Wonderful video. Brings back so many great memories. I grew up in 14955 and then 14949 Marine Drive through the 80s and 90s, right where the pictures were taken for the north side of the station. My parents ran the Bayview Restaurant, and then the Marine Market. I worked at the store when I was 10 years old selling pop and cigarettes to our lovely customers. My brother and I used to go to the beach all the time, ride our bikes on the promenade, go crabbing at the pier, dig for geoducks in the sand (they make the best clam chowder!)... I remember all the names of the shops in the neighbourhood in the 1986 pictures. The Futon shop on Vidal used to be a pharmacy, with an Army & Navy Pub next to it where we used to do Chinese food deliveries, the Bank of Montreal which became Marine Market, Bayview Restaurant, then an empty lot which was a mini-golf for a few years, then Mrs. Walls' thrift store. I used to go to her thrift store all the time back when I was a kid. She was so kind, and I got many toys there. There used to be a great take-out fish & chips shop just west of the station, which got torn down to make way for more parking. I also remember when the Elm Street subway got sealed up and turned into more parking spaces, and remembering thinking it was a bad idea. Then in 1999 it proved to be a bad idea when a big rainstorm came and blocks of Marine Drive flooded because the water had no place to go.
Great video. My Mom and Dad donated the Pier Arch in 2010. My company designed & engineered it and had it built. I grew up on Marine drive 13836. The house that my Dad built is gone now, was torn down in 2022. My parents bought the property on Marine drive in 1980 at the time it was a little house built by the owner. That house was torn down around 1983 and my father built a new house on it. The owner of the little house at the time was more than 90 years old, I think his last name was Frye. He told us that he was one of the workers that did the plumbing on the Titanic and the Olympic. After my parents purchased the little house I went up into the attic and found a leather bag behind the chimney stack and it said White Star Line, it was completely dry rotted. I guess it was his tool bag.
I really enjoyed watching this video. We moved here in 1987 and my mom and dad use to stay at a campground that really was closer to Crescent Beach. Someone with a lot of property allowed people to stay on the property. I’d leave my 3yr old son with them during the week while I worked in North Vancouver. We have great memories of that timeframe. I loved seeing the White Rock of old(1914-1986). I had friends that use to stay in cottages in White Rock for the summer back in the 50’s&60’s. I think I would have loved White Rock in the 70’s. It wouldn’t have been commercialized and outrageously expensive to live the way it is now. Thank you. I really enjoyed your video!!
I knew White Rock since 1973 and in the mid 80’s move away. It is remarkable how much it changed in the late 80’s and 90’s to where now it is a very different place. Kids back in the day ran free and had little or no restrictions. We went out in the morning on sunny days ( no sun screen) and did not come home till the street lights came on. No one locked their doors and kids did not have house keys. The beach was covered in drift wood and as teenagers we would meet up on the beach trying to avoid the cops at all costs. In the summer we lived on or at the end of the pier. Spending our days swimming off the dock catching crabs and bull heads for bait. No supervision no lifeguards we just watched out for each other. On one occasion a friend and I saved an older teenager from drowning on the other side of the rocks by swimming out to him and bringing him in. In those days no one had a camera or smart phone so there are very few pictures of us from that time. It was really cool to see all the old pictures from long before my time and the ones after. Great job, it will be interesting to see it in 20 more years!
My earliest memory is taking the train from Los Angeles to White Rock in 1960, a few months shy of my third birthday. My grandmother picked us up at the station. My grandparents had a small beach house a few blocks from the beach. I remember the rock, picking blackberries and getting the car door closed on my finger. Good memories, except for the finger.
Oh my I'm so happy I found this, thanks for creating this video! My great gandmother settled on a 5 acre plot at 2091 Nichol st (140) in the 40's for $500, born there and has always been home.
I grew up on Columbia Ave (15539) back in the 50s. I go back often to walk the neighbourhood and the beach, which was never far away. Oddly enough, White Rock has lost none of its charm. I've lived in many different places but none will ever compare to what I feel and sense when I visit White Rock. Thank you for this video ... well done!!
Really great job of putting this one together. I'm glad you have the foresight to take the third images of the same locations. Those too will go down in history! Keep up the excellent work. I very much appreciate it.
I this was so fantastic. I love Elm street in particular and hope to see the remaining historic homes stay. Someone else mentioned seeing more on Marine and Stayte area and I agree! I'm always trying to find information on that side of White Rock and it's difficult to find. Plus The Little Campbell River. I do know that had a small history with WR too.
Thanks for the memories. I moved to White Rock in 1967, and left for Langley in 73. I remember the restaurant on the East , and the post office at the end of the pier. Some funny fact for back then: The White Rock Fire Department was on Johnson Road just North of North Bluff. So really it was on 152nd street in Surrey. There was a special driver's licence for residents who couldn't keep their normal licence. It was the White Rock Driver's licence that only allowed for the driving within the bounds of White Rock. When we lived on Buena Vista at the corner of State/160th Street our neighbour, a retired engineer, lived two houses down State and had a White Rock licence. When he wanted to drive he had to leave his drive and then turn South on to State. If he turned North he would have been in violation of his licence. The same when he returned, again he had to stay on the State side of the street. (I noticed on the maps they have changed the spelling of State to Stayte).
I agree! I keep hoping to see that area because I live there. I have a book a purchased from the museum and there was a small snippet of the SFN pedestrian bridge and the old mill that was by the beach on their land with a couple photos. I also know there were apple orchards before homes were built. I like to think the little apple tree growing by the river is a product of an apple that fell then but I don't know haha. Hard to get information on this side of white rock!
@@sl3772At the corner of State Rd. & Marine Drive - up to 8th...was once a farm. There definitely needs to be more history shared about the families in the area at that time. The A-frame farmhouse is still there...just a few houses up from Marine in the left hand side as you're coming up from Marine. It has a sloped roof down one side.
@lalani888blue that's so interesting thank you for the reply! I'm so interested in this side of white rock as I live by the river. I'm trying to figure out which house you mean, is it up 8 Ave? Or Stayte? I know the apartment buildings on the corner were built early 80s and anything before that I have no clue! Edit: is it the one behind the apartment building on Stayte?
Awesome! More please 😁 I can't remember the name of the little restaurant across from the pier we used to eat in when I lived there 75-77. My girlfriends were waitresses there . There was an all you can eat crab place next door I think and other than that I can't remember there being any other restaurants on Marine Dr? Everything was uptown
Hi Alannah, in 1977 there were three restaurants in the area just west of Martin Street: Don’s Ocean Beach Diner at 14995 Marine; McBride’s Restaurant at 15015; and Betty and Jo’s at 15021. Thanks very much for your feedback about the video. They are a lot of fun to make, and we’re going to post more of them. (Hugh)
@@WhiteRockMuseumThank you Hugh! Do you have any photos of them? Just went on street view and looks like McBrides, which is ringing bells now, was where CCTV is while Betty and Joes was the right side of the current Kyou Sushi. If Betty and Joe's was known for their all you can eat crab then CCTV was McBrides and the hippie's favorite brunch spot. When I turned the cam around that ocean pier view lines up perfectly with what I remember. The layout inside is kind of the same (could it be a reno and not a new rebuild?) and if that hydro pole in front is 43 years old then that is my pole... a whole other story 🙄. My (late ex)husband's family were living there from the late 50's. Oh Hugh this is so much fun cause I have nothing but glorious life changing memories from my time there ...and then.
McBrides was a gr8 spot run by ruth and her daughters and friends.. kinda like home...the food was good and the atmosphere was friendly with all the locals...service was always good altho' a tad too quick one day as l had annoyed Viv...my order came flying out the pickup window on wings...lol it amused those who were there to say the least...loved White Rock and wish everyone well...
Yes we all can stop the "High Rise Mentality" in past White Rock Councils had pandered too.! Now today in 2022.?? i pray i can make a change, and preserve the history of this city that i proudly live in today.
Wonderful video. Brings back so many great memories. I grew up in 14955 and then 14949 Marine Drive through the 80s and 90s, right where the pictures were taken for the north side of the station. My parents ran the Bayview Restaurant, and then the Marine Market. I worked at the store when I was 10 years old selling pop and cigarettes to our lovely customers. My brother and I used to go to the beach all the time, ride our bikes on the promenade, go crabbing at the pier, dig for geoducks in the sand (they make the best clam chowder!)... I remember all the names of the shops in the neighbourhood in the 1986 pictures. The Futon shop on Vidal used to be a pharmacy, with an Army & Navy Pub next to it where we used to do Chinese food deliveries, the Bank of Montreal which became Marine Market, Bayview Restaurant, then an empty lot which was a mini-golf for a few years, then Mrs. Walls' thrift store. I used to go to her thrift store all the time back when I was a kid. She was so kind, and I got many toys there. There used to be a great take-out fish & chips shop just west of the station, which got torn down to make way for more parking. I also remember when the Elm Street subway got sealed up and turned into more parking spaces, and remembering thinking it was a bad idea. Then in 1999 it proved to be a bad idea when a big rainstorm came and blocks of Marine Drive flooded because the water had no place to go.
Great video. My Mom and Dad donated the Pier Arch in 2010. My company designed & engineered it and had it built. I grew up on Marine drive 13836. The house that my Dad built is gone now, was torn down in 2022. My parents bought the property on Marine drive in 1980 at the time it was a little house built by the owner. That house was torn down around 1983 and my father built a new house on it. The owner of the little house at the time was more than 90 years old, I think his last name was Frye. He told us that he was one of the workers that did the plumbing on the Titanic and the Olympic. After my parents purchased the little house I went up into the attic and found a leather bag behind the chimney stack and it said White Star Line, it was completely dry rotted. I guess it was his tool bag.
I really enjoyed watching this video. We moved here in 1987 and my mom and dad use to stay at a campground that really was closer to Crescent Beach. Someone with a lot of property allowed people to stay on the property. I’d leave my 3yr old son with them during the week while I worked in North Vancouver.
We have great memories of that timeframe. I loved seeing the White Rock of old(1914-1986).
I had friends that use to stay in cottages in White Rock for the summer back in the 50’s&60’s. I think I would have loved White Rock in the 70’s. It wouldn’t have been commercialized and outrageously expensive to live the way it is now.
Thank you. I really enjoyed your video!!
Great Job.Thanks
I knew White Rock since 1973 and in the mid 80’s move away. It is remarkable how much it changed in the late 80’s and 90’s to where now it is a very different place. Kids back in the day ran free and had little or no restrictions. We went out in the morning on sunny days ( no sun screen) and did not come home till the street lights came on. No one locked their doors and kids did not have house keys. The beach was covered in drift wood and as teenagers we would meet up on the beach trying to avoid the cops at all costs. In the summer we lived on or at the end of the pier. Spending our days swimming off the dock catching crabs and bull heads for bait. No supervision no lifeguards we just watched out for each other. On one occasion a friend and I saved an older teenager from drowning on the other side of the rocks by swimming out to him and bringing him in. In those days no one had a camera or smart phone so there are very few pictures of us from that time. It was really cool to see all the old pictures from long before my time and the ones after. Great job, it will be interesting to see it in 20 more years!
very informatvive thank you!
I love your calm voice & teaching us about our beloved city in the ‘Old days’ !
Love this Hugh🙋
My earliest memory is taking the train from Los Angeles to White Rock in 1960, a few months shy of my third birthday. My grandmother picked us up at the station. My grandparents had a small beach house a few blocks from the beach. I remember the rock, picking blackberries and getting the car door closed on my finger. Good memories, except for the finger.
Oh my I'm so happy I found this, thanks for creating this video! My great gandmother settled on a 5 acre plot at 2091 Nichol st (140) in the 40's for $500, born there and has always been home.
I grew up on Columbia Ave (15539) back in the 50s. I go back often to walk the neighbourhood and the
beach, which was never far away. Oddly enough, White Rock has lost none of its charm. I've lived in many
different places but none will ever compare to what I feel and sense when I visit White Rock. Thank you
for this video ... well done!!
Really great job of putting this one together. I'm glad you have the foresight to take the third images of the same locations. Those too will go down in history! Keep up the excellent work. I very much appreciate it.
I this was so fantastic. I love Elm street in particular and hope to see the remaining historic homes stay.
Someone else mentioned seeing more on Marine and Stayte area and I agree! I'm always trying to find information on that side of White Rock and it's difficult to find. Plus The Little Campbell River. I do know that had a small history with WR too.
Great video. Props to both gentlemen for doing that. Hopefully it continues.
Thanks
Thanks for the memories. I moved to White Rock in 1967, and left for Langley in 73. I remember the restaurant on the East , and the post office at the end of the pier. Some funny fact for back then:
The White Rock Fire Department was on Johnson Road just North of North Bluff. So really it was on 152nd street in Surrey.
There was a special driver's licence for residents who couldn't keep their normal licence. It was the White Rock Driver's licence that only allowed for the driving within the bounds of White Rock. When we lived on Buena Vista at the corner of State/160th Street our neighbour, a retired engineer, lived two houses down State and had a White Rock licence. When he wanted to drive he had to leave his drive and then turn South on to State. If he turned North he would have been in violation of his licence. The same when he returned, again he had to stay on the State side of the street. (I noticed on the maps they have changed the spelling of State to Stayte).
It would be so amazing to see vintage photos of Stayte & Marine area. The farms and the reserve too💜💌
I agree! I keep hoping to see that area because I live there. I have a book a purchased from the museum and there was a small snippet of the SFN pedestrian bridge and the old mill that was by the beach on their land with a couple photos. I also know there were apple orchards before homes were built. I like to think the little apple tree growing by the river is a product of an apple that fell then but I don't know haha. Hard to get information on this side of white rock!
@@sl3772At the corner of State Rd. & Marine Drive - up to 8th...was once a farm. There definitely needs to be more history shared about the families in the area at that time. The A-frame farmhouse is still there...just a few houses up from Marine in the left hand side as you're coming up from Marine. It has a sloped roof down one side.
@lalani888blue that's so interesting thank you for the reply! I'm so interested in this side of white rock as I live by the river. I'm trying to figure out which house you mean, is it up 8 Ave? Or Stayte? I know the apartment buildings on the corner were built early 80s and anything before that I have no clue!
Edit: is it the one behind the apartment building on Stayte?
Awesome! More please 😁 I can't remember the name of the little restaurant across from the pier we used to eat in when I lived there 75-77. My girlfriends were waitresses there . There was an all you can eat crab place next door I think and other than that I can't remember there being any other restaurants on Marine Dr? Everything was uptown
Hi Alannah, in 1977 there were three restaurants in the area just west of Martin Street: Don’s Ocean Beach Diner at 14995 Marine; McBride’s Restaurant at 15015; and Betty and Jo’s at 15021.
Thanks very much for your feedback about the video. They are a lot of fun to make, and we’re going to post more of them. (Hugh)
@@WhiteRockMuseumThank you Hugh! Do you have any photos of them? Just went on street view and looks like McBrides, which is ringing bells now, was where CCTV is while Betty and Joes was the right side of the current Kyou Sushi. If Betty and Joe's was known for their all you can eat crab then CCTV was McBrides and the hippie's favorite brunch spot. When I turned the cam around that ocean pier view lines up perfectly with what I remember. The layout inside is kind of the same (could it be a reno and not a new rebuild?) and if that hydro pole in front is 43 years old then that is my pole... a whole other story 🙄. My (late ex)husband's family were living there from the late 50's. Oh Hugh this is so much fun cause I have nothing but glorious life changing memories from my time there ...and then.
McBrides was a gr8 spot run by ruth and her daughters and friends.. kinda like home...the food was good and the atmosphere was friendly with all the locals...service was always good altho' a tad too quick one day as l had annoyed Viv...my order came flying out the pickup window on wings...lol it amused those who were there to say the least...loved White Rock and wish everyone well...
Yes we all can stop the "High Rise Mentality" in past White Rock Councils had pandered too.! Now today in 2022.?? i pray i can make a change, and preserve the history of this city that i proudly live in today.
lets do skateboard history!
2:39 wow, i didnt expect that the railroad crossing had a mechanical bell, first it had type 2 gs e bell, and the the crossing was replaced.
You should probably change the name to brown rock now..