Author: AGHS

An important discovery pertinent to Aldergrove's history was made at the now Township-owned former Aldergrove Hotel site during the week of January 19th 2026. We are so grateful to Randy, a neighbour of the property, for reaching out to us about the find, which will be included in a soft launch today at the museum, along with other food-related vignettes in keeping with BC Heritage Week's theme of "Stir It Up".

The Aldergrove Star article states that we've cleaned some of the bottles, which isn't quite accurate. Jesse may have cleaned some of them up a bit, but any remaining dirt and debris that was on them when they came to us is still present, serving as a reminder that these bottles remained hidden deep underground for at least 100 years.

While a number of the bottles and other items found were not included in the collection that we have …

The 1996 AMHA Hockey season also saw the Pee Wee A Bruins Win the Fraser Valley Conference and head off to the Provincials being held at Trail.

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This week's community events bulletin.

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Here's a look at the 1996 Aldergrove Minor Hockey Atom C Division winners for the 1995-1996 season. The team was sponsored by Aldergrove Kinsmen.

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After you're done at the BC Farm Museum, take a walk across the street and see what's going on at Salishan Place By The River before ending your Family Day activities at Fort Langley National Historic Site, because they have some pretty fun activities planned as well.

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And after you're done visiting the CN Station on Family Day, head over to the BC Farm Museum where you can learn about local agriculture and its history.

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If you're looking for something fun (and educational) to do this coming Family Day, visit our friends at the history CN Station in Fort Langley. =)

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History Hive: A rare photo of unnamed students at South Otter Elementary from 1969. Do you know their names?

PS. We say rare because we have so few student/class photos for the school. We've had multiple requests especially for class photos; if you can help increase our photo collection for South Otter (even if it's a digital copy) please message us. Thank you =)

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1970s Aldergrove Rams soccer team collecting the hardware.

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CFS Aldergrove hosted an open house during Festival Days 1982. We found one of the original article photos, but the other photo wasn't in the same box.

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The 1969-1970 Aldergrove High School Junior Boys Basketball Team.

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Aldergrove Sports Centre opened in February 1973 and was where, after picking raspberries for an entire season, I bought my first bicycle.

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Two new Aldergrove businesses opened in March 1970, so if you were curious as to which came first, Brian Findlay's car wash or his sports shop, the answer is the car wash. See tomorrow's story for the opening of the Aldergrove Sports Centre. More importantly, the photo of the car wash shows the little house that stood just to the west of the Rose Garden Motel. The Aldergrove Paint Supplies store sat on Fraser Highway on the lot to the east of the Stoelting's building, where the online auction place is now (formerly the site of Steve's Lighting).

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Here's another History Hive photo - Aldergrove High School's 1970 drama production was The Emporer's News Clothes. Are you in this photo?

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Did you know that we have a fair number of wedding and anniversary photos and clippings, and we're slowly matching them up with the news articles, like the one in today's post. One Star photos folder has about 50 photos from the late 1960s - early 1970s, mostly unidentified. The clippings folders have many, many engagement, wedding, anniversary and even divorce announcements. We also have obituaries. The clippings folders include clippings from other newspapers as well, not just the Aldergrove Star.

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From page 1 of the 16 October 1968 Aldergrove Star - are you a County Line kid in this photo?

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Cadet Inspection Day - June 1982. Photos from the Aldergrove Star Collection donated by the Langmann family.

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Here are a few bits of local news, including a report about the wedding of Nan Gillett, who ran a confectionary store and was Aldergrove's first telephone operator/service agent. We knew when she got married, and to whom - we've actually found some of her descendants who provided us with photos seen in other posts on this page - but it's nice to have a bit of commentary about the event. There's also a local man mentioned who volunteered for WW1, we're still trying to learn more about him in our ongoing veterans research project.

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This Aldergrove Festival Days photo of two young ladies and their decorated bikes appeared on page 3 of the 9 June 1982 Aldergrove Star. We know who they are...do you? 😉

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I'm not sure what the occasion was - maybe a May Day parade? If anyone knows, please share with us so that we can see if there is an article to go with this awesome Aldergrove Star photo. =)

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Here is our weekly community calendar for upcoming events and opportunities in #ourcommunity.

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History Hive Photo 3: We know it's Aldergrove Secondary. We know the teacher's name. We even recognize a couple of the young ladies in the photo but we don't want to take away your fun. =)

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History Hive Photo 2: We know this is a @Shortreed Community Elementary School Boys' Basketball team and we know you have the names and probably a year. =)

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So much of this CBC News article applies to our own Community Museum & Archives, and if you watch the video (link below and in the image), some of the points raised by Sharon Gould also apply - out of town research requests regarding family history information and everything that happens in the community becomes a part of its story. Every time we go through a file folder, a box or a drawer we are finding pieces of Aldergrove's history and connecting dots that add to the narrative.

It is our hope that if you support and enjoy the results of the process, you will support the society by becoming a member and a volunteer. We are at an important cusp in our development as a volunteer society and our little band of 7 could really use the help. There are decisions to be made, projects to implement (or not …