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Well, I finally got my hands on one of these Linden Homes, or in my case a boathouse ... Now I just need to adjust the colors, move in furniture, and...
Well, I finally got my hands on one of these Linden Homes, or in my case a boathouse ... Now I just need to adjust the colors, move in furniture, and...
After a watercolour by John Miller, a print of which is currently hanging in our apartment in ALC...
Just when will summer (or spring for that matter) arrive?
SHORTREED, a post settlement in British Columbia in New Westminster District, B.C. - Hammond, on the C.P.R. main line, is the nearest railway station. Located 9 1/2 miles from Abbottsford and 22 miles from New Westminster.
The SHORTREED Post Office (first opening) was established - 1 August 1891 and closed - 29 June 1891. The Post Office (second opening) re-opened - 1 May 1905 and closed - 15 February 1917. Closed on inauguration of rural mail delivery service
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the SHORTREED Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...
Robert James Shortreed served as Postmaster at SHORTREED from - 1 August 1891 to - 30 November 1904.
Clipped from - Vancouver Daily World newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 29 May 1891 - Mr. Robert Shortreed, a jolly, sociable fellow, is the pioneer storekeeper and keeps a large stock of all lines of goods and is doing a good business. He is located about seven miles south of the river and 12 miles from Fort Langley and is certainly the right man in the right place. Considerable inconvenience is felt respecting the Post Office which is located about a mile distant and half a mile back from the road. This is something that the Post Office Department should look into and have remedied at once. A telegraph office is talked of which will also fill a much needed want.
Robert James Shortreed
(b. 23 March 1860 in Milton, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada - d. 28 Jun 1924 (aged 64) in Abbotsford, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - occupations - Merchant / Postmaster / Customs agent
Robert came to the area in 1884 and established Shortreed's Corner leaving to be a Customs Agent in Abbotsford in 1904. He also installed the first telegraph in the area an ran the SHORTREED Post Office and General Store at the intersection of Old Yale and Country Line Roads, which was known as "SHORTREED CORNERS." He was also the local Justice of the Peace for 36 years.
His father - Robert C. Shortreed II
(b. 16 March 1828 in Halton, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada - d. 5 March 1908 (aged 79) in Aldergrove, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/51957068/obit-robert-shortreed-sr...
His wife - Kathleen (nee Gray) Shortreed
(b. 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio, daughter of David "Scoggy" and Catherina Gray) - they were married - 29 May 1890 in British Columbia - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/f6... - They had seven children.
- sent from - / SHORTREED / NO 21 / 03 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 29 June 1891 - (RF D) - (first opening).
- via - / ABBOTTSFORD / NO 21 / 03 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 23 November 1891 (RF D).
Addressed to: Mr. John Miller / c/o T. Stewart / Bridge Supt. C.P.R. / Vancouver / B.C.
Thomas Stewart
(b. 5 February 1857 in Prince Edward Island - d. 19 February 1924 at age 67 in Vancouver, B.C.)
Thomas Stewart - was a railway construction worker and mining company director. In 1880 he went to western North America. For one year he worked for the Northern Pacific Railway in the Dakotas. Later he began construction work with the Canadian Pacific Railway, east of Regina. Later he travelled from Regina to San Francisco and then to British Columbia. In March 1882 he began working near Yale and Hope, British Columbia. He held a series of positions with the C.P.R., including bridge foreman and bridge and building master for the Pacific division. By the late 1890s he was living in Vancouver. Thomas continued to work for the C.P.R. until he retired about 1908. In the fall of 1908, he travelled to the Nicola area to deal with mining properties.
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FROM - M. O. Co.
Auldgirth, B.C. (corner card cover / unknown company)
(from - Wrigley's 1922 British Columbia Directory) - AULDGIRTH (Formerly Black Pool) a post office on the C. N. R., 63 miles north of Kamloops, with which it is connected by auto road, in the North Thompson Valley Provincial Electoral District. Has long distance telephone and two schools. Local resources, mining and farming. One of the best dairying and small fruit districts in the valley. Favorable rainfall and good water; two crops of clover are grown per year readily. Land values average $10 raw per acre, to $30 improved. Altitude, 1,254 feet. The population in 1922 was 58.
The following is the first of a two-part history that was written by Ina T. Fairbrother in 1969 and then appeared in the Oct. 30 and Nov. 7, 1974 issues of the Times. - Situated on the east side of the North Thompson River in a valley 70 miles from Kamloops is the settlement of Blackpool. The area has a long and colourful history. John Harley Miller, the man who named Blackpool, left England in 1898 for Alberta. Mainly by walking, he made his way across to British Columbia and arrived in the area in 1906. With the Forestry Department then, Mr. Miller pre-empted 320 acres in compliance with the requirement that he own land and be a permanent resident before he open a post office. Originally the area was called Mosquito Flats, a term given because of the abundance of sloughs, ravines and uncleared land. The title never became official, however, because most of the citizens contended the mosquitoes were no more numerous there than elsewhere in the North Thompson Valley. John Miller became the first postmaster in 1910. He called his office Auldgirth, the equivalent of Old Village. LINK to the complete article - www.clearwatertimes.com/our-town/valley-voices-a-history-...
Second part - Captain A. H. Louten took over the post office from Mr. Miller, in conjunction with a store. This was called the Blackpool Post Office and was situated close to the present Blackpool Station. At the beginning of World War II, Mr. Louten rented the post office to Harry Best, who ran it until it burned down in November 1942. It was never rebuilt, and residents lost their post office when Mr. Best moved to the west side of the river. Honourable Davie Fulton got a post office back again in September 1948. It was called East Black Pool. When the west side of Blackpool got a rural route they became Clearwater R.R. #2. East Black Pool was changed back to Blackpool on July 1, 1963. Mrs. Ina T. Fairbrother took over the Blackpool Post Office from Ernest Wallin on Sept. 3, 1949. LINK to the complete article - www.clearwatertimes.com/our-town/valley-voices-history-of...
It is not known if the name Blackpool refers to a deep pool in the river here, or is associated with the nearby Blackwater Creek (since changed to Mann Creek), or if it was named after Blackpool, England.
The Black Pool (1) Post Office was established - 1 June 1910 - it became Auldgirth - 1 May 1921 and closed - 31 August 1932 due to limited usefulness.
LINK to a list of all of the Postmasters who served at the Black Pool (1) and AULDGIRTH Post Offices - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
sent from - / AULDGIRTH / AU 20 / 27 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A-1) was proofed - 9 April 1921 - (RF E / now is RF E1).
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Cover was addressed to: The Clarke & Stuart Ltd. / Vancouver, B.C.
In 1894, when Vancouver’s first bookseller, Seth Thorne Tilley, exited the bookselling business, he handed the baton to Harold Clarke and James Duff-Stuart. The two were former clerks with Thomson Bros., one of Tilley’s main rivals in Vancouver. After purchasing the business, they renamed it Clarke & Stuart - read the complete story on the history of Clarke & Stuart at this link - changingvancouver.wordpress.com/tag/clarke-and-stuart/
In 1920 Clarke and Stuart still had a store here, and also one at 550 Seymour. A year later they only had the new store, and Spencer’s had taken over control of the entire block. From the look of the chimneys on the roof, they used the upper part of the Clarke and Stuart warehouse to add new boilers for the entire complex. From this angle it’s also possible to see how Spencer’s 1907 and 1911 store buildings were actually taller than the 1976 Harbour Centre that replaced them. The complex incorporated most of the store facade but did some really terrible things to the lower part of the Cordova Street frontage (and no favours to Seymour Street either). These days SFU Harbour Centre are in the Spencer’s part while offices fill the Harbour Centre tower and the lookout on top offer views over The Changing City.
The following is the first of a two-part history that was written by Ina T. Fairbrother in 1969 and then appeared in the Oct. 30 and Nov. 7, 1974 issues of the Times. - Situated on the east side of the North Thompson River in a valley 70 miles from Kamloops is the settlement of BLACKPOOL. The area has a long and colourful history. John Harley Miller, the man who named Blackpool, left England in 1898 for Alberta. Mainly by walking, he made his way across to British Columbia and arrived in the area in 1906. With the Forestry Department then, Mr. Miller pre-empted 320 acres in compliance with the requirement that he own land and be a permanent resident before he open a post office. Originally the area was called Mosquito Flats, a term given because of the abundance of sloughs, ravines and uncleared land. The title never became official, however, because most of the citizens contended the mosquitoes were no more numerous there than elsewhere in the North Thompson Valley. John Miller became the first postmaster in 1910. He called his office Auldgirth, the equivalent of Old Village. LINK to the complete article - www.clearwatertimes.com/our-town/valley-voices-a-history-...
Second part - Captain A. H. Louten took over the post office from Mr. Miller, in conjunction with a store. This was called the Blackpool Post Office and was situated close to the present Blackpool Station. At the beginning of World War II, Mr. Louten rented the post office to Harry Best, who ran it until it burned down in November 1942. It was never rebuilt, and residents lost their post office when Mr. Best moved to the west side of the river. Honourable Davie Fulton got a post office back again in September 1948. It was called East Black Pool. When the west side of Blackpool got a rural route they became Clearwater R.R. #2. East Black Pool was changed back to Blackpool on July 1, 1963. Mrs. Ina T. Fairbrother took over the Blackpool Post Office from Ernest Wallin on Sept. 3, 1949. LINK to the complete article - www.clearwatertimes.com/our-town/valley-voices-history-of...
It is not known if the name Blackpool refers to a deep pool in the river here, or is associated with the nearby Blackwater Creek (since changed to Mann Creek), or if it was named after Blackpool, England.
The East Black Pool Post Office was established - 20 September 1948 - it became Black Pool (3) - 1 July 1963.
LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who worked at the East Black Pool Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
sent from - / EAST BLACK POOL / AM / 20 VI / 60 / B.C. / - cds cancel.
Addressed to: District Taxation Office / Lougheed Building / Penticton / B.C.
The idea is that #TheBigOrangeHead benefits anytime his name or likeness are used. By using #TheBigOrangeHead image you thwart that reality. Also, you might want to think about substituting his name as well. I have suggested #TheBigOrangeHead or John Miller.
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The idea is that #TheBigOrangeHead benefits anytime his name or likeness are used. By using #TheBigOrangeHead image you thwart that reality. Also, you might want to think about substituting his name as well. I have suggested #TheBigOrangeHead or John Miller.
This image of #TheBigOrangeHead is offered here under Creative Commons license for use by anyone for any purpose. Please link to this page as a courtesy.
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These “stories” are probably conceived in a command center on the 13th level basement under Trump Tower. Perhaps someone should cross reference IMDB Pro and LinkedIn for reality TV writers and producers against the personnel lists for the Trump campaign and their contractors. Imagine that a team of veteran reality TV writers have been hired by The Celebrity Candidate to create scenarios to play out on the screen. The whiteboard is full of ideas, all presented in hopes of earning that big viral bonus money. Mr. Candidate gets into a spat with Speaker Smug Beard. Mr. Speaker says he might not support Mr. Candidate because he has wild ideas. Mr. Candidate calls Mr. Speaker a loser. In the end Mr. Speaker kisses Mr. Candidate's ring and gushes about how his ideas have evolved. Isn't Mr. Candidate just another regular Republican now? This writers room is killing it. They have the media sopping up their copy so fast you would think they are on the payroll. .
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