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Building and opening the Digney Speedway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85334
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continue…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continues with footage of a press dinner in the garden of Andy Digney's home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby and is followed with footage of the Digney Speedway in operation for the grand opening on July 8, 1948. Midget cars and jalopies (stock cars) can be seen racing on the speedway. Some of the footage of the raceway pit and races switches to black and white.The film closes with colour footage of a truck moving Lucky Fordham's house from Bonsor Ave to the speedway.
- Subjects
- Sports - Automobile Racing
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-16.jpg)
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Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]
Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]
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Digney Pee-Wee Bowling League
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85072
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 40.5 x 104 cm
- Scope and Content
- Panorama photograph of the Digney Pee-Wee Bowling League. Some members are identified as; Ernest Frank "Dig" Digney (back row- far left); Natasha Wiebe (back row-2nd from left); Carol Loew; Cathy Strang; Susan Dunham; Lynne Pemble; Leah Pemble; Karen Proby and Bruce Digney (front row-6th from the …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 40.5 x 104 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Scope and Content
- Panorama photograph of the Digney Pee-Wee Bowling League. Some members are identified as; Ernest Frank "Dig" Digney (back row- far left); Natasha Wiebe (back row-2nd from left); Carol Loew; Cathy Strang; Susan Dunham; Lynne Pemble; Leah Pemble; Karen Proby and Bruce Digney (front row-6th from the left). Andy Digney opened the Digney Bowl on August 19, 1955 and passed the business onto his son Ernest who ran it until his son Bruce Digney took over in 1980. The Digney Bowl was located at 6521 Bonsor Avenue. The bowling league met every Saturday morning at the Digney bowling alley where there were a total of 32 teams (5 children per team) who bowled in shifts since there wasn't enough room for everyone to bowl at once. Paul Digney (the son of Dig Digney) helped out by emptying ashtrays.
- Subjects
- Sports - Bowling
- Names
- Digney Bowling Alley
- Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
- Wiebe, Natasha
- Loew, Carol
- Strang, Cathy
- Dunham, Susan
- Pemble, Lynne
- Proby, Karen
- Digney, Bruce
- Digney, Paul
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Digney Pee-Wee Bowling League, [1958 or 1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/559/562-001.jpg)
House at 6869 Dow Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78958
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October,1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a house at 6869 Dow Avenue, built in 1946. A garage and two bedrooms were added later.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October,1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-051
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a house at 6869 Dow Avenue, built in 1946. A garage and two bedrooms were added later.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- McCarron, John
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Dow Avenue
- Street Address
- 6869 Dow Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
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Wray family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription215
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family and friends on the verandah of their home at 2351 Dow Road (old street number), during the summer of 1919. The three depicted in the centre of the photograph are (l to r) a daughter of Mr and Mrs Wray, Mr. Edward Wray, and Mrs. Wray. On either side of them, there is a …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "Mr + Mrs Wray + their daughter (middle/ three) on verandah of their home/ at 2351 Dow Rd.", l.l. "taken - summer of/ 1919"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family and friends on the verandah of their home at 2351 Dow Road (old street number), during the summer of 1919. The three depicted in the centre of the photograph are (l to r) a daughter of Mr and Mrs Wray, Mr. Edward Wray, and Mrs. Wray. On either side of them, there is a young woman, and a boy is sitting on the top of the stairs leading to the verandah. There is also a dog standing on the steps.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Geographic Access
- Dow Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Dow Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.439.2
- Date
- [1919]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16-Jan-24
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wray family, [1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0439_0002_001.jpg)
![Wray family house, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0439_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Wray family house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription216
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family house located at 2351 Dow Road (old street number). Note the ladders and minor construction on the verandah. There are brambles, weeds and tall plants growing around the house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "Home of Mr + Mrs Edward Wray/ 2351 Dow Road. (with half/ of verandah filled in)", stamped upside down, l.r. "0020"
- The name "velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photo paper: thus, the photograph is printed on Kodak velox photo paper made in early 1900s for amateur photography.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family house located at 2351 Dow Road (old street number). Note the ladders and minor construction on the verandah. There are brambles, weeds and tall plants growing around the house.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Geographic Access
- Dow Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Dow Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.439.3
- Date
- [192-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16-Jan-24
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wray family house, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0439_0003_001.jpg)