Metal Riveter from the Medd's Blacksmith Shop in Fort Langley.

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Object Description

Object Name

Rivet, Tong

Object ID

2009.009.001

Title

Metal Riveter from the Medd's Blacksmith Shop in Fort Langley.

Date

[190-?].

Description

Metal Riveter. Faint lettering on the tool reads "THE PARMENTER BULLOCH CO LIMITED GANANOQUE ONT." On the opposite side of the tool it reads "PATENTED MARCH 2 1898." This item came from the Medd's Blacksmith Shop in Fort Langley. The shop was sold to Charlie Reid in 1910, who later operated it as a garage.

People/Subject

Medd, George Herbert

George Herbert Medd was born on February 2, 1889 to parents William and Ann Medd (nee Holding). He married Jennie May Estey (July 10, 1892-March 27, 1986), from New Brunswick, on January 19, 1920. George died on October 3, 1980. He was a ferrier during WWI and wrote letters to Jennie from France & Germany. George ran the blacksmith shop in Milner for a time. At one point, the Medds lived in the big brown house on Church Street, Fort Langley.

Reid's Blacksmith Shop/Garage

Charles Reid emigrated to Canada in 1908. Two years later he settled in Fort Langley and took over Medd's blacksmith shop. Later, he became one of the first machinist shop operators in the area. A fire destroyed the blacksmith shop in 1922, and the new one was built, which increasingly acted as a garage, not a blacksmith shop. Charles was the first chief of the Fort Langley Volunteer Fire Department, a charter member of the Fort Langley Community Improvement Association and an early member of the Board of Trade. Charles married a pioneer Fort Langley girl, Olive Carter, and raised a family of three children, including son Don and daughter Helen Gardner (husband Bill). He was in the business for 60 years; he saw it change from horse shoeing and wagon repairs to motor mechanics and heavy equipment repairs. Son Don took over the business from him, but it believed to have closed down in the 1990s. Later, the garage was used to store canoes for the Fort Langley Canoe Club.
See Also: Reid, Charles
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-273/1069)

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