Eve Lazarus's Blog: Every Place has a Story, page 25
July 17, 2020
Episode 02: Who Killed Roddy Moore?
On the morning of Friday October 17, 1947, seven-year-old Roddy Moore waved goodbye to his mother and left for his grade one class at Begbie Annex school in Vancouver’s Renfrew area. It usually took him 10 minutes to walk along East 8th Avenue to Rupert Street. There were only four houses on the west side of Rupert, while across the road the land was still undeveloped and mostly bush skirted what is now Thunderbird Elementary school.
Who Killed Roddy Moore?
On the morning of Friday October 17, 1947, seven-year-old Roddy Moore waved goodbye to his mother and left for his grade one class at Begbie Annex school in Vancouver’s Renfrew area. It usually took him 10 minutes to walk along East 8th Avenue to Rupert Street. There were only four houses on the west side of Rupert, while across the road the land was still undeveloped and mostly bush skirted what is now Thunderbird Elementary school.
July 10, 2020
Richard Berrow’s Law/History Quiz:
My friend Richard Berrow designed this quiz for his colleagues in the legal profession, and kindly sent me a copy. I thought that my friends and colleagues in the local history community would also enjoy it, and give these esteemed lawyers a run for their retainers. The answers are at the end.
July 3, 2020
Episode 01: The Murder of Jennie Eldon Conroy
In 2015, I was almost finished Cold Case Vancouver when research archivist Daien Ide sent me an email from the NVMA. Daien had just acquired an album with photos that went up to the early 1940s. The owner’s name Miss. J. Conroy and address were inscribed in the inside front cover.
June 27, 2020
The Art of George Norris
Last week I had the pleasure of writing about Svend-Erik Eriksen and showcasing some of his fabulous photos of early Vancouver. I’ve been running a different photo on my Facebook page each day this week, and this one of the people lined up to catch a bus outside Eatons at Granville and Georgia really caught my eye.
June 19, 2020
Unfinished Business: The Photography of Svend-Erik Eriksen
I’ve never met Svend-Erik Eriksen but we’ve been Facebook friends for a few years now and I really enjoy his photos. Last week I called him up and asked how he got started.
Erik, is an animator by trade, but his interest in photography goes back to the 1950s when he was a kid in Namu, BC.
Unfinished Business
I’ve never met Svend-Erik Eriksen (who answers to Erik), but we’ve been Facebook friends for a few years now and I really enjoy his photos. So last week I called him up and asked how he got started.
Erik’s interest in photography goes back to the 1950s when he was a kid in Namu, BC.
June 13, 2020
The Manor House on Howe Street
As 14-storey office blocks go, there’s really nothing wrong with the Standard Life Insurance building at the southwest corner of Howe and Dunsmuir Streets. It’s got a bit of a mid-century vibe about it, likely because it was designed by McCarter Nairne, the architects behind the Canada Post building on West Georgia. It certainly fits in with its surroundings, that intersection has similar looking office blocks on the other corners and the boxy Pacific Building opposite.
June 6, 2020
Burnaby’s Top Secret Submarine Yard
Took the dog for a walk at the Barnet Marine Park in Burnaby last week and found a whole bunch of fascinating history. There are remnants of a once thriving village built around a saw-mill, and most intriguing, rumours of a secret submarine base.
In 1914, Russia needed submarines to defend itself against the Germany Navy in the Black Sea.
