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Object Description

Object Name

Oral History

Recording

Object ID

SR-171

Title

David William Poppy Jr. oral history interview conducted by Catherine Ouellet on 17 Dec. 1996.

Extent

1 audio cassette.

Date

17 Dec. 1996.

Description

SR-171: Tracks 1 - 2 introduce the interview and D. W. Poppy Jr.
Tracks 3 - 8 discuss the post officer run by D. W. Poppy Sr. in the Poppy home. The postmaster's job is described. Complaints and problems caused by weather are discussed.
Track 9 discusses the modern postal service.
Track 10 mentions the closing of the Poppys' post office in 1917.
Track 11 concludes the interview.

People/Subject

Poppy House (D.W. Poppy Sr. Residence)

Poppy, David William, Jr.

David William Poppy was Mayor of the Township of Langley from 1967 - 1971, Reeve 1956 - 1967 and Councillor in 1944, 1946 - 1955.
Term Source: Roads & Other Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg 41(Pepin).

Poppy, David William, Sr.

David William Poppy, Sr. was born in Norfolk, England in 1861. He came to Canada in 1883 to work on a survey gang for the CPR, and lived in Vancouver for a time. In 1886 the fire that destroyed Vancouver ruined everything that Poppy owned, so he moved to a 160-acre property in Langley that year. He married Sarah Jane Best (1873-October 14, 1960) in 1905. Poppy was involved in politics, and was the first president of the Fort Langley and District Board of Trade in 1910. He was the Reeve of the Township of Langley from 1908 - 1913 and from 1919 - 1932. He was also a school trustee and worked as a police commissioner for a time. He attended St. Alban's Anglican Church. He apparently became disillusioned by economic conditions and retired from his political life in November 1932. Poppy died September 26, 1957.

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