HIERE’S a case of
having at hand a
plethora of topics
to, bring to your
attention, and it

- doesn’t happen very
often.

> For one, I was yesterday -

introduced to some friendly
and novel interaction with

__ elderly people who are a bit

“out of the stream nowadays,
“people whose home now is
Cedar Village, a retreat for
seniors in the Lynn Valley
area.-It has given me an idea
- for some future gatherings
that you may be able to

. elaborate on. Pil put it to
. you in the new year.

This present time is our
_coziest time of year, really,
when we think more. ften
about one another ar:si can
perhaps find it easier to
{Open up, to shed som= of
our. detenses. :

For another thing.
there’s a new publication |
.. from thase two lively:
“ed-gents, Bob Scull:

Fred Thirkell, who
done another of the::
“yellous collections of-he
‘itage style photos.
* “And as well, in a differ-
ent vein, but of urgent value
to alot of us, is the upcom-
ing opportunity to take the
osteoporosis test. Remember
last: July and we all wanted -
to be: tested and there just
“weren’t enough days to
iccommodate all of us?
‘Well, early in the New
fear'it will be-available
in, this gime at Silver
Harbor Centre on Lonsdale
veriute in North Vancouver,
don’t fret, The posters _
ill be going up any day,
"and you can nail down your
‘ plans. TD m ‘looking forward
‘ to getting a report, too. °
‘ So; with‘all this lovely
~ stuff to work on, I will tell.
“you first about Fred and

Bob and their book. Last
year, remember, they did a
calendar for 1996, each
month showing a picture
postcard of the olden days
in Vancouver and environs.
Well,this year it is a real
book, beautifully done, all
new old postcards, of
course, cach postcard page-
size and identified on the
companion page with most
interesting text. Like the

‘shor of Hastings Street,

circa 1905, which, like a lot
of the city’s streets, was
made of cedar blocks set
end on end.

The blocks were found
to be extremely slippery
when wet, and when dry
they burned like Billy-O.

. They found that our the
- hard way, when a great bon-

fire was set in the middle of
Hastings between Hamilton

.and Cambie to celebrate the

Relief of Mafeking on the
17th of May, 1900. A huge
hole in the road was the
reminder of the celebration.
There is lovely back-
ground provided abour the
building of Christ Church
Cathedral. There was
already an Anglican church
in Vancouver, at Gore and
Cordova, but it was in the
High Church tradition and
didn’t suit all Anglicans.
Thus land was bought from

_ the CPR ($2,500 worth)

and a favorite architect from
England, C.O.Wickenden,

“was commissioned. He built

thie basement, $6,000
worth, and it became the

“church for the next four

years.
And Birks clock, that
assignation point for every-
one in years gone by, and
that is now back on lower
Granville where it started. It
was built in Boston, that
clock, for under $2,000. It
came with its own heating
unit and a guarantee that it
would keep perfect time if
wound once a week, They
sent the key, too, of course.
Heritage House is the
publisher and has put the
book into as many book-
stores as they could think
of, It’s a natural for'a lot of

-_ those people on your *

Christmas list.

And don't put off your
intention to get that osteo-
porosis test — it’s a natural
too.

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A Choral celebration

HELEN Drosts gets a word of congratulations from the Vancouver Bach Choir's
Paui Birch during a special performance at Kiwanis Lodge in West Vancouver
to celebrate Drosts’ 99th birthday. Her husband, Herbert Mason Drosts, found-

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