1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of three men standing outside a fence next to a log cabin. The man standing to the right with the white shirt may be Claude Hill, but the others are unidentified. This cabin may have belonged to early Burnaby resident Charles Sprott. During the late 1880s and early 1890s, Charles Sprott…
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-829
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2007-12
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Photograph of three men standing outside a fence next to a log cabin. The man standing to the right with the white shirt may be Claude Hill, but the others are unidentified. This cabin may have belonged to early Burnaby resident Charles Sprott. During the late 1880s and early 1890s, Charles Sprott settled on a piece of land in Murrayville (Langley) near the border with the United States. When his cabin burned down in 1891, Sprott moved to Burnaby where another former Murrayville resident, Claude Hill had also relocated.
This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.
This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.
Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions.
After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street.
On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area.
Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society.
Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP).
Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
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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Track one of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings
Track one of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 20.4 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of the Canterbury Cathedral in England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 20.4 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-781
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2007-12
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Photograph of the Canterbury Cathedral in England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of Chester Cathedral in Bedford. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-817
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Photograph of Chester Cathedral in Bedford. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-808
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Photograph of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.6 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.6 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-809
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Photograph of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.3 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of the interior of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.3 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-780
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Photograph of the interior of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of La Madeleine Church in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-783
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Photograph of La Madeleine Church in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of La Place Verte et la Cathedrale, Anvers [Antwerp], Belgium. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-812
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Photograph of La Place Verte et la Cathedrale, Anvers [Antwerp], Belgium. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.3 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.3 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-779
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2007-12
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Photograph of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-782
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Photograph of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of a large crowd of people and merchants standing in front of the Royal Exchange in London, with the Bank of London visible in the centre. A Pears soap carriage can be seen as can a City Sewer cart. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ult…
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-761
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Photograph of a large crowd of people and merchants standing in front of the Royal Exchange in London, with the Bank of London visible in the centre. A Pears soap carriage can be seen as can a City Sewer cart. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of St. Paul's Cathedral in England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-765
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2007-12
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Photograph of St. Paul's Cathedral in England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of an unidentified village along a river in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-803
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2007-12
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Photograph of an unidentified village along a river in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of Westminster Abbey. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-766
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Photograph of Westminster Abbey. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 17.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of Antwerp, Belgium. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 17.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-811
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2007-12
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Photograph of Antwerp, Belgium. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of Bridge Street in Chester. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-818
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Photograph of Bridge Street in Chester. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 9 cm on mat 10.2 x 6.2 cm
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Photograph of the Bryn Elwy House in St. Asaph, Wales. This was the home of Burnaby pioneer, L. Claude Hill's aunt, Sophia Leigh Thomas (nee Boydell) and her husband, Capt. L. Thomas.
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 9 cm on mat 10.2 x 6.2 cm
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477-003
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2007-12
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Photograph of the Bryn Elwy House in St. Asaph, Wales. This was the home of Burnaby pioneer, L. Claude Hill's aunt, Sophia Leigh Thomas (nee Boydell) and her husband, Capt. L. Thomas.
1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 19.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of Carnarvon Castle with a line of sailboats in the foreground. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 19.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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477-820
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2007-12
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Photograph of Carnarvon Castle with a line of sailboats in the foreground. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.