After the building boom of the 1950s, the Government Road Neighbourhood became characterised as a stable, single-family residential area. In addition to the residential component, the neighbourhood also has a significant industrial sector, along the north side of Burnaby Lake, and a commercial zone to the north along the Lougheed Highway.
File contains photographs of Dave Shewchuk, of Apollo Hobbies, demonstrating the store's new eight-lane electric slot car track and miniature racing cars.
File contains photographs of Dave Shewchuk, of Apollo Hobbies, demonstrating the store's new eight-lane electric slot car track and miniature racing cars.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2099-1: "Dave Shewchuk gets ready to race at Apollo Hobbies' new 8-lane electric slot car track. The track is 148 ft. long, in a 700 square foot room. The miniature cars can reach real speeds of 30 mph."
Caption from metadata for 535-2099-2: "Dave Shewchuk, of Apollo Hobbies, shows off one of the miniature electric racing cars that can be raced at the store's new 8-lane slot car track. The track is 148 ft. long, the largest in the Lower Mainland."
Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Caila Anderson, of International SPFX, says new traffic regulations on Greenwood St. have made it really inconvenient for employees at the movie special effects company to get to and from their production offices. Residents on the street say the regulations haven't gone far enough."
File contains photographs of Burnaby's Fire Hall No. 2 and its fire fighters at work. Photographs depict fire fighters with record storage; grilling at a barbecue; together in the kitchen; and washing a fire truck. Additional photographs show fire fighting equipment and protective gear.
File contains photographs of Burnaby's Fire Hall No. 2 and its fire fighters at work. Photographs depict fire fighters with record storage; grilling at a barbecue; together in the kitchen; and washing a fire truck. Additional photographs show fire fighting equipment and protective gear.
Photograph of a woman holding a child inside the Glenrobin Place condominium complex. She is looking up from the atrium of the complex to the other floors above.
Photograph of a woman holding a child inside the Glenrobin Place condominium complex. She is looking up from the atrium of the complex to the other floors above.
Collected by editorial for use in a November 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Sherri Holt, and her daughter, Trinity, in a stairwell of the Glen Robin complex, where she had lived until health problems caused by mould from leaky and rotted walls, forced her to walk away from her mortgage."
This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of the development of property Burnaby. He discusses houses being built by his father, grandfather and himself; this includes the property that he and his wife bought in 1961. Bob also discusses the rise of the automobile.
This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of the development of property Burnaby. He discusses houses being built by his father, grandfather and himself; this includes the property that he and his wife bought in 1961. Bob also discusses the rise of the automobile.
Date Range
1939-2012
Photo Info
Robert "Bob" Lowe (at center) and friends riding soap box race cars, [1939]. Item no. 549-041.
Recording is an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 5, 2012. Major theme discussed: the rise of the automobile and its effect on development in Burnaby.
Biographical Notes
Robert "Bob" Lowe has lived his entire life in Burnaby. During his childhood, Bob’s family lived at several addresses near Royal Oak and what is now Canada Way. He attended Douglas Road Elementary and South Burnaby High Schools. After graduating, Bob worked for a few years before enrolling in Normal School for a teaching certificate. He began teaching in Vancouver, married in 1952, and started a family. The Lowes moved to Government Road in 1961 and began a hobby farm, while Bob upgraded his formal education and became an administrator in the new college system.
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 Karen and Blair Laramee, of Cliff Productions, repairing a 12-foot-tall puppet ahead of a presentation for "Weedless Wednesday," at Seaforth Elementary School.
Photograph of Karen and Blair Laramee, of Cliff Productions, repairing a 12-foot-tall puppet ahead of a presentation for "Weedless Wednesday," at Seaforth Elementary School.
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Karen and Blair Laramee, of Cliff Productions, do some emergency repairs to one of their 12-foot tall rapping puppets before presenting a no-smoking message to students at Seaforth Elementary on Weedless Wednesday. One of the troupe's puppets was damaged when its head rolled out of their pickup truck onto the highway en route to the school."
Photograph of Rory Cutler, the President of Burnaby special effects company International SPFX, posing with a rotting rubber fish prop made for the Addams Family TV series.
Photograph of Rory Cutler, the President of Burnaby special effects company International SPFX, posing with a rotting rubber fish prop made for the Addams Family TV series.
Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Rory Cutler, the President of International SPFX, a special effects company in Burnaby, never knows what he'll have to craft in his company's machine shop, including a rotting rubber fish from the Addam's Family tv series. His company recently completed many of the physical effects for the newly-released Cats and Dogs."