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Comment on Mountain View Cemetery by Jean Allan

Jean Allan — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:01 +0000

I have shared the back border of my property with Mountain View Cemetery since 1976. We bought the house on St. George St. just 5 houses in from the former Caretaker’s cottage at 43rd and St. George. The Cemetrry provides the most perfect neighbors and the staff employed as grounds keepers are long term employees and pleasant to know.
Several years ago around Christmas I looked out from my back porch and saw almost immediately behind my house, a fire truck in the Cemetery. Later when I walked through the cemetery, I saw that there is a section dedicated to firemen.
If you look at the commemorative stones you can see that before the days of protective gear, fireman had short lives. I have a friend retired from West Van fire department and a cancer survivor. He told me that his Chief, back in the day, thought only sissies wore gear.

Comment on Ruth Morton Memorial Baptist Church by Mike Klassen

Mike Klassen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:02:53 +0000

Of course, the noise you’re experiencing is not happening at Ruth Morton, which is a good distance from your Renfrew-Collingwood community. However, if the sound of coins dropping into a metal pan is an annoyance, surely the church could place a cloth or felt in the bottom of the pan to reduce the noise? You should notify the City of Vancouver about this via 311.

Comment on Ruth Morton Memorial Baptist Church by linda

linda — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:38:27 +0000

people in the church, i just want you guys to know that we might have the noise problem here for over a decade, we are not surely what this happen to us and i want God to assist this problem so that we don’t want this happen anymore. we are living in renfew height area, and there is a noise problem we have no idea how to solve it. the owner who lives in 3249 e23rd ave vancouver bc v5r1b6 canada puts out the silver plate at the balcony for 24 hours(we guess 24hours). most of time we could hear some ping ping noises and we sure that those noises are coming from the plate. we don’t know what to do. we cannot reach the owner, the owner won’t even concern us, ignoring our comment for the plate. is there anyone who can reach the owner so that we won’t have any noises again. Please help us God. or someone who likes to give us a hand. thank you
we don’t want any noises, we need a quiet environments, thank you so much!!!

Comment on Mountain View Cemetery by Margaret Smith

Margaret Smith — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:06:05 +0000

My father was a caretaker of Mountain View Cemetery – we The Johnston family – Father Sam Johnston, mother Margaret, daughters Margaret, Shirley Diane and son Sam jr. We went from young children to adults living in the Cemetery – the old building was to be demolished and Mom and Dad had to move – the City of Vancouver had a hard time getting people to take over as caretakers so eventually my Dad and Mom were asked to move back and become the caretakers again – Mom died in the accomodations of a heart attack and Dad unfortunately died there a few years later also from a heart attack – even to this day – when I connect with somebody from the Fraser street area – the comment is usually – oh you’re one of the Johnston girls who grew up in the cemetery. The three girls live in Chillliwack and one day, we plan on making it a day to visit “our home” – PS I married one of the “grave diggers” – Divorced 13 years later but I then married the son of the Superintendent of the City Dump -

Comment on Ruth Morton Memorial Baptist Church by Mike Klassen

Mike Klassen — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:15:14 +0000

Ruth Morton Memorial Baptist church is celebrating its 100th anniversary on June 24, 2012. The public is encouraged to visit. Service 11-12:30. After 12:30 a presentation begins on the building’s heritage, and the public can tour the church — some refreshments will be served.

Comment on Ruth Morton Memorial Baptist Church by sarah stevenson

sarah stevenson — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:02:22 +0000

John Morton (Ruth’s husband) was the great grandson of Edmund the brother of my ggggg grandfather Edward. My father Edward Morton Ripley’s mother was Alice Morton. The Morton’s go back to Edmund of Lindley (Huddersfield,England) who died 1585 as far as we’ve discovered. We continue to be a strong Christian family.

Comment on G.W. Ledingham and Company by Find the plaques to make history | City Caucus

Find the plaques to make history | City Caucus — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:06:41 +0000

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Comment on The Legend of Simon Hirschberg by Find the plaques to make history | City Caucus

Find the plaques to make history | City Caucus — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:06:23 +0000

[...] you happen to be nearby Fraser Street at the intersection of East 33rd Avenue you'll find the The Legend of Simon Hirschberg plaque. That location will link you to the Foursquare check-in, where you can leave your stamp by [...]

Comment on History of Fraser Street by fraser street

fraser street — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:18:11 +0000

Fraser Street – No. 5 Road
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