Nora Bishop (centre) with two other members of the Aldergrove Ladies' Auxiliary of Branch No. 265, Royal Canadian Legion.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2010.001.1306

Title

Nora Bishop (centre) with two other members of the Aldergrove Ladies' Auxiliary of Branch No. 265, Royal Canadian Legion.

Date

[196-].

Description

Black and white photograph of Nora Bishop (centre) with two other unidentified members of the Aldergrove Ladies' Auxiliary of Branch No. 265, Royal Canadian Legion; the women are wearing shirts and ties under their sports jackets, with a crest on the breast pocket that reads "British Empire Service League / Canadian Legion"; all three women are wearing caps with the BESL logo, and glasses; each are wearing white gloves and each have a hand on the gavel; the occasion was likely the annual general meeting.

People/Subject

Bishop, Nora

Eleanor "Nora" Black had two brothers and fours sisters. The family moved from England to Cranbrook, BC. Nora married Gordon Bishop. They had met in Vancouver where he worked at the David Spencer Store. They lived in the third house west of St. Joseph's Catholic Church on the Fraser Highway in Langley. They had one son, Stan, who with wife Phyllis, had a son named Randy. They owned the Reliable Cycle Shop on Fraser Highway, next to Plewe's Drug Store. This shop not only had bikes, but sold all kinds of sports equipment and at Christmas time carred a great variety of children's toys.
Nora clerked in the store and was a very active community volunteer. She was involved with the Ladies Auxilliary of the Langley Legion, and was particularly active when they were building the Legion premises.
Nora had a great alto soprano voice and was often called Langley's "Kate Smith." She always sang at the service on November 11th and at many concerts supporting community affairs. She was a member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and sang in the choir. Nora also did a lot of work to support senior citizens, and was inolved in the building and running of the Langley Lodge, along with the Langley Lions Club. Randy Bishop, Nora's grandson, is still the proprietor of a sports shop, today known as "Mad Dogs", which was at various locations in Langley before returning to the Fraser Highway. The business has expanded into Abbotsford as well.

Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, Women's Auxiliary

Langley Legion

A veterans' organization, part of the larger Royal Canadian Legion. The RCL was founded in 1926. Its primary function is to serve veterans by giving them a community, and to serve Canadians in remembrance through their Annual Poppy Campaign.
Source: www.legion.ca/Home/WhatsNew_e.cfm

Legion

Royal Canadian Legion

Aldergrove, Branch #265. Langley City, Branch #21.

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