History Helps Volume Seven, Number 8, July 2007
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• Greetings
• Vancouver International Airport
• A Complicated Fire Alarm System
• Genealogical Resources from the Vancouver Public Library
• Subscription, Privacy Policy

GREETINGS!

Vancouver International Airport

Doesn’t this sound familiar?

“Airport Attractive

Why do Vancouver people, in such large numbers, go to the airport on Sunday afternoons? or, you might ask, why do people anywhere go to airports on Sunday afternoons? The answer, of course, would be the same, but the catch is, that in other cities in Canada or down the Pacific coast, there are no such numbers of interested spectators at the airports on Sunday afternoons.

Perhaps one reason for the popularity of Vancouver airport is the fact that it has been made attractive for visitors. Green lawns, sidewalks, flowers and trees, a well-kept parking area, no objectionable hot-dog stands and no annoyance from aggressive flight-sellers are all factors which have been carefully studied.

Too often an airport which may have fine runways and a good administration building, has little, or no, accommodation or attractiveness for the visitor.”

Source: The Daily [Vancouver] Province, 05 October 1940, page 37.

A Complicated Fire Alarm System

“WHERE THE BOXES ARE

Do Not Judge the Locations of a Fire From the Smoke

When you hear a fire alarm sounded count the strokes; if there are five or six clear strokes you will know at once that the alarm is from box five or six, but if it is one and a pause and then four or two and a pause and then four, it is from 14 or 24 and so with the others.

The following list will show where the various boxes are located:
5. Granville and Drake streets.
6. Bute and Barclay streets.
14. Burrard and Georgia streets.
15. Granville and Hastings streets.
23. Cambie and Cordova streets.
24. Hastings and Carrall streets.
32. Westminster avenue and Powell street.
34. Oppenheimer street and Carl avenue.
35. Powell street and Raymur avenue.
42. Westminster avenue and Prior street.
43. Eighth and Westminster avenue.”

Source: Vancouver Daily World: 14 October 1892, page two.

Genealogical Resources from the Vancouver Public Library

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