Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Oral History

Recording

Object ID

SR-115

Title

Edwin Robert Tregunna and Violet Bessie Tregunna, nee Overbeck, oral history interview conducted by Warren Sommer on 30 Sep.1980.

Extent

1 audio cassette.

Date

30 Sep. 1980.

Description

SR-115: Tracks 1 - 8 discuss the development of the West Langley Community Hall in the 1930s. Mrs. R. Harley, W. Muench, and Bruce Nixon are mentioned. Penn Hall is discussed.
Track 9 describes agriculture in Langley.
Track 10 describes Tregunna's mining work.
Track 11 discusses Japanese farmers.
Tracks 12 - 18 continue to discuss the West Langley Community Hall, its functions, and its facilities. The Community Hall Association is described as non-political.
Track 19 discusses the fire which destroyed the community hall in 1976, and the building of the new hall.

People/Subject

Japanese Canadians

Tregunna, Violet Bessie (nee Overbeck)

A member of the West Langley Community Hall Association. Violet Bessie married Edwin Robert Tregunna and they had two children: Bruce, who was born on 20 Sep., 1937, and Shirley, who was born on 30 Mar., 1944. Bruce predeceased his parents when he died on September 13, 1975.

West Langley Community Hall

The original West Langley Community Hall was located near the intersection of 208th Street and 96th Avenue. It was built to provide local residents with a gathering place for social and sports activities. It was opened in 1934, extended in 1942 to add a kitchen, and again in 1972 to add a basement. Indoor plumbing was added in 1962. It burnt down on March 26, 1976. A new West Langley Community Hall was rebuilt about 150 yards east of the original site, beside West Langley Park, and was officially opened on November 5, 1977. The West Langley Community Hall Association was incorporated as a Society in 1947 and dissolved in 1997.

Opens in a new window.

Argus v4.4.2.32 - Langley Centennial Museum