Heritage West Van

Heritage Week runs from Feb 21-27 with a number of events planned. More details coming soon but for now:

• West Vancouver Fire Services Museum & Archives will be open Monday, Feb 21 from 10am to 3pm
• There are already displays at the Library, the Museum, and the Silk Purse Art Ctr.
• Restaurants: the Beach House has some heritage photos; the Red Lion has a traditional menu (and Happy Hours) now; and Chez Michel has a Heritage Week Table d’Hôte from Wed to Sat this week.
• The District’s Heritage Advisory Committee is meeting Feb 22 at 4:30pm
• Heritage Fayre Saturday, Feb 26 from 2-4pm will feature a number of community heritage organizations

Heritage week flyer [PDF].

Heritage West Vancouver welcomes all to an afternoon tea in Dundarave Park, foot of 25th.  

As usual, there will be a few unusual cars, a display table; remarks about 3pm, and enjoy the tea and cookies while chatting.

There’ll be a card for the Queen to be sent with condolences re Prince Philip, birthday wishes to HRH, and congratulations for her coming Platinum Jubilee.

Slightly different however since our first RoyalTea in 2000, August 4th for the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday — owing to COVID-19 protocols, participants are requested to bring their own tea cups and saucers.

Download the PDF flyer.

http://royaltea.ca/

(a) Queen’s Birthday

HRH’s birthday is April 21 (when she turned 95) but is celebrated with Trooping the Colour (of course saw when I was living in London) on the second Saturday in June (b/c better weather).

The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is believed to have been performed first during the reign of King Charles II (1660 – 1685). In 1748, it was decided that this parade would be used to mark the official birthday of the Sovereign and it became an annual event after George III became King in 1760.

Origins of Trooping the Colour – Trooping the Colour
https://www.householddivision.org.uk/trooping-the-colour-origins 

Trooping the Colour: Queen celebrates her birthday with scaled-back ceremony at Windsor Castle
187,478 views • Jun 12, 2021
[1:04] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSLCGgW4J_0

 
(b) Prince Philip’s 100th Birthday

Queen Elizabeth gifted rose as royals remember Prince Philip
8,396 views • Jun 10, 2021

[1:22]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-iuAUNPbvk

Navvy Jack House is the oldest continuously occupied home in the lower mainland, and its history is one of the beginnings of the municipality of West Vancouver and the shared history of First Nations and European settlers. Read more…

Download the PDF version here.

Heritage Week, February 15 to 21, 2021. For more information, see also: https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/heritage-week/ (Archived copy.)

Carolanne Reynolds wrote to the West Vancouver Council about the preservation of the historic Navvy Jack house. Download the PDF here.

As we spend more time at home, the character of our neighbourhoods is more important than ever. West Vancouver Historical Society’s Local Voices presentation series moved online (with the assistance of the West Vancouver Memorial Library) to hear how some of your neighbours are taking care of heritage in our community. Presenters included:

• Jackie Swanson and the cabins on Hollyburn Ridge
• Tom Dodd on preserving neighbourhood character in West Vancouver
• John Mawson and Dogwood Hill
• Tony Dean & Yvonne Perrault and the relocation of Copper Cottage

Watch the recording here: https://youtu.be/uXu7MUC1RTM