posing for studio portait; top row (L-R): Cecil (Chue Kan) Lee, Julie Cho Chan Lee; middle row (L-R): Rodney Lee holding Ethan and Tyler Lee, Darin Lee, Sandra Lee holding baby Aiden Lee; bottom row: Suey Ying Jung (Laura).

Administrative History: Photographs from the collection of Julie Lee, daughter of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Chan Puy Yuen (Henry). The couple were married at Fraser Mills in October, 1942. The family owned a farm on Douglas Road near Still Creek in the early 1900s. Their farm was located in front of the Douglas Road interurban tram station.

Creator: [unknown]

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms

Names: Lee, Julie; Kan, Chue; Lee, Rodney; Lee, Ethan; Lee, Tyler; Lee, Darin; Lee, Sandra; Lee, Aiden; Jung, Ying

Geographic Access: British Columbia - Vancouver

Accession Code: BV017.24.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 2000 and 2006]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 01-Oct-2017

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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90th birthday celebration

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2003

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 13.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frances L. Fleming at her 90th Birthday celebration. Frances passed away on July 8, 2004 just one month short of her 91st birthday.

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 13.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frances L. Fleming at her 90th Birthday celebration. Frances passed away on July 8, 2004 just one month short of her 91st birthday.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Photographs

Names: Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington

Accession Code: BV016.46.129

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 2003

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Aug-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and notes in photograph album; Photograph is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

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Bee hives in the Wuzinski family backyard

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Bee hives in the Wuzinski family backyard at Cliff Avenue and Curtis Avenue.

Administrative History: John and Frances Wuzinski moved from Manitoba to Burnaby in 1944, where they purchased an acre of land on the corner of Hastings Street and Cliff Avenue. They had two daughters: Janice and Mary Louise. They grew berries, fruit and vegetables for home and for sale, and raised bees. People came from …

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Bee hives in the Wuzinski family backyard at Cliff Avenue and Curtis Avenue.

Administrative History: John and Frances Wuzinski moved from Manitoba to Burnaby in 1944, where they purchased an acre of land on the corner of Hastings Street and Cliff Avenue. They had two daughters: Janice and Mary Louise. They grew berries, fruit and vegetables for home and for sale, and raised bees. People came from miles around to purchase strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes and honey. In 1962 the Wuzinski property was expropriated by the Municipality of Burnaby, and the family purchased another property nearby. They started a new garden, brought the bees, and transplanted several trees to the new property.

Other Title Information: title based on content

Names: Bobic, Janice; Wuzinski, John

Accession Code: BV018.39.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-04-2015

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New Haven

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of signage outside of New Haven Correctional Centre. Signage reads, "4250 / NEW HAVEN / NEW HAVEN / CORRECTIONAL CENTRE / VISITORS PLEASE REPORT / TO GENERAL OFFICE / IN MAIN BUILDING".

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of signage outside of New Haven Correctional Centre. Signage reads, "4250 / NEW HAVEN / NEW HAVEN / CORRECTIONAL CENTRE / VISITORS PLEASE REPORT / TO GENERAL OFFICE / IN MAIN BUILDING".

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.869

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

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Road and entrance to New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13526

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the entrance gate and road to New Haven Correctional Centre on Marine Drive.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the entrance gate and road to New Haven Correctional Centre on Marine Drive.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.870

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

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New Haven buildings

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building and workshop building inside of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building and workshop building inside of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.871

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

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New Haven building and parking lot

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building and parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building and parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.872

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

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New Haven building and parking lot

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13529

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building and parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building and parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.873

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

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New Haven building and parking lot

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13530

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building and cars in parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building and cars in parking lot of New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.874

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

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Pond and bridge at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13531

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of pond and bridge at New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of pond and bridge at New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.875

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Entrance to New Haven

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of roadway entrance to New Haven Correctional Centre with the intitals "NHCC" located in a garden along the bank of a pond. Farm buildings are visible behind the trees.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of roadway entrance to New Haven Correctional Centre with the intitals "NHCC" located in a garden along the bank of a pond. Farm buildings are visible behind the trees.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.876

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Building at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13534

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three storey building at New Haven Correctional Centre.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three storey building at New Haven Correctional Centre.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.877

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Workshop buildings at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13535

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of workshop buildings with five bay doors at New Haven Correctional Centre.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of workshop buildings with five bay doors at New Haven Correctional Centre.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.878

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Buildings at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13536

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of workshop and main house at New Haven Correctional Centre. The workshop has two large double doors with a concrete driveway in front.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of workshop and main house at New Haven Correctional Centre. The workshop has two large double doors with a concrete driveway in front.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.879

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Kitchen and dining addition

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13537

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of kitchen and dining addition to main building of New Haven Correctional Centre.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of kitchen and dining addition to main building of New Haven Correctional Centre.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.880

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Grounds and green house at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13538

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a greenhouse and a section of the grounds of New Haven Correctional Centre. Grounds near the greenhouse include trees, vegetable and flower gardens, a wishing well and foot bridge.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a greenhouse and a section of the grounds of New Haven Correctional Centre. Grounds near the greenhouse include trees, vegetable and flower gardens, a wishing well and foot bridge.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities; Gardens - Flower Gardens; Gardens - Vegetable Gardens; Buildings - Agriculture - Greenhouses

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.881

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Cottages at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13539

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four of five cottages inside the New Haven Correctional Centre. The cottages were numbered one through five and were built in 1939.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four of five cottages inside the New Haven Correctional Centre. The cottages were numbered one through five and were built in 1939.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities; Buildings - Residences; Buildings - Residences - Houses

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.882

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Main building at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13540

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 5.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building of the New Haven Correctional Centre. A rock retaining wall and roadway are in front.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 5.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the main building of the New Haven Correctional Centre. A rock retaining wall and roadway are in front.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities; Buildings - Residences; Buildings - Residences - Houses

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.883

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Main building at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13541

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 5.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the New Haven Correctional Centre's main building with dining-kitchen addition. A rock retaining wall with garden is in the foreground.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 5.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the New Haven Correctional Centre's main building with dining-kitchen addition. A rock retaining wall with garden is in the foreground.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.884

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Building rooftops and grounds at New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13542

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of building rooftops and grounds at New Haven Correctional Centre.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of building rooftops and grounds at New Haven Correctional Centre.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.885

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Sidewalk and grounds of New Haven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto13543

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jan. 2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of sidewalk, buildings and grounds of New Haven Correctional Centre. Photograph is taken looking from the main building.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was o…

1 Image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of sidewalk, buildings and grounds of New Haven Correctional Centre. Photograph is taken looking from the main building.

Administrative History: In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.

Subjects: Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: New Haven Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - Marine Drive; Burnaby - 4250 Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.5.886

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jan. 2001

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 25-Aug-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"; Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018

Images

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4370

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:12 min)

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Janet White’s school years and the activities and sports she participated in, formally and informally. She lived near 6th and Edmonds St., and then in the Cascades area, by Nithsdale St., and attended Schou Elementary. She attended many schools as …

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:12 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Janet White’s school years and the activities and sports she participated in, formally and informally. She lived near 6th and Edmonds St., and then in the Cascades area, by Nithsdale St., and attended Schou Elementary. She attended many schools as soon as they were built, attending Gilmore Avenue, then Cascade Heights, Alpha Junior High, Moscrop Secondary, and finally Burnaby Central Secondary. Play was unstructured, with the Cascades bush and the tunnel parallel to and going under Smith Avenue being favourite places to play.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet; Schou Street School; Gilmore Avenue School; Cascade Heights Elementary School; Alpha Secondary School; Moscrop Secondary School; Burnaby Central Secondary School

Geographic Access: Burnaby - 6th Street; Burnaby - Edmonds Street

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 1

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:04:14 min)

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to childhood responsibilities, chores, and early jobs, and the growth of Burnaby as experienced by a child. Janet describes her chores, and her first jobs at the PNE, Sears, and Super Value. She discusses how she used her allowance and employment inco…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:04:14 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to childhood responsibilities, chores, and early jobs, and the growth of Burnaby as experienced by a child. Janet describes her chores, and her first jobs at the PNE, Sears, and Super Value. She discusses how she used her allowance and employment incomes.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 2

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4469

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:37 min)

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to household living arrangements, toys and games, and organized youth activities. Janet describes attending a new United Church, involvement in Canadian Girls in Training, Job’s Daughters, and Girl Guides.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:37 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to household living arrangements, toys and games, and organized youth activities. Janet describes attending a new United Church, involvement in Canadian Girls in Training, Job’s Daughters, and Girl Guides.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 3

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4470

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:02:40 min)

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to school activities and sports, and lunch hour recreation. Janet describes her group of friends, and the streaming of students into vocational or academic studies.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:02:40 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to school activities and sports, and lunch hour recreation. Janet describes her group of friends, and the streaming of students into vocational or academic studies.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Education; Sports

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 4

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4471

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:39 min)

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to restrictions on children and youth of the time, and where children played. Janet describes her curfews, and the where she wasn’t supposed to play. She describes sneaking into the Cascades Drive-In with friends. As a teenager, she went to Hazel’s Ca…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:39 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to restrictions on children and youth of the time, and where children played. Janet describes her curfews, and the where she wasn’t supposed to play. She describes sneaking into the Cascades Drive-In with friends. As a teenager, she went to Hazel’s Café on Sunset where high school students and “drop-outs” mixed. Janet remarks on the lack of racial diversity in the part of Burnaby she lived in at that time.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Drive-in Theatres

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 5

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4472

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:04:13 min)

Scope and Content: Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Janet’s best and worst memories of her youth. Janet’s best memory is of the freedom of children of the time. She describes sleepovers as a teenager, and the arrival of the first television on the block, noting that outdoor play declined when childr…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:04:13 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Janet’s best and worst memories of her youth. Janet’s best memory is of the freedom of children of the time. She describes sleepovers as a teenager, and the arrival of the first television on the block, noting that outdoor play declined when children stayed in to watch television. Janet’s worst memory is of the murder of a classmate’s siblings by their parents.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 6

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 7

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4473

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1940-1959] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:25 min)

Scope and Content: Track 7: This portion of the recording pertains to changes in Burnaby since Janet’s childhood, and her continuing connection to the community and its values. She also describes her family’s shopping routines from the 1940s and 1950s, which centred on the Super Value at Canada Way and Smith St., and…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1940-1959] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:25 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Full Recording Time: 31:34 Number of Tracks: 8

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 7: This portion of the recording pertains to changes in Burnaby since Janet’s childhood, and her continuing connection to the community and its values. She also describes her family’s shopping routines from the 1940s and 1950s, which centred on the Super Value at Canada Way and Smith St., and the Hudson’s Bay store downtown. When Woodward’s and Sears opened, the family also shopped there occasionally.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Canada Way; Burnaby - Smith Avenue

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 7

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4474

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:28 min)

Scope and Content: Track 8: This portion of the recording pertains to socializing in Janet’s later teen years. She talks about dances at Lochdale Community Hall and Capitol Hill Community Hall, and informal gatherings in homes. She describes the attitudes and practices related to drinking and smoking at that time. Ja…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950s] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.1

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:28 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 8: This portion of the recording pertains to socializing in Janet’s later teen years. She talks about dances at Lochdale Community Hall and Capitol Hill Community Hall, and informal gatherings in homes. She describes the attitudes and practices related to drinking and smoking at that time. Janet also talks about the transportation options for young people, her parents’ occupations, and her memories of the Fraser River flood.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Floods

Names: Gooden, Tom; White, Janet; Lochdale Community Hall; Capitol Hill Community Hall

Audio Tracks

Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 8

Interview with Ella Beatty, 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4475

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:21:41 min)

Scope and Content: 00:00-2:58: Ella describes the area around Kingsway and Edmonds as she remembers it from her childhood. She names the businesses on the four corners of the intersection, which included a small house which was turned into a business. 2:58-7:18: Ella mentions some of the organized activities of the …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.2

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:21:41 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ella Beatty Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total length of all Tracks: 21:41

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: 00:00-2:58: Ella describes the area around Kingsway and Edmonds as she remembers it from her childhood. She names the businesses on the four corners of the intersection, which included a small house which was turned into a business. 2:58-7:18: Ella mentions some of the organized activities of the time, and discusses household responsibilities of girls. Ella describes jobs she had as a teenager, such as a brief time working at the B.C. Electric Café at Carrall St. She talks about her allowance, and describes how she spent the money as well as her earnings from her jobs. XXX 7:18–13:55: Although Ella doesn’t recall being involved in many organized activities, she does mention Sunday school and a girl’s group. She talks about having A.R.P. and First Aid training during the Second World War. Ella notes that children made their own fun, and discusses the games she played, parks she went to, and how she got there. She describes how parents kept an eye on children without strictly supervising them. Ella also talks about neighborhood and school friends, describes her recreation, which was mainly informal, and where she played. XXX 13:55–15:30: Ella can’t choose any one memory of her childhood as being the most joyful, but she recalls the announcement of the declaration of war (of World War II) as her worst childhood memory. XXX 15:30–16:31: Ella describes the families in the neighborhood and her schoolmates as having similar cultural backgrounds. The very few immigrant families she remembers came from Europe. XXX 16:31–18:13: Ella describes her household living arrangements and her toys. XXX 18:13–20:25: Ella comments on the changes which have occurred in Burnaby since her childhood as the city has become built up. She notes that much of it began after the war as veterans returned home. XXX 20:25-21:41: Ella explains why she is still a Burnaby resident and remarks on the self-reliance that children acquired in the earlier days of the city.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Ella Beatty, recorded by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Buildings

Names: Beatty, Ella; Gooden, Tom

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Kingsway; Burnaby - Edmonds Street

Audio Tracks

Interview with Ella Beatty, 2005

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4477

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:11 min)

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to responsibilities, chores, and money. Cice recalls her chores, and how she spent her allowance. She describes her jobs in Mr. Pitman’s drygoods stores, on Kingsway and on Jubilee Ave., and in Anne Reid’s candy shop. Asked about church, Cice discuss…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:11 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to responsibilities, chores, and money. Cice recalls her chores, and how she spent her allowance. She describes her jobs in Mr. Pitman’s drygoods stores, on Kingsway and on Jubilee Ave., and in Anne Reid’s candy shop. Asked about church, Cice discusses her involvement with the Henderson-Jubilee United church, and C.G.I.T..

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Kingsway; Burnaby - Jubilee Avenue

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 2

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4478

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:53 min)

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to friends and community. Cice talks of her mother’s wisdom and understanding, and of the happiness and freedom she experienced while she was growing up. She describes the neighborhood children playing together in the local ravines. Cice also recalls …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:53 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to friends and community. Cice talks of her mother’s wisdom and understanding, and of the happiness and freedom she experienced while she was growing up. She describes the neighborhood children playing together in the local ravines. Cice also recalls how getting a bicycle led eventually to the further freedom of cycling to White Rock, the airport, Deep Cove, and Horseshoe Bay.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Sports - Cycling

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 3

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4479

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:35 min)

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to friends, play, and recreation. Cice talks about Shirley, her best friend from grade school until Shirley’s death at 21. She describes the large, loose circle of friends she met in the Telford Avenue neighborhood or through school, and where they pl…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:35 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to friends, play, and recreation. Cice talks about Shirley, her best friend from grade school until Shirley’s death at 21. She describes the large, loose circle of friends she met in the Telford Avenue neighborhood or through school, and where they played. Cice recalls how she spent time with her high school friends, and discusses the games that she played with her family and friends.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Persons - Children

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Telford Avenue

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 4

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4480

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:07:55 min)

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording continues with the topic of recreation. The next questions pertain to restrictions on children at the time, cultural diversity, living arrangements, and toys. Cice is asked to describe her best and worst memories. She mentions that there were few restrictions …

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:07:55 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording continues with the topic of recreation. The next questions pertain to restrictions on children at the time, cultural diversity, living arrangements, and toys. Cice is asked to describe her best and worst memories. She mentions that there were few restrictions on children, and discusses the nature of community at the time. She comments on the cultural and religious backgrounds of the people she knew. Cice describes her family’s home and living arrangements, and how they reflected her family’s situation. She recalls a favourite toy.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Children

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 5

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4481

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:04:54 min)

Scope and Content: Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to toys, continued from Track 5, living arrangements, and lifestyle choices. Cice continues to recall her favourite early childhood toy, and her bicycle, which she received as a teenager. She discusses how her parents made choices according to their f…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:04:54 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to toys, continued from Track 5, living arrangements, and lifestyle choices. Cice continues to recall her favourite early childhood toy, and her bicycle, which she received as a teenager. She discusses how her parents made choices according to their financial situation. Cice talks about her family installing a toilet, and she describes how the money saved for a bathtub was spent purchasing a piano instead.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Toys; Sports - Cycling; Persons - Children

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 6

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 7

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4482

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:14 min)

Scope and Content: Track 7: This portion of the recording pertains to changes to Burnaby since Cice’s childhood. Cice discusses the rural nature of South Burnaby, and the sense of security of that time. She talks of the changes caused by the creation and growth of the Metrotown area. Cice describes how her husband’s …

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:03:14 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 7: This portion of the recording pertains to changes to Burnaby since Cice’s childhood. Cice discusses the rural nature of South Burnaby, and the sense of security of that time. She talks of the changes caused by the creation and growth of the Metrotown area. Cice describes how her husband’s veteran status earned them a discount on a building lot from the City of Burnaby, allowing her to continue to live there.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Persons - Veterans; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Children

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, 2005 - Track 7

Interview with Gail Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4491

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:12:13 min)

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Gail’s school years, her activities, household living arrangements, responsibilities, jobs, toys and games, and friends. 00:00-2:46: Gail describes growing up in South Burnaby, on her parents’ farm on Marine Drive, which her father had purchased f…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.4

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:12:13 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Gail Yip Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total length of all Tracks: 0:22:16

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Gail’s school years, her activities, household living arrangements, responsibilities, jobs, toys and games, and friends. 00:00-2:46: Gail describes growing up in South Burnaby, on her parents’ farm on Marine Drive, which her father had purchased from the people he worked for. She talks about attending Riverway West Elementary School, then McPherson Junior High school, and Burnaby South High School. Gail describes the games and activities she participated in at school, both formal and informal. She discusses her first real job as a teenager, as a page at the Burnaby Public Library. 2:46-6:09: Gail recalls her responsibilities at home, and earning money. She talks about her family’s living arrangements. She describes her family, immediate and extended, and her family’s history on the farm. Gail discusses the economic difficulties of farming, and the job her father got when he leased the farm to a tenant. 6:09-10:15: Gail describes her playmates, with whom she played in the nearby bush, and recalls how the time of year and the weather affected their play. She mentions a roller skating rink on Edmonds Street, but notes that such amenities were uncommon then. Gail lists the organized youth activities she participated in: Brownies, C.G.I.T., and Explorers. She discusses the toys and games she played with at home with her sisters. Gail describes her family’s living arrangements, and how the large house included a big rumpus room with a television set. She talks about her family’s closeness with extended family. 10:15-12:13: Gail recalls that the distance between her home and school made it necessary to have lunch at school, and shares how this created a special group of friends. She relates how living near Marine Drive, which was then a highway, affected her. Gail recalls going to Sunday school with her neighbor’s children in her elementary school years, but describes her family as not being very connected to church. She talks about participating in Brownies and Explorers.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Gail Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Names: Yip, Gail

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Gail Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 1

Interview with Gail Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4492

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:10:03 min)

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to Gail’s organized activities, her best and worst childhood memories, recreation, shopping, her feeling about living in Burnaby and the changes she has observed. 0:00-3:18: Gail continues to talk about Brownies. She relates her worst childhood memor…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.4

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:10:03 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Gail Yip Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total length of all Tracks: 0:22:16

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to Gail’s organized activities, her best and worst childhood memories, recreation, shopping, her feeling about living in Burnaby and the changes she has observed. 0:00-3:18: Gail continues to talk about Brownies. She relates her worst childhood memory, but can’t select a best. She describes how her activities were affected by living in the Marine Drive corridor, which was a difficult place to walk or cycle, or even cross the street. Gail mentions that her older sister encountered racial prejudice, but she can’t remember encountering any herself. 3:18-7:58: Gail discusses living in Burnaby, and the changes she has observed in the city. She describes the Kingsway corridor as busier and more congested now, but notes that there are improved opportunities for shopping . Gail recalls that her family did their grocery shopping at the Safeway at Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble St., and went to Woodward’s department store in New Westminster. She relates that although her family occasionally went to Chinatown in Vancouver, and that as a teenager she sometimes went to Vancouver to shop, she went to New Westminster more often, preferring the movie theatres there also. She notes that bus service on Marine Drive was infrequent, which affected her activities. Gail recalls that shopping days and hours were more restricted when she was a child. She describes how her family shopped by car, when her father was available to drive, until her mother began driving them later. 7:58-10:03: Gail shares her favourite things about living in Burnaby. She recalls being married at South Burnaby United Church, where she had gone to Sunday School, but not by a Chinese minister as she doesn’t speak Chinese.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Gail Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Names: Yip, Gail

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Gail Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 2

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4493

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

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

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

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

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

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

Notes: Title based on content of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Persons - Children

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

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Norfolk Street; Burnaby - Douglas Road; Burnaby - Government Road

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 1

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4494

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:11:02 min)

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the earning and spending of money, household living arrangements, friends, and recreational activities. Bob describes his small businesses, and how he spent the money he earned. He shares his perspective that the self-sufficiency and practicality o…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:11:02 min)

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

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the earning and spending of money, household living arrangements, friends, and recreational activities. Bob describes his small businesses, and how he spent the money he earned. He shares his perspective that the self-sufficiency and practicality of the people he knew at the time had their origin in the community’s experiences of the First World War. Bob discusses his family’s living arrangements, and how they moved as circumstances required, although they always remained in the same area. Bob recalls his school sporting activities, and the Army Cadets organized in his high school during World War II. He talks of his friends and how they played in the bush, at the millponds, and on Still Creek, and how they could skate on the frozen creek to Burnaby Lake. He describes the hunting and fishing, and the field and water trials for retrievers in the marsh.

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

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Sports - Skating

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Still Creek

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4495

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:08:17 min)

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to recreation. Bob continues talking about fishing, and how he and his friends sold their catch. He describes in detail the many games he played with his friends, listing the complicated rules and scoring systems.

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:08:17 min)

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

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to recreation. Bob continues talking about fishing, and how he and his friends sold their catch. He describes in detail the many games he played with his friends, listing the complicated rules and scoring systems.

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

Notes: Title based on content of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 3

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4496

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:07:21 min)

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s best and worst memories of his childhood, and cultural differences in his community. Bob recalls participation in favourite activities as his best memories, and notes that children of the time were not restricted in their play. He talks of ma…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:07:21 min)

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

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s best and worst memories of his childhood, and cultural differences in his community. Bob recalls participation in favourite activities as his best memories, and notes that children of the time were not restricted in their play. He talks of making an enterprise of harvesting and selling cascara bark during WWII, when prices rose. Bob describes his worst memories, which are of fires, a flood, and bad fog, and how he was nearly killed as a passenger in a wagon whose horse bolted. He recalls that his family was a minority among the Ukrainian families in the neighborhood.

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

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Natural Phenomena - Fires; Natural Phenomena - Floods

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 4

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4497

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:11 min)

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to changes to Burnaby since Bob’s childhood. The track begins in mid-sentence and the first comment may relate to a previous topic or one lost in editing, as Bob refers to bitterness and notes that there were jobs for everyone when the Second World Wa…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:11 min)

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

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to changes to Burnaby since Bob’s childhood. The track begins in mid-sentence and the first comment may relate to a previous topic or one lost in editing, as Bob refers to bitterness and notes that there were jobs for everyone when the Second World War started. He continues to describe his relationship with his Ukrainian neighbors, and how he felt about such discrimination as he experienced. He discusses the entrepreneurial opportunities which existed for children and youth, recalls that everyone had private enterprises to help pay for necessities of life, and notes that most of his classmates went to work full time after finishing elementary school. Bob contrasts the general affluence of the present day with the pervasive poverty of his childhood. He notes that discipline at the time was physical, and that authority was not questioned. He comments on physical changes to Burnaby.

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

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Persons - Children; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 5

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4498

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:05:45 min)

Scope and Content: Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s feelings about Burnaby as a place to live, and continues the subject of change. Bob talks of his property in Burnaby, which he purchased as acreage. He compares the Burnaby of his childhood to that of pioneers such as Tommy Irvine, describing…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:05:45 min)

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

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s feelings about Burnaby as a place to live, and continues the subject of change. Bob talks of his property in Burnaby, which he purchased as acreage. He compares the Burnaby of his childhood to that of pioneers such as Tommy Irvine, describing himself as a relative newcomer. He speaks of the preservation of the Deer Lake and Burnaby Lake areas. Bob describes his disorientation in the more newly densified parts of Burnaby, and observes that traffic has increased on Burnaby streets. Bob recalls that he mostly travelled on foot or by bike. He notes that the Neville Transport Company operated the school bus he used as well as the only North-South bus route in Burnaby at that time. He mentions Pacific Stage Lines as a later operator through Burnaby.

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

Notes: Tiltle based on cotents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Transportation - Buses; Transportation - Bicycles

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"; Irvine, Tom

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Burnaby Lake; Burnaby - Deer Lake

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 6

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4531

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:13:37 min)

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken’s family responsibilities, school activities, and friends. Ken relates how his father received a veteran’s land grant after the Second World War, on Byrne Rd. in the Big Bend area of Burnaby, and how his family operated a market garden on the l…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.5

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:13:37 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ken Yip Total Number of Tracks: 5 Total length of all Tracks: 0:62:00

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken’s family responsibilities, school activities, and friends. Ken relates how his father received a veteran’s land grant after the Second World War, on Byrne Rd. in the Big Bend area of Burnaby, and how his family operated a market garden on the land, selling their produce to Kelly Douglas, Woodward’s, and MacDonald’s Consolidated. Ken describes how he moved to North Burnaby in the early 1970s, near Sperling Ave. and Lougheed Hwy., and then to the Burnaby General Hospital area when he married a few years later. He speaks of attending Riverside Elementary School, McPherson Junior High School, and Burnaby South High School. Ken recalls having little free time as a child. He speaks of working on the farm after he finished his homework, and playing there with his brother. He describes his household chores, and the additional responsibilities he took on as he grew older and acquired more skills. Ken talks of being in the school band with his friends, their activities and travel and their trip to Montreal for Expo in 1967. He discusses his interests and his family’s expectations of him and his brother.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Ken Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Persons - Veterans

Names: Yip, Ken; McPherson Park School; Riverside Elementary School; Burnaby South High School

Geographic Access: Burnaby; Burnaby - North Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 1

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4532

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:11:13 min)

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken’s university education and jobs, his activities as a youth with friends and in school, his parents’ backgrounds, and the family’s religious practices. Ken relates how his friends came to him, knowing how busy he was on the farm, and how he spen…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.5

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:11:13 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ken Yip Total Number of Tracks: 5 Total length of all Tracks: 0:62:00

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken’s university education and jobs, his activities as a youth with friends and in school, his parents’ backgrounds, and the family’s religious practices. Ken relates how his friends came to him, knowing how busy he was on the farm, and how he spent the spare time he had. He describes going as far as Washington State and Mission to watch car racing with friends when he was older. Ken speaks of his family as nominally Buddhist through his mother, who was from China. He recalls that, despite this, he and his brother were bused to Sunday school at a church near Joffre Ave. He talks of the activities and trips the church had for the children, whom, because of the distance, he didn’t see otherwise. He describes travelling with the school band, their fundraising, and their billeting arrangements.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Ken Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Yip, Ken

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 2

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4533

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:07 min)

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording continues with Ken’s band activities, and then pertains to the games Ken played with his brother and friends. Ken discusses how the school band’s repertoire and performances were designed to complement the school’s events throughout the year. He describes the …

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.5

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:06:07 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ken Yip Total Number of Tracks: 5 Total length of all Tracks: 0:62:00

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 3: This portion of the recording continues with Ken’s band activities, and then pertains to the games Ken played with his brother and friends. Ken discusses how the school band’s repertoire and performances were designed to complement the school’s events throughout the year. He describes the concert the band was invited to play on the lawn of Ceperley House on their return from Expo 67. Ken recalls the games he and his brother played, and the two neighbor boys they played with. He describes playing on the North American Peat property adjacent to theirs, in the peat trenches and in the bush. He talks of roaming as far as New Westminster and the Fraser River.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Ken Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Persons - Children; Education; Organizations - Bands

Names: Yip, Ken

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 3

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4534

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:14:41 min)

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken’s recreational activities, his most joyful and most unpleasant memories of his youth, his family’s history, and the Chinese associations his family was involved with. Ken recalls fishing off the access bridges across the tidal ditches on Byrne …

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.5

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:14:41 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ken Yip Total Number of Tracks: 5 Total length of all Tracks: 0:62:00

Media Type: Sound Recording

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken’s recreational activities, his most joyful and most unpleasant memories of his youth, his family’s history, and the Chinese associations his family was involved with. Ken recalls fishing off the access bridges across the tidal ditches on Byrne Rd., and watching sturgeon in them. He mentions spending time at the Luxury Freeze near Burnaby South High School, and at a church near Royal Oak Ave. north of Rumble St. which hosted a basement coffee house a few nights a week for the young people. Ken recalls going to Oilcan Harry’s club in downtown Vancouver when he was older. Ken describes his family’s closeness as his best memory of his youth, sharing his perspective that this closeness came from having a family business. Ken’s worst memory is of losing his grandmother, who had lived with his family. He discusses his extended family and relates how his father was born in Cranbrook because his grandfather, who had come to Canada in the 1880s, was gold mining there at the time. Ken describes the kinds of Chinese associations he remembers in Vancouver, and the services they offered. He recalls the New Year and Spring festivals they hosted. He mentions his family belonging to the Chow association, ‘Chow’ being his mother’s family’s name.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Ken Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Yip, Ken

Geographic Access: Burnaby

Audio Tracks

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 4

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording4535

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:16:19 min)

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to differences between Ken’s family life and that of others in the community, and changes to Burnaby since he was young. Ken observes that the only difference he noticed was that he had Sundays free of commitments where some others might have church a…

1 Audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series: Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV017.45.5

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (0:16:19 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ken Yip Total Number of Tracks: 5 Total length of all Tracks: 0:62:00

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to differences between Ken’s family life and that of others in the community, and changes to Burnaby since he was young. Ken observes that the only difference he noticed was that he had Sundays free of commitments where some others might have church activities. He describes the main change to Burnaby as being its increased urbanization, remembering how he would contrast the quiet, slow-paced Burnaby of his youth to the bustle of Chinatown, where his father did his shopping. He mentions the increased density, the changes to the Metrotown area, and the much larger number of shops. He notes that warehouses were built across from his family’s property, which is still farmland. Ken recalls that he and his wife only looked in Burnaby for a house when they married, thinking Vancouver too busy and commercialized then. He finishes by relating an incident from elementary school, when he saw a UFO hovering over the edge of the school’s property.

History/Biography: Recording of an interview with Ken Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Creator: Tom Gooden

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Yip, Ken

Geographic Access: Burnaby

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Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 5

Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording12337

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

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Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Description Level: Item

Accession Code: BV020.6.1

Storage Location: Digital Only

Physical Description: 1 mp3 recording (00:43:19 min.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Josephine Chow Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: February 7, 2020 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 00:43:19

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Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. The farm is situated in the Big Bend area along Marine Drive and is still in operation today. 0:00-08:45 Josephine Chow provides some historical background on the history of “Hop On Farm” and her family in British Columbia. She tells of how her grandfather Gay Tim Hong and three partners pooled money together to purchase twelve acres on Marine Drive in 1951. Prior to this, most of them farmed on the Musqueam First Nation Reserve for 20-30 years. It all began when her great grandfather Hong Sui Wing, first came to Canada from China and slowly brought over her grandfather, father and other members of the family. Her grandfather, Gay Tim Hong went back and forth between Canada and China at least four times since he and her grandmother had four children including her father, who was born in 1931. Her father came to Canada at 10 years of age to live with his father. Josephine’s great grandfather came to Vancouver from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). 8:46- 14:20 Josephine provides the names of her siblings from the eldest to the youngest; Pauline, Josephine (herself), Catherine, Noreen, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. She describes what life was like on the farm with her parents working from sunrise to sunset. The family farmed vegetable produce taking orders from local stores in the lower mainland. Often the children helped their parents with the orders starting at eight or nine years of age. Other workers on the farm travelled by bus from Vancouver’s Chinatown. She also tells of how her father was an animal lover and raised chickens, pigeons, geese, koy, goldfish and dogs. 14: 21 – 16:56 Josephine describes what Burnaby was like during the time that she grew up in the late 1950s. She explains that Burnaby was very quiet with nothing being open on Sundays. On the farm, she and her siblings would entertain themselves by playing games like soccer, baseball and kick ball or also by catching frogs, snails, caterpillars and ladybugs. There were neighbours living on Marine Drive and almost every house had someone who we went to the same elementary school. The neighbourhood children would often come to play with them on their farm. 16:56- 26:47 Josephine describes how when they were young there were farms all around them and how on Sunday drives with her father, they would go to feed horses or look at the cows. Josephine shares that her elder sister Pauline was the only one born in China and how when she first arrived that she lived on the Musqueam First Nations Reserve with their parents before they moved to Burnaby. Josephine recollects that most of her friends were farmer’s kids from the neighbourhood but while in school, she had more Caucasian friends. Josephine and her siblings attended Glenwood Elementary on Marine Drive and later Junior Secondary at McPherson Park (grades 8-10) and Burnaby South Senior Secondary (grades 11-12. ). She shares some of her experiences while attending school. She said that there were about a dozen Asians in school with her, mostly from farming families in the “Flats”. 26:48- 30:45 Josephine describes what life was like for her and her siblings after school. They often helped on the farm when they got home, usually taking care of orders for green onions. Her mother made dinner and did all of the cooking for family and workers on the farm as well as working in the fields. Her father did all of the grocery shopping in Vancouver’s Chinatown two or three times per week where he purchased meat and fish. She says that her grandfather, often travelled by bus every Saturday or Sunday to meet up with friends in Chinatown. Extracurricular activities for her and her siblings included volley ball and soccer as long as it didn’t interfere with their work schedule on the farm. 30:46- 37:03 Josephine describes what occurred while living at home, the food they ate, shopping and attending Chinese school. Her mother cooked only Chinese food, she didn’t know how to cook “Western food”. For school lunches, the kids made their own sandwiches. She tells of a Chinese language school arranged by Mrs. Joe [sic] who lived on Gilley Road and was Canadian born Chinese. Mrs. Joe [sic] also arranged an English class for farmer’s wives on Tuesday nights in which her mother attended. Josephine recollects learning Mandarin from Mrs. Joe [sic] a few days a week after her regular school. Chinese school took place at Riverway School on Meadow Avenue in Burnaby. Mrs. Joe also taught them a lot about Chinese culture including Kung Fu, Chinese Dance and Chinese brush painting. 37:04- 39:39 Josephine describes Medical Care for her and her family in the 1950s and 1960s. She tells of a female Chinese doctor in Vancouver, Dr. Madeline Chung. Dr. Chung was responsible for delivering a lot of Chinese babies including Josephine. The family also visited herbalists in Vancouver Chinatown. They would often buy herbs for colds etc. Josephine also tells of how her parents stayed in touch with family in China by writing letters. Her mother’s family, including her parents and siblings were still in China while most of her father’s family were here in Canada. 39:40- 43:19 – In closing, Josephine shares how life is much busier now and of how she misses the quietness of her days growing up. She briefly describes her life on the family farm now and how different it is from when her parents worked the farm. She explains how farming methods have changed and how they don’t have to work as hard as her parents did.

History/Biography: Interviewee biography: Josephine Chow (nee Hong) is the second eldest child of Chan Kow Hong and Sui Ha Hong. In 1925, Josephine's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong immigrated to Canada from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). In 1952, her father, Chan Kow Hong joined his father, Gay Tim Hong and by 1953, he established "Hop On Farms" in the Big Bend area of Burnaby near Marine Drive. Josephine grew up on the farm with her parents and six siblings; Pauline, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. In 1969, Josephine's elder sister Pauline and her husband Jack Chan took over the family farm and in 1972 their father and grandfather moved to Kamloops to open a restaurant. As an adult, Josephine worked in several different areas including owning and running her own Aesthetics business. Josephine eventually retired and returned to the farm to assist her siblings. The farm is still in operation. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.

Notes: Title based on contents of interview

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Persons - Immigrants; Agriculture - Farms; Education; Buildings - Schools; First Nations reserves - British Columbia

Names: Fong, Denise; Chow, Josephine; Glenwood Elementary School; McPherson Park School; Musqueam

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Byrne Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020

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