Author: AGHS

During both World Wars many industries faced worker shortages. Farms were no different and many depended on the Farm Labour Service Committee, an off-shoot of the National Selective Service and National Registration, for help in getting the harvest done and keeping their essential service in operation.

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Who else remembers the good old days of drop-in skating, special skate sessions and skating lessons at the old ice arena? What is your favourite memory from then?

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Jumping back in time to the Aldergrove Star, pages 1 and 7 in the 25 February 1988 edition.

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A few of the events happening around town this weekend or in the coming weeks. Some require tickets and/or registration, so visit their sites to get that done. The Legion is closed for filming until Saturday night, but will be open Sunday morning for breakfast. Get out there and #makesomememories

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This map has been updated by the government several times with this version printed in 1961. When they did the update, they didn't remove two locations that were no longer in use - the oval car racing track on 240th Street (green dot) and the North Star Drive In on 248th (blue dot). This is a very large map, and you may have to open it in a new tab or download the image to your device to see the details. It is important to note that this map only goes to west Aldergrove, I will post the eastern portion tomorrow.

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On this day 86 years ago...

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Here's a "more modern" look at our local radio relay stations. Well...I thought it was more modern until I realized that 1994 was 31 years ago.....

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An interesting look at life on the river.

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Rapid bus transit along the Highway 1 corridor was something the locals figured out decades ago, but for reasons unknown at this time it was stopped, only to be introduced as a new thing in the 21st century.

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Just because the roads around the downtown core are going to be mayhem today, here's a Jackman Road story and the reasons why the locals wanted an overpass at Highway 1.

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It's going to be a busy weekend around town and traffic is going to be crazy. Remember to be patient, be kind, and #takelotsofphotos.

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1893 Properties in the Township that were put up for Mortgage Sale. Hopefully we have the land records in our files to show who owned the Aldergrove and North Coghlan properties at the time.

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Here are the listings from the RT Williams 1889 directory, which like yesterday's directory, is missing people who should be in the directory but aren't. We could take this to mean that the compilers of information concentrated on more populated areas and didn't take into consideration those who settled on land farther from town centres, even if they lived along the main wagon road and had a post office.

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Who lived here in 1887 - although in reality, it was probably 1886 as it took time to acquire, organize, typeset and publish directories. Directories such as these are important because they can serve as a resource if voter lists and tax rolls aren't available or for the years not covered by a census.

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Found In The Files: a rare WW2 letter home, sent by Lance Corporal Tomas Minnis to his mother.

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1910 - The FJ Hart Building in the new downtown core of Aldergrove.

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The train that never happened - it seems that this article may have been an announcement trying to attract investors, because there don't appear to be any records of patents, construction or testing.

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Have a safe and happy Labour Day Weekend - get out there and make some great memories!

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This photo precedes the news article by about a year, but now we know when one of the changes of ownership occurred and we also know that the Blue Bird Cafe was pink before it was white, and at another time it was also blue. It also shows that there's been a restaurant on that piece of property for well over 60 years.

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The building that we all know as Aldergrove Home Hardware was officially opened as a Marshall Wells location in October 1966.

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Another scanned treasure. The Prasloski (or Prasiloski) farm was located at 28563 Fraser Highway, which is now Sunrise Garden Centre, where the house in the photo still stands.

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Yesterday at the museum, two more Elks Correspondence binders were scanned, and many interesting letters were added to the digital files, this 1934 letter among them. Letters such as these often give us a portal with which to look back in time at who lived in the area, and this letter gives us several important bits of historically valuable information for not just local historians but also family historians, in particular descendants of Frank Eve and Fred Carmichael.

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We would like to thank all those who participated in Community Heritage Day 2025 - especially our two chili cook-off teams (and our judges)! While the crowds could definitely have been bigger, we are very grateful to those who came out and supported our event: Aldergrove Business Association, Aldergrove Elks Assoc., Langley Heritage Society, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #265, Aldergrove BC, @lepslangley @bertrandcreek, @harmanbhangubc, @margaretkunst_tol

A big THANK YOU to @tagpestcontrol for the donation of wasp bags - they were incredibly effective!

Thank you also to @Tourism Langley for the tent and to the Township of Langley for event funding through the Community Grant Programme.

Also - I extend my thanks to AGHS directors & volunteer team for pulling this event together: Scott, Andrew, Teresa & Brenda.

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Aldergrove's farmers knew what they wanted in 1902, and it was a local railway.

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Way back in the 1990s a development guideline plan had been developed by the Aldergrove Revitalization Committee (ARC). We haven't come across this particular booklet in our files yet, but we're hoping there's a copy.

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