Author: AGHS

Just to the west of Dr. Findlay's Medical Clinic was the Kyle Block, which was opened in 1959. Today it's known as the Alder Block. You can see the reflection of the Aldergrove Agricultural Hall in the windows.

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Here's a nice photo from the Aldergrove News of Dr. Stanley P. Findlay standing in front of his medical clinic, which was located at 27124 Fraser Highway. The clinic was built by JE Willson, who also built the original Royal Bank (27257 Fraser Hwy), the original Super-Valu (27185 Fraser Hwy) and Buckerfield's (27252 Fraser Hwy).

The Royal Bank and Super-Valu buildings are still standing, but Buckerfield's burned in 1979 and was replaced with a 'pseudo look alike' building. The former location of Dr. Findlay's medical clinic is now home to the Kick It Up A Notch Academy of Dance.

Dr. Findlay and his wife Audrey were very active in Aldergrove community groups. They were married in 1941 in Vancouver and moved to Aldergrove from Fraser Lake in 1952, when Dr. Findlay established his medical practice in Aldergrove. Sadly, their house was demolished some time after 1994 and is now a …

As the story headline says - History of Aldergrove Customs Told, from the Aldergrove News for 11 September 1958. This story not only shares information about our first Customs & Immigration officer William Vanetta and our Canada Border Services Agency crossing, it also gives a few other important history nuggets - such as the Vanetta farm being sold to Al Hays in 1944, and how Jackman Road was apparently often traversed by Billy Miner. It's wonderful how many small tidbits of our history can be found in our old newspapers. =)

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We're always happy to find photos of Aldergrove's past business owners and their company vehicles, this one for Aldergrove Plumbing is no different, and it's always a bonus when we find out they were part of the community's volunteer force that helped build the fire hall.

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Santa made time to make a special visit at HMCS Aldergrove to hand out some gifts to the children of RCN personnel just in time for Christmas.

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The industrious First County Line Brownies made stuffies to sell at their bazaar, donating the unsold toys to Langley and MSA hospitals.

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Aldergrove High School students were avid participants in many knowledge-based TV shows. One of these was Around The World Press Conference, where students acted as interviewers of foreign Pacific Northwest college and university students. The show aired on KVOS-TV every Saturday evening, and the student who was deemed the winner for each season went on an expenses-paid world wide trip.

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Otter Community Hall was built in 1889, moved a number of feet south when the Trans Canada went in, rebuilt in 1948-49 and sold in 1959.

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There is a lot going on in and around our community, get out and #makesomememories

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School District 35 Elementary School principals. This photo was take for Education Week 1959 and appeared on page 6 of the Aldergrove News for 26 February 1959.

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UPDATED: Confirmed both online here and offline, the house on the right was Mr. & Mrs. Wilson's house. The middle house was Jesse Boston's house, and as we already knew, the house on the left was Mr. Larson's. Thank you for being such awesome history fans. =)

We need your help =) This photo was taken in the parking lot of the original Super Valu, which later became the Royal Bank and is now a daycare, on the northwest corner of Fraser & Jackman.

The photographer is looking to the northeast, where the little strip mall is, and where the Aldergrove Mall once was, so the building on the left would have been the post office (later the Aldergrove Star office, now Abby Pizza).

The larger house in the back would have been the Lars Nelson/Anna Larson-Hayes house (the chimney matches another photo of the house). The house in the …

Are you in this photo? Aldergrove Elementary students learning about fire prevention at the Aldergrove Fire Hall in October 1960.

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The founding members of Aldergrove's Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Columbia.

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Look at all of these bright young faces - and I see a cousin in this class, as well. Patricia School as seen in the Aldergrove News for 27 January 1960, just a few weeks after Miss Beard was inducted into the Langley Teachers' Association.

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This fine looking group of Aldergrove High School honour students was featured on page 1 of the Aldergrove News for the 17 February 1960.

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December 1959 saw the Langley Teachers' Association induct 14 new teachers into the district.

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What's going on this weekend - today is the last day to get your tickets for the Legion's Christmas Party on Sunday. If you want to go for a pony ride and get photos with Santa next weekend, email Laughing Stock Ranch to book your spot. Aldergrove Library has Santa Storytime and photos coming up on the 12th, and if you want to give the gift of history, the Aldergrove Museum & Archives will be open on Sunday from 12pm to 3pm, stop by a get a membership for yourself or for a gift, and check out the selection of local history books we have for sale, some for as low as $5.00.

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I know that many of you will remember where these buildings stood and what businesses they housed. =)

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Here are some Christmas Recipes from the Aldergrove News and the Langley Advance. We'll be posting a few more of these throughout the holiday season.

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A nice article about the history of County Line School from the Aldergrove News for 25 December 1958, page 3.

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Today we get a look at Phase One of "The Horseshoe" housing units that once sat at the south end of HMCS Aldergrove, along Jackman Road. We're also have a look at the goings on at the base in the spring of 1967.

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Two articles from the Aldergrove News for the 25th of December 1958 - one is County Line student John Neudorf writing about what he thinks County Line School might be like in 1988 as well as the community news for the County Line district.

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Welcome to December 2024 - here are a few random, undated, possibly from the 1990s, Christmas photos from the Aldergrove Star Collection.

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Undated Aldergrove Hockey photo from the Aldergrove Star Collection. Like previous photos, it was found in a box labelled 1990-1991, which doesn't mean that all of the photos in the box were actually from those years. Chances are we can find it in the newspaper if the photo was published, but it helps (and saves time) if we can at least narrow down the year first. Thank you for your help in identifying years and people. =)

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