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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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Welcome to the busy season when there's a lot going on. Here's what's happening around town this weekend - we've also included a few events happening later that need pre-registration and/or tickets.

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Canadian Museum of Flight says good-bye to Langley Airport. =(

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Aldergrove Minor Hockey - not sure of the year, it's another from the box marked 1990-1991, but it was in the same batch as some Friendship Tournament photos, which I'll post tomorrow.

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In amongst the sports photos in the Box 1-1990-1991-Box C was this Brownies/Girl Guide troop, possibly taken before or after the Christmas Parade? Does anyone recognize these young ladies or their leader?

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Here's a little mid-week driving humour courtesy of the New Westminster Daily News from the 26th of March 1906.

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Today's Navy Logs are from the spring of 1967 along with 4 RCSCC photos from the Aldergrove Star collection, possibly from the late 1980s/early 1990s.

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Aldergrove Totems Senior Girls Basketball in action at Abbotsford Senior, most likely the mid 1980's. Photos are from the Aldergrove Star Collection donated by the Langmann family.

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Aldergrove Totems Basketball - Can you name these players? The tournament? The school where it took place? =)

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That time they built a sandbox in the Aldergrove Centre Mall....

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It's a busy weekend in Aldergrove - lots of opportunities to get out and #supportlocal organizations & vendors, enjoy some music, get creative, spread a little seasonal cheer and #makesomememories

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Heading into the weekend with a bit of humour from page 27 of the 22 November 1996 Aldergrove Star.

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Aldergrove Centre Mall c.1979 - Stedman's opened in September 1978, when the pharmacy was still United Pharmacy, but by May 1979 it was a Payless Drugs store.

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Aldergrove Volunteer Fire Department c. 1991 (or paid on call if you prefer). Thank you to Randy Hopkins for the names.

Top L-R: Randy Hopkins, Martin Jones, Doug Simpson.

Middle L-R: is Bryan Wiebe, Geoff Clark, Colin Hancock, Lloyd Delves, Bruce Ferguson, Rob Charpentier and Larry Kidd.

Bottom L-R: Don Waines, Mike Procopchuck and John McKay.

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HMCS Aldergrove expanded its land holdings in 1965, later putting the buildings on the expropriated land up for sale. There were a number of sales, only one advert is shown here, but there was another tender ad with a later deadline of June, and another ad one year later in 1967. It would be interesting to see the sales results and fate of the buildings that were sold. I imagine that those which didn't sell were demolished.

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Today is the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Coghlan Women's Institute. Did you know that we have several boxes of Coghlan WI items in our archives? Women's Institutes were an integral part of the majority of Canadian communities, it's a shame that so many have ceased to exist.

#localhistory #storiesmatter #CanadianHistoryWeek #historyweek2024 #BCArchivesAwarenessWeek2024

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