This portion of the recording pertains to Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen's memories of taking dance lessons and being in Girl Guides. She tells a story of seeing the Second Narrows Bridge collapse in 1958.
This portion of the recording pertains to Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen's memories of taking dance lessons and being in Girl Guides. She tells a story of seeing the Second Narrows Bridge collapse in 1958.
Date Range
1944-2012
Photo Info
Judith "Judy" Robins (later Hagen) posing in a dance costume, 1949. Item no. 549-036.
Recording is an interview with Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 7, 2012. Major theme discussed: the neighbourhood of Dover Street.
Biographical Notes
Judy Robins (later Hagen) was born in 1941 and grew up in South Burnaby. Her paternal grandfather, a master stone mason from Devon, moved to Vancouver in 1912 to find work before bringing over the rest of the family. He bought three lots in Burnaby and in 1918 moved his family to a small house on Dover Street (formerly Paul Street). Judy’s father, Jack, married, bought one of his father’s lots and built a new home for his family.
Judy attended school and church nearby, took dance and piano lessons and participated actively in Girl Guides. After high school, she attended the University of British Columbia (UBC) and then Simon Fraser University (SFU), worked for a few years and then married in 1967 before moving to Courtaney, British Columbia.
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Photograph of Liz Thurstrom, of the Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia, Bob Gardner, of the Burnaby Lake advisory council and Ken Elliot, of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) atop the new footbridge completing the Burnaby Lake Trail.
Photograph of Liz Thurstrom, of the Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia, Bob Gardner, of the Burnaby Lake advisory council and Ken Elliot, of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) atop the new footbridge completing the Burnaby Lake Trail.
File contains photographs of two unidentified people observing evidence of construction. One photograph depicts a person looking at a crack in a floor tile while holding a land survey map, and the other depicts an individual looking at a piece of construction equipment on the other side of a chain …
File contains photographs of two unidentified people observing evidence of construction. One photograph depicts a person looking at a crack in a floor tile while holding a land survey map, and the other depicts an individual looking at a piece of construction equipment on the other side of a chain link fence.
Photograph of the Earl and Jennie Lohn Perennial Garden and the restored Jubilee Grove Arch - taken during the opening of the gardens in 1994 after the restoration work was completed. This Central Park landmark was built in 1939 as part of "Jubilee Grove", a garden established in 1935 to commemora…
Photograph of the Earl and Jennie Lohn Perennial Garden and the restored Jubilee Grove Arch - taken during the opening of the gardens in 1994 after the restoration work was completed. This Central Park landmark was built in 1939 as part of "Jubilee Grove", a garden established in 1935 to commemorate the Jubilee of King George V and dedicated during Burnaby's May Day Celebration.
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