Kimberley Perkins family & friends are ready roll in the 101st May Day Parade on behalf of the Langley Heritage Society. Langley Heritage Society president Fred Pepin in the lead tractor for the BC Farm Museum contingent. All in a row!
It was all hands on the track as the CNR Station's Fairmont gas speeder was lifted onto a flatbed and driven to the BC Farm Museum. Thanks to these volunteers the speeder will be undergoing repairs and getting a spring tune-up. Motorized speeders were used by maintenance crews and track inspectors beginning in the late 1800s. These days, crews usually drive trucks specially outfitted with flanged wheels to ride on the tracks. The Langley Heritage Society also has a people-powered velocipede in its collection, a favourite of children when it's on display in the summer (see photo at bottom).
Valley Voices takes a ride on the historic BC Electric tram at the Fraser Valley Heritage Rail Society in Cloverdale. Also on June's show -- a visit to the amazing collection at the BC Farm Museum in Fort Langley. Valley Voices is heard Wednesdays at 11 am on CIVL Radio, 101.7 FM at the University of the Fraser Valley. Former CBC broadcaster Mark Forsythe hosts this monthly show about Fraser Valley history, people, and places -- listen to June's show HERE. BC Farm Museum volunteer George Muller fires up the engine that used power the movie projector and lights at Stave Lake.
Valley Voices is a production of the Langley Heritage Society on CIVL 101.7 FM (based at the University of the Fraser Valley). Former CBC Radio broadcaster Mark Forsythe interviews people connected with Fraser Valley history and heritage, and draws on the Oral Histories collection at the Langley Centennial Museum. (If you have difficulty playing a sound file, try opening with Google Music Player. CIVL Radio sound files of the show are HERE.) The show has been on hiatus during the pandemic, but links to broadcasts from 2018 - 2020 are below. The British Columbia Historical Federation (BCHF) awarded Langley Heritage Society’s Mark Forsythe the 2019 Best News and Media Award. March 2020: Meet Chief Dan George's great-grandson, Sam George, an Aboriginal Support Worker in the Langley School District who connect youth with their heritage. And Robert Reyerse gives us a tour of the Harrison Sasquatch Museum. Listen HERE. February 2020: Valley [...]
Langley Heritage Society hosted its annual Heritage Week Tea at the Milner Chapel to highlight heritage partners in the Langley region. LHS President Fred Pepin launched the event and encouraged all to share highlights of their work, and to collaborate even more in the days ahead. Please send your events for our quarterly newsletter to: info@langleyheritage.ca Brigette Wieronski, manager at the Fort Langley National Historic Site. Many exciting things are happening at the fort, including a project to craft a new bateau by a Metis staff member. Matt Offer from the Canadian Museum of Flight. The recent Family Day events drew more than 1,300 people to this unique museum at the Langley Airport. The museum's collection even includes a window from an original Avro Arrow -- along with many vintage aircraft that still fly. CN Station manager Helen Williams thanked all the volunteers who keep our 1915 heritage site humming. [...]
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