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Langley Prairie became Langley City in 1955.

Built in 1920 but more commonly known as the Calow Block for well known barber Thomas J. Calow.
See Also: Calow Block

George Young Timms was born in England in 1842. He married Harriet Hodiah Harris (1844-1929) in 1863, and soon after he headed to New York, where he looked for work as a journeyman printer. From there, they moved to Ottawa, and then Toronto. Having secured work, he sent for his family - his wife, four children, George Frederick (Fred) (b. 1864), Esther Matilda (b.1866), Gertrude Harriet (Gertie) (b. 1868), Arthur Hubert (Art) (b.1872) and Harriet's parents, Thomas and Harriet Harris. Other children followed: Philip Thomas (b. 1874), Vivian Richard (b.1878) and Edward (Ted) James (b. 1880). In about 1897 George and Harriet moved to Vancouver, and by 1911 they had moved to Langley with several of their adult children. They built a large craftsman style house just south of the B.C.E.R. Station on Langley Prairie (site of today's City Hall on Douglas Crescent and Topping Road - 204th Street). The family was very influential in early Langley Prairie, starting two short lived newspapers (Langley Journal and Langley Press), two feed operations, the Timms Market Garden Co., a printing business, a large theatre in the Theatre block, a café, and a confectionary.