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Wint€r - €ont^d« of the performance. Toward noon, the sun, swinging in its low arc in a clear sky, did its best to raise the temperature. Seeming to hang low over our bay, it appeared to be favoring us especially. It gave to the ice- field all the tints of pearl; the ice softened to mush, granular stuff which gave forth prismatic gleams. Presently the tide took the field of ice slowly out into the middle of the bay, and the coots and grebes and gulls resumed their customary occupations. It was a brilliant winter day; it was a joy to be outdoors, for even when the sun was at its apogee there was the stimulating spice of frost in the air. But when the sun was fairly started on its downward slant, how quickly came the killing chill. Red as a coal the sun slid into a smoky haze low down on the horizon. The smudge seemed to extinguish the sun as if it had dropped into the sea on its western grade. The clear sky was almost the hue of silver; the mountains were a pure blue and painted sharply against the sky. The sea was tarnished silver. The west, looking from our beach, was a Japanese print, all blue and silver. The night veiled everything; the trees were black, the hills were black, the sea was a dark steel. Lights starred the shore, disclosing the location of bungalows hidden in daytime by screens of trees. The cold seemed to hold the earth in a grasp of iron. nnnn Replies to back page photos in September issue of bulletin. The Editor, Regarding Photo 36 in the September news. That log arch was there along with the bridge until sometime in the thirties. The automobile facing the camera looks like a 1927 Chevrolet; I used to own one. The other looks like a model 'T', could be from a 1920 to 1927. The bridge spanned a normally dry bed of the Capilano river. I understand that it was an old bed of the Cap and would still flow in extremely high water. The house in the picture was occupied by the Breadon family. Mr. Breadon drove the steamroller for the municipality. Hope this is some help to you. Bill Slater nnnn Cont'd next column Replies to back page photos - eont^d. Dear Peter, I was interested in the two photos on the back page of the September Newsletter. The top photo would appear to be the late 20's, or early 30's. If it is the Marine Drive bridge over the Capilano River, the forested land across the river would have been undeveloped First Nations Reserve. This would be before the days of Taylor Way. I remember the archway over Marine Drive. Judging by the length of the lady's skirt, it was probably about 1930, but the cars were probably made in 1927 or '28. The bridge was probably the forerunner of half of the present Capilano River bridge, because the bridge over the river at Keith Road was made of wood and years later washed away in a flood. The lower photo of John Lawson was obviously a sod turning event, of which there are three possibilities. My first thought was of the West Vancouver United Church new building. My Late husband. Jack Fairfield and I (Mary Allen) were the first couple married in the new church on March 22, 1951, the evening before Good Friday. As I did not recognize any of the other people in the photo, I had to think again. My second thought was perhaps the new West Vancouver High School, which was built around this time. My 1947 graduating class was originally proposed to be the first to graduate from the new school, but it didn't happen that way. The group of people in the photo look like school board members, and probably the Reeve and council members. The school was opened in 1952. Another thought I had was the beginning of construction of the West Vancouver Memorial Library, as it was also built around that time, or perhaps it was earlier. I hope you are able to determine the answers for these photos. I will be interested to know. Thank you for an interesting publication. Mary K. Fairfield, Penticton, B.C. nnnn Last but not least comments from Peter Hall Peter: The bottom photo is of the turning of the first sod at the ground breaking for the construction of the West Vancouver Memorial Library on May 17, 1950. That is John Lawson with the shovel. The names of those in attendance can be seen in the caption of this picture in Sally Carswell's book ' Fulfilling a Dream - West Vancouver Cont'd. page four. Page 3