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rvmapp - niftyniall2
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Links to many blogs, and information about the many groups that use the Riverview Hospital site in one way or another. Many of the blogs are concerned with the historical aspects of the buildings, eventually the very extensive social history will also be put into them. Riverview Cemetery. Fraser Health, also operates three buildings on the property: Connolly Lodge. Artists conception of the West Lawn building. Aerial view, mid 1930's. Return to Cottages chapter. Return to the MAP. Or go to the HOME page.
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------: August 2011
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Home for the Aged-Valleyview. Tuesday, August 16, 2011. DB Brankin in the news. DB Brankin's methods appear to have irritated a few bureaucrats while he was superintendent; here is one of a few that I have found:. The Vancouver Sun, January 23, 1922. CHANGE IN BOYS’ SCHOOL IS DENIED. Child welfare association takes action on rumour of removal of D.B. Brankin. Is the Provincial Government planning to supplant D.B. Brankin as head of the Boys' Industrial School? I have received an answer from the attorney-...
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West Lawn: December 2007
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Home for the Aged-Valleyview. Thursday, December 6, 2007. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). George Herbert Manchester passed away on Nov, 22, 1956 at the age of 83, in New Westminster, he left a legacy…. Two years earlier, Dr. Manchester had also pressed for provision of special accommodation for the criminally insane, thus this visionary advocated the creation of Riverview, Woodlands and the Forensic Services long before their geneses. Work was departmentalized and the "hospital" atmosphere:, heightened by us...
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West Lawn: May 2015
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Home for the Aged-Valleyview. Saturday, May 9, 2015. I was recently sent a commemorative album from the grand-daughter of Gilbert Mathewson. Who was head male nurse at Essondale from 1915-1936. Margaret Ann Simpson his wife added other mostly relevant photos to the album, some were removed by the grand-daughter before I received the booklet. But from what I have been told it is the only complete booklet known so far ( people may have others copies of it, and not know what it is ). Born May, 1865 France; ...
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West Lawn: 100 years !!!
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Home for the Aged-Valleyview. Saturday, March 30, 2013. West Lawn will be officially a 100 hundred years old, in April. Even though it was finished late in the previous year and already had residents, who also helped build it by the way. To bad that the power that be have let OUR public asset deteriorate to the degree that it has,certainly would not happen with the legislative buildings,( which are more poorly designed ). Riverview's West Lawn Building turns 100. West Lawn 1920 LINK. 1904 also marked the...
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Colony Farm past -- present -- future: Park control
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Colony Farm past - present - future. Tuesday, April 23, 2013. This Vancouver Sun article raises some good questions :. Metro Vancouver examines options to hand over control of some parks to municipalities. Some iron-clad rules would certainly be needed to be in place before a transfer of ownership, ( US to US. Labels: parks for sale. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Related Riverview hospital blogs. Home for the Aged-Valleyview. Links in a chain. Burke Mountain Naturalists,(BMN):.
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Colony Farm past -- present -- future: Old escapes
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Colony Farm past - present - future. Friday, December 19, 2014. 1974 December 19 The Citizen. The institution appears to have been having some serious security issues at this time. Rodney Allen Kirkpatrick 1949 - 9 February 1984 Victoria. BC ), was killed 10 years later after being shot in the abdomen. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Related Riverview hospital blogs. Home for the Aged-Valleyview. Do you have any questions or feedback about the park. If so a Send E-mail. Links in a chain.
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Colony Farm past -- present -- future: Article in the GS
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Colony Farm past - present - future. Friday, November 15, 2013. Article in the GS. Article from the Georgia Strait: Gear up for the slopes at Colony Farm park. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Related Riverview hospital blogs. Home for the Aged-Valleyview. Do you have any questions or feedback about the park. If so a Send E-mail. A "sustainability" visioning exercise, has been slowly moving along, pushed along by the GVRD. A draft report. Links in a chain. Burke Mountain Naturalists,(BMN):.
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