Dear Editor:
With all the changes coming to wonderful Lynn Valley, I’m on a mission to keep the rich history of our wonderful neighbourhood alive. Every teacher on the North Shore should be made aware of a video made of an interview with pioneer Walter Draycott by Bill Baker. It brings alive what it was like in Lynn Valley in the early 1900s.
Walter Draycott was an amazing man who gave a clear recollection of his life in Lynn Valley during Bill Baker’s interview. This video is archived at North Vancouver Museum and Archives. After speaking with a wonderful volunteer who helped me trace this video, she is going to transfer the video to a digital format that anyone will be able to download to their own computer.
Presently, the NVMA is displaying a page each day from Walter Draycott’s memoirs during the Great War. Monday, April 9 (was) his entry from Vimy Ridge from 1917.
What a way for us to remember our 100 centenary of that awful war from one of our own local heroes. His diary can be followed daily at greatwarchronicle.ca. Learn more about our local history at nvma.ca.
Janice Beesley
North Vancouver
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