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February 1996 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Page 7 Vancouver, B.C., Friday, March 19,1954 No. 12 Snapshot From The Past Editor's Note: This interesting item, submitted by Laureen Jones, is a reprint from a bi-weekly publication of the now defunct Pacific Stage Lines. It was written by her mother, Mrs Lyman (Anne) Jones who, newly married, moved to West Vancouver in 1920. service when the road was completed to Horseshoe Bay in 1926, and the PGE disccmtinued in 1928. I recall, too, when the North shore service of the PSL began. Also when Sam O’Hara and paitner started a ’’jimey service” with two big touring cars. Sam told me one time when I was his only passenger for Ambleside, that they had to run on schedule whether they had fares or not. Sam’s line was t^n ova* by the PSL and I believe that Councillor F. ‘Pep” Penner kept them rolling until his retirement last year. Now Pep keeps things rolling in the Municipal Council-in his retirement These days on the west and north shores things are all changed. Not many of the old-timers left now, and not many recall the “good old days” when ex-police constable Jock Walls used to keep the few residents of Altamont awake with his bagpipes, and when Swede was farming where now is the Gleneagles Golf Course. One famous old landmark still remaining, however, is the 60-year-old Great Northern Cannery, that was serviced by J^mese who lived close by. Yes, all is different now on the north and west shores. And like most of the remaining old pioneers, I like to “remember when”. Editor's Note (PSL): The Sam O’Hara referred to by Mrs. Jones was a partner in Soday and O’Hara, which opcrabsd a jimey bus service between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay. When PSL started operating between Vancouver and West Van, it proceeded only as far as Caulfeild for the good reason there was no road beyond. As for Mrs. Jones’ reference to Weston Station, this was the PGE station between HoUybum and Dundarave, located at 22nd Street Bouquet to Anne Jones First prize of $10 in Tally Ho’s local history and geogn^hy contest has been won by Mrs Anne E. Jones of 2216 Lawson Avenue, HoUybum, B.C. A long-time resident of West Vancouver, Mrs Jones wrote about early days on the North Shore when the old PGE used to roar past her front door on the trip out to WhytecUff from North Vancouver. .. Here is the winning entry submitted by Mrs. Jones: I remember when in 1916 during World War I, the boys and girls responded in large numbers to the “colours”, and at the end of it I got married and located on a waterfront lot on the shores of West Vancouvw. How weU I recaU old No.l and 2 PCX trains plugging along to Whytecliff from North Vancouver. They ran right in front of our door then and I used to run out and see if my little kiddies were on or near the track when I would hear the whistle for Weston Station. All is changed now, although they want the PGE back in Victoria and North Vancouver. The PSL gave us wonderfiil Great Northern Remembered - Cotttinued from Page 5 over his bows”. However it did not come to that! Mr Millerd fought his case, even taking it to the Privy Council in London. He won, but beggared himself in the process. He then got himself a job at the West Vancouver Cannery, but it was closed down during the Depression due to lack of paying customers. Eventually Mr Millerd, Sr. decided to buy the Cannery and re-open it, canning chum, which were at that time in plentifiil supply. They shipped huge loads of it to the Australian market The Millerd family all lived on, or adjacent to, the Cannery where the children played and worked at various jobs from an early age. Frank began his “official” working life in 1926 and remembers that later he was paid the princely sum of 37-1/2 cents per hour - that was when he was a married man! At the height of a good season they employed over 90 people, which meant that they needed extra help and this usually came from the Burrard Indian Band whose members travelled out to the Reported By: Anne Vernon Caimery by the local bus service. Of course they could never get the smell of fish off their clothes so many of the other passengers got off the bus quickly ! Don Millerd told us that he remembered the Cannery as a wonderfiil place to grow up. The children who lived in and around the Cannery all played in the net lofts and odier buildings, as well as listening to and watching the workers, until they were old enough to go to work themselves. They cadged hooks from Old Alec in the net loft, found plenty of bait and spent many happy hours fishing off the end of the pier. The children were fascinated with the place and could not be kept out -however they had to make sure that “Grandfather^’ never caught them! When he was 16 Don was sent north to the fishing camps which he thought was not so much fun! That is all we have space for this time around. Perhaps at a later date we shall continue the story of the fish camps and the people who were involved there.