A Time to Remember
This clip is part of a larger production on the history of the Alberta Avenue neighbourhood.
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And The Show Goes On….
Exciting news! The Ave We Had history project will be continuing on into phase two.
We were recently accepted for a generous grant from the Avenue Revitalization Initiative. The grant is to go towards developing a historic walking tour in the Southwest of the Alberta Avenue neighbourhood.
The intention with this project is to develop…
Burns Meat Packing Plant
BY EDMONTON JOURNAL, EDMONTON JOURNAL
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Sept+1911+Burns+starts+work+packing+plant/7298244/story.html
When work began on the $1-million P. Burns & Co. (later Burns Foods) packing plant at 76th Street and 120th Avenue, it was considered one of the most significant industrial events in the city’s history.
For several decades, Edmonton was the hub of the meat-processing industry in Western Canada.…
In Search of the Unseen Details
Not many people today can claim to have nearly drowned in Rat Creek, and it will likely be a long time before the opportunity presents itself again.
It was a cool day, early in winter, the leaves were gone and the ice covering the creek was deceptive, not yet thick enough to support even the…
Myhre’s Music
Myhre’s Music began on April 1st, 1967 as ‘House of Banjo’, a small business located on 95th street and 102nd avenue. In 1969, House of Banjo moved to the Woodcroft area just north of the Westmount Shopping Center. After two more moves it found itself at its present location of 8735-118 Avenue.
It began when…
