Month: September 2026

One more month until Hallowe'en, so here's a look back at some ghostly goblin U9 Aldergrove Girls Soccer players from 1998. 👻

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Today's look back at NRS Aldergrove comes courtesy of the RCN's newsletter The Crowsnest from 1949 and 1950.

CPO Cliff Watt, seen in the lower right photo in image 1, arrived at the station in 1943, and remained there until his retirement in 1953. The family lived in Aldergrove for many years and Cliff was a very active citizen. He became a CGA, was a member of the Aldergrove Fire Department, Aldergrove Chamber of Commerce and the Aldergrove Agricultural Association. Cliff was an integral part of the Township's Utilities Commission, which brought improved water services, sidewalks and streetlights to our town. He also helped organize several baseball tournaments and was a member of the Langley Curling Club.

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In 1921, Municipal elections were held on the 13th of January, with the new (or returning) council members taking their seats on the 17th. These news clippings from the 14th of February discuss the state of the Township one month into the new council term.

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#didyouknow The first "Made In BC" campaign was tentatively proclaimed 105 years ago, in January 1921.

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County Line Elementary class photos for the 1981-1982 school year. If you know names, please list them in a reply to that photo, with position in the photo. =)

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This last weekend of September 😳seems to be a bit quieter, but there's still a few activities around town and several coming up, such as the All Candidates Meeting on Monday the 5th of October, something we highly recommend that Aldergrove voters attend. Connect with the people whose names are on the ballot, ask questions, gauge answers and then get out and vote on October 17th (or at the advance polls).

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Set number 2 of the Aldergrove Elementary 1970s photos from Maureen Wilson.

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More of the photos brought in by Maureen Wilson - Aldergrove Elementary in the 1970s.

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Running the obstacle course at the 1973 Aldergrove Elementary Sports Day.

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When this article was published in the Langley Advance touting the new Ford plant in Malaya, Singapore there was already fierce fighting taking place nearby. The plant, which opened in October 1941 assembled military vehicles that had been built in the Windsor Ford plant.

The new plant was also the scene where on 15 February 1942, British Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival walked into the Ford Factory boardroom and officially surrendered Singapore to the Japanese.

Japanese forces turned the plant into their regional HQ and Nissan used it to build their own military vehicles. The plant is now a museum operated by the National Archives of Singapore and contains many documents, maps and artifacts pertaining to Singapore's role in World War 2.

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Part of the collection shared with us by Maureen Wilson included snippets of news articles. When possible, we've found the original article to share with you. In this Langley Advance article, there is a small error - they mention Aldergrove Elementary's 11 grades, where it should have been 11 classes.

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Here are some Aldergrove Elementary photos from the 1950s that were shared with us by former teacher Maureen Wilson. We will share photos from other decades soon.

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Another clipping from our file cabinet made us curious about present day telephone operators because we haven't had cause to dial '0' lately, so we asked Google. Reply is in today's image.

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Some of the activities happening this weekend and in the coming weeks. We'll be at the Battle of Britain ceremony this Sunday at the Legion.

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These are the "names & faces" articles we love finding, especially while we wait for the Aldergrove Star editions from 1997-2000 to come online at UBC Library.

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We've been sorting through our file cabinets, trying to consolidate, weed out the triplicates (and sometimes 12 copies of the same thing) in order to make more effective use of our space. We scan everything as we go so that there are digital copies of the contents of each folder. Here's an article from the Aldergrove Star, 8 March 2000.

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Soccer season has just gotten underway, but here's a look back at the Aldergrove Warriors' 1999/2000 season.

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From our military collection - recently digitized is the full 52 page booklet commemorating the men of the Westminster Regiment who fought in WW2. While the original paper copy is stored away for preservation, the digital version is available at our museum during regular Sunday hours. We will have a name index on our website in the coming months.

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Aldergrove's Karate Kids, from the Aldergrove Star for 1 December 1999.

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The origin story for the Aldergrove 86ers girls' soccer team.

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In the spirit of Cruise-In, here's a photo from the Aldergrove Star Collection taken during Aldergrove's first Christmas Parade.

Just a reminder that the museum will be open all day today, stop by and have a look at our 1954 Aldergrove Volunteer Fire Department Thibault Pumper, she'll be showing off her new shoes.

Enjoy yourselves today, #makesomememories #takelotsofphotos #becourteous

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It's Cruise-In weekend so there's lots going on this weekend. Skip breakfast at home and get your morning fuel at the Legion or the Veterans & Seniors Centre - or both. The museum will be open and we'll have our 1954 Aldergrove Fire Department pumper truck on display. There are also lots of upcoming events that you can get tickets for, be sure to check out registration information on the posters.

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One of the things that drives us batty is people saying that the mall was dead and empty by the 1990s. That simply is not true, as evidenced by this new bistro celebrating its grand opening.

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Here is the follow up article to Monday's figure skating post.

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1994 - Australian hockey invades Aldergrove. Looks like some great memories were made.

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