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Bill Cunningham seems to have been a photographer with THE PROVINCE in Vancouver. A stamp on one image lists his address as 870 Elveden Row, West Vancouver, BC.

Alexander Campbell Hope was born on August 4, 1894, to Charles Edward and Lily Dawson Hope, nee Mavis. He served with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. He married Mabel Isabel Andrews on April 29, 1922. He served on the Langley school board from 1930-1932 and was a municipal councilor for Ward Four for another three years. He became reeve of Langley in 1936 and served for 11 years. Hope went on to serve in the Coalition government from 1945-1952 and was also a member of the agricultural advisory board. He was one of the founding fathers of the B.C. Artificial Insemination Center for dairy cattle, and was involved with several agricultural organizations, including the B.C. Certified Seed Potato Growers' Association, where he served as chairman for a number of years, the B.C. Federation of Agriculture, the Salmon River Dyking Commission, and the Langley Farmer's Institute.

In addition to his commitments to farming and agriculture, Hope was also president of the Fort Langley Community Improvement Society, served two terms as president of Fort Langley Restoration Society, was a member of The Native Sons of B.C., and was chairman of the Langley Centennial Celebration Committee from 1964-1967. He was actively involved at St. George's Parish Church, serving in all offices, and supported the Conservative Party, participating in party affairs within Langley and the lower mainland. At the same time he managed and operated a large farm raising dairy cattle and sheep, with the help of his family. He also grew acres of vegetables and hay and owned a large holly orchard. Alexander Campbell Hope died on August 25, 1978.
Term Source: HPC Record (HOPEC-3/284); HPC Record (HPC-365/1134)

Mabel Isabelle Andrews was born in Vancouver on November 14, 1896. She married Alexander Campbell Hope on April 29, 1922. They had four sons: Ernest, Charles, Philip and Laurence. She died January 7, 1990, and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.

This house, located at 22926 Rawlison Cres., Fort Langley, was built for lumber magnate John Hendry as a recreational property several years before World War I. Hendry had a vast lumber empire, including B.C. Mills, Timber, and Trading Co.. Toody Wilson (b. 1908) remembers that when she was young, the Ziegler "castle" was owned by a seamstress who had a son younger than her. This might have been Hendry's widow, as Fritz Ziegler bought the house from her in 1939 and built it up into the castle it became. Ziegler worked over the years to make this home a castle, naming it Schloss Klipphaus after a castle built by one of his forefathers in 1528 near Dresden, Germany. The house also became known as Monk's Hall, due to the number of concrete monks that adorned the front entrance. During WWII Fritz Ziegler was interred at three different camps for German and Italian "aliens" and prisoners of war, but in 1943 he was released and placed under house arrest in his Fort Langley home. Fritz was appointed Consul of Monaco in 1965, and Consul General in 1978, and Prince Ranier, Princess Grace, and children Caroline, Albert and Stephanie may have visited the house. Fritz and his wife, Harriet, began opening their house to tours by the public in 1960 and giving the proceeds to charities and St. George's Anglican Church, of which they were members. Fritz died on August 21, 1996, at the age of 94. His widowed second wife, Nancy, stayed in the house until her death in approximately 2006. Most of the house was demolished in approximately 2006, but the chapel was saved and was attached to the new house on the site.

Fritz Alfred Wilhelm Ziegler was born in Germany in 1902, to parents Wanda and Fritz Ziegler, a chemist. The family moved to Canada and took up residence in Vancouver in 1911, became citizens in 1913, and in 1914 started "Ziegler's Chocolates." They eventually had eight stores in Vancouver and one in New Westminster. When the senior Fritz Ziegler died in 1923, Wanda, Fritz and sister Alma continued running the stores until 1956. The Ziegler family purchased a property on Rawlison Cres. in Fort Langley in 1939, which included a two story farmhouse. Fritz worked over the years to make this home a castle, naming it Schloss Klipphaus after a castle built by one of his forefathers in 1528 near Dresden, Germany. The house also became known as Monk's Hall, due to the number of concrete monks that adorned the front entrance. During WWII Fritz Ziegler was interred at three different camps for German and Italian "aliens" and prisoners of war, but in 1943 he was released and placed under house arrest in Fort Langley. Fritz married Harriet Louise Bowell, great granddaughter of Canada's fifth Prime Minister McKenzie Bowell, on September 22, 1943. After she passed away in 1971, Fritz married her sister, Nancy Bowell. Nancy and Harriet's father was the Bowell of Bowell MacLean (BowMac Motors), the Vancouver landmark. Fritz was a friend of King Peter of Yugoslavia who bestowed two knighthoods upon him and asked him to carry on the charitable work of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitalers. He was appointed Consul of Monaco in 1965, and Consul General in 1978, and Prince Ranier, Princess Grace, and children Caroline, Albert and Stephanie visited. He was involved in the Langley Centennial Museum Committee, a founding member of the Langley Arts Council, and a president of the Langley St. John's Ambulance Society. Fritz and his wife began opening their house to tours by the public in 1960 and giving the proceeds to charities and St. George's Anglican Church, of which they were members. Fritz died on August 21,1996, at the age of 94.