Hi Marv, We have the similar memories - though - Main street is quite a distance from Cassiar street . You possibly had been thinking of Hastings Street instead. Do you remember the street car loop - at Boundary and Hastings. Glenburn Dairy on the Vancouver Side. They had the very best Chocolate Ice Cream. Woodwards Grocery - the Very Best - Our first taste of some International foods -imported by Woodwards - The Luncheonette on the Mezannine floor - sandwiches on their own cheese bread. - Heavenly - Nothing to this day can match it. Best Pumpkin, Strawberry,Blueberry - Mince pies - Great dinners -in the dinning room on the grocery floor. Even my mother would eat there. Shoe Department - with the X Ray machine - I think most shoe stores had these - as well - Wonder what damage they might have done.but it was fun looking at our feet - *Even though my father believed in Sturdy shoes that would last, they looked like boys shoes - when I wanted Ballerina or patent. styles. Feet grow - so couldn't see the need for Sturdy. I still have transit tickets - real keepsakes - some from family - back in the 1920's * Yes - The Bad Girls School - just the idea - kept us good.;-) If I recall - there might have also been a Bad Boys school - at the other end of the site - could be very wrong. I may go for a Very Long Walk - on some unrainy day - just to have a look about. Cheers, Stella At 08:00 PM 04/02/2007, Marv Coulthard wrote: >I remember it too... I was born in North Burnaby on the >hill. (1943) Moved to Point Grey in 49... but remember the trolly >car rides to Woodwards every weekend.. Taking the underground passage >to the groceries dept.. and upstairs to the shoe dept.. to look at my >feet in the xray machine. I still may have some ticket stubs which I >conned the conductor out of, to play with .. Pink transfer stubs >where they would mark the time you got on. > >I remember a "bad girls school" as my parents used to call it. a few >blocks down from Main.. on Casiar. Bet this is still it.. on >google earth.. go to.. 49' 16' 36'50 N X 123.01'48'28" W > >cheers >Marv > > > > >At 05:37 PM 04/02/07, you wrote: > >I think it was at the SW corner of Adanac and Boundary Road in Vancouver. I > >actually drove by it about 1/2 hour ago. > >Gail > >Burnaby, BC > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: can-british-columbia-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:can-british-columbia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Laury Walkey > >Sent: February 4, 2007 9:08 AM > >To: can-british-columbia@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [CAN-BC] Girls' industrial school, Cassiar and Hastings Streets, > >Vancouver, BC, c1942 > > > >Does anyone know anything about a girls' industrial school/unwed > >mothers' home which was located around Cassiar and Hastings Streets in > >Vancouver? In the 1940s it is said to have had a walkway with park > >benches and a copper colored door with bars on the door and windows. > > > >It was apparently renovated a number of years ago into seniors' housing. > > > >Thanks kindly. > > > >Cheers, > > > >-- > > > >Laury Walkey (Miss) > >BC, Canada > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word > >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message