Month: September 2024

Monday Puzzle Day - do you recognize these ladies? The event they're at is The Langley Walk, and this is in Aldergrove, again 1963-ish.

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Identified, thanks to Dean Williams - it is located at 28941 Haverman and is the Fraser Valley Buddhist Temple. It was built in 1955. =)

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Continuing on from yesterday's post, this was more like the typical Aldergrove welcome to new or expanding businesses. By October 1967 the Billingham's store had closed and Morelli's Furniture was moving in to the same building.

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What's happening this weekend - and yes, you're reading that correctly. The Aldergrove Museum & Community Archives will be OPEN on Saturday during Cruise-In as well as for our regular Sunday hours.

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Does anyone remember this store? I've found other, smaller advertisements into October 1966, but there doesn't appear to be any accompanying story for a new business opening or closing in town, which was very unusual for Aldergrove at that time.

In 1955 there was a Billingham's at 3335 Kingsway in Vancouver, and I've found a few death registrations for Billingham men whose occupation was listed as "Dry Goods Dealer" or "Retail Clothier" so that's a lead. Now to find a 1966-67 Aldergrove phone book and go back through the relevant newspapers with a fine-toothed research comb...

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It's really hard to find any articles about the school office staff where more than one or two people are mentioned, which is kind of sad when you think about it, because the ladies in the office were really the school's lifeline. This article is the most relevant to the history of our local schools.

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Congratulations to the Aldergrove High School Class of 1961

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HMCS Aldergrove July 1962 - only 3 Navy Logs, as Andree took a week off due to a new arrival. =)

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202 teachers - 34 of them new, prepared to welcome back the youngsters of Langley School District for the 1966-67 school year - here are their names, from the Central Fraser Valley Echo. According to a 1978 news article in our files, the 1978-79 school year saw 690 teachers in the district. According to the SD35 website, the district now employs over 3,800 teachers, support staff and administrators.

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Back to School 1966 - celebrating 15 teachers with 25 years in front of a classroom, along with a quick look at what the teens were wearing to high school.

Tomorrow we'll see which teachers were teaching at which schools - all 202 of them. =)

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