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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 6

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1485-1814

Length: 0:09:45

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's explanation of the connection between printers and unions throughout history. He also tells the story of the cylinder press being smashed by handpress workmen to protect their jobs at the London Times as well as his own experiences learning on…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's explanation of the connection between printers and unions throughout history. He also tells the story of the cylinder press being smashed by handpress workmen to protect their jobs at the London Times as well as his own experiences learning on the Linotype.

Date Range: 1485-1814

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:45

Subjects: Printing Tools and Equipment

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:44

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

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South Burnaby Garden Club bulletin

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 2006

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 bulletin

Scope and Content: Item is a South Burnaby Garden Club July 2006 bulletin which was designed to update membership on Club activities.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 2006

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Garden Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 bulletin

Material Details: Item looks to be the original proof

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS124-022

Accession Number: BHS2008-17

Scope and Content: Item is a South Burnaby Garden Club July 2006 bulletin which was designed to update membership on Club activities.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

A tribute to Marge Andrew

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [March 2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content: Item is a tribute to Marge Andrew, in memoriam, written by Pete Greenaway. Both individuals were involved in the South Burnaby Garden Club.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [March 2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Garden Club subseries

Physical Description: 2 p.

Material Details: typewritten on green paper

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS124-034

Accession Number: BHS2008-17

Scope and Content: Item is a tribute to Marge Andrew, in memoriam, written by Pete Greenaway. Both individuals were involved in the South Burnaby Garden Club.