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New Commercial Building Opens In Aldergrove - January 1977. The new building was home to Aldergrove Realty and Bayside Sound (Radio Shack). It's interesting to note that the incorrect address is shown for Radio Shack. The one in the advertisement and article would have put it across the street from where it was actually located.

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Aldergrove's AA Bantam Rep team headed off to Finland on Boxing Day 1987. We'd love to hear some of the player's memories of the Finnair International Tournament, if anyone would like to share... like maybe my cousin Jamie 😉 =)

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In September 1959 the townhouses at the navy base were completed and had families residing in them.

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Today we're paying homage to a lovely Bradner lady, Mrs. Charlotte Fatkin, who was born on this day in 1883. She passed away on 14 March 1983 at the age of 100 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days.

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We are very thankful to the Aldergrove Star for writing stories such as this one when new businesses moved into town.

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Aldergrove & community news from 80 years ago - retirements, business changes, soldiers coming home from the war, agricultural advancements, news from some of the neighbourhoods and films at the theatres in Langley & White Rock. Aldergrove was still 11 years away from having its own newspaper and 4 years away from the opening of the Grove Theatre.

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Only a few items for this weekend - and an important announcement for the Legion Music Bingo players - Music Bingo will be held on the *first Saturday* of every month for 2026, so put it in your social calendar! =)

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Who else went skating here? New townsfolk don't believe me when I tell them we used to skate at the local sewer plant. 😉

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It's our first Name Game of 2026! North Otter, let's dig deep in the memory vault and get some names for this 1974-75 class. =)

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Good morning, and Happy 2026!

We're pleased to have you join us for the start of a new year of stories, photos and memories, but before we begin we would first like to thank our major financial supporters of 2025, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #265, Aldergrove BC, the Township of Langley, the British Columbia Historical Federation's Centennial Legacy Fund, and the Township of Langley Firefighters' Charities. Thank you for supporting our efforts to preserve Aldergrove's stories and remember her people.

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Coghlan Christmas Angels from the front page of the Aldergrove Star for 21 December 1977.

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1973 Royal Canadian Legion Branch #265, Aldergrove BC Executive

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Some Aldergrove PeeWee AA Hockey news from January 1990

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Community folks featured in the 23 December 1993 edition of the Aldergrove Star.

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30 years ago, 1975 was the year of the Pet Rock. How many of you had one?

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It's a quieter time in #ourcommunity this weekend after the craziness of pre-Christmas. The Legion has darts and karaoke tonight, pancakes for breakfast on Sunday morning and then paint night Sunday evening.

If you're still trying to decide on your New Year's Eve activities, there is a family-friendly event at the OAPO Heritage Hall or an adults-only dinner and dancing at the Legion.

We've also included two of the first events for 2026, one to help you recycle your Christmas tree and the other to get rid of all your empties.

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After the noise and excitement of Christmas, some quiet activities would probably be welcomed by most parents around town. =)

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With our Christmas greeting this year, we felt that we would honour and recognize the family without whose generous gift to AGHS way back in 2003 and again in 2021, would have resulted in the loss of so many stories and images. For that, we are forever grateful to the Langmann family and the role they played in documenting the stories and the people of our community's past.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings - however and whenever you celebrate, be safe, be kind and make lots of memories.

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One of the most unique telephones in our collection is this 1970s polar bears, Coca Cola with a tune promotional phone, donated by the estate of Bill Galovich.

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Today we're sharing news coverage of Aldergrove Elementary's 1971 Christmas pageant from both the Aldergrove Star and the Langley Advance. It's very helpful that the Star published names along with the photos because while most of the students were known, there are a few whose names we didn't know. Sadly, like the school itself, some of the students are no longer with us, but we are grateful that we can remember them through stories such as this.

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There weren't any news bits from CFS Aldergrove in December 1971, so I had a look through the November news and found that the Navy wives helped the Legion's Ladies Auxiliary serve lunch after the Remembrance Day ceremony, and there were a couple of serious soccer matches held up at the base on the weekend of November 7th. A bit sad that there weren't any photos of the match published in the paper.

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We've previously posted the 22 December 1971 Aldergrove Star, but that was from the microfilm copy, so here's a better look at a fresh scan of the newspaper and Santa's arrival. More Christmas 1971 news photos will be posted tomorrow.

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Christmas in Aldergrove 30 years ago - the mall had a Christmas Public Market, Murphy's Christmas Trees had reindeer, Santa arrived in a Hall 3 fire truck, Christmas crafts at Shortreed Community Elementary School and the Grinch getting stolen are just a few Aldergrove #ChristmasMemories from the last century.

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Christmases past in Aldergrove - a look at what was going on around town in the early 1930s as the Great Depression dragged on and many homes in our area did not have electricity, nor did they have a telephone.

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Thank you!!! <3

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