Nanaimo Area Historical Photos

[tailtwister]

I think the coolest sign in that entire photo is just to the left of the Copp Shoes sign - the big teapot --- Overwaitea... 3 years before Jim Pattison bought the chain and 50 years after the first Overwaitea opened in New Westminster.

[Flugel Horn]

From a family album:



The date: August 1964.

The setting:
- The front-door of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Harewood, which is still there today. Corner of Harewood Rd., 4th Street, and Shepherd Ave.

The view:
- looking to the background, which is the corner of 4th-and-Bruce as it was in the 1960's. That would be a service-station back there.

No "Fun Center" yet.

The car:
- my Uncle's cool car

The people:
- My mom, grandfather, and her brides-maid.

[Harewoodian]

Great photo Flugel,thanks for posting it.

Please post more old Harewood shots if you have them.

[Nostradama]

I agree with Harewoodian. Please keep these old pictures coming. I'd really enjoy that.

[riverrat]

You can see the fire station's "tower" or whatever (for drying the hoses?) in the background!

So, the building at right -- is that "Lite-On Computers" now, or is that building now gone?

[Harewoodian]

So, the building at right -- is that "Lite-On Computers" now, or is that building now gone?

YES I do believe it is.

[BigMac]

Yes I believe that is the Liteon Computer house. The gas station is the old Calverley Gas Station,again I believe?!! And the car is a very well taken care of 1959 Chevy Impala. I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong? Excellent photo as usuall Flugel!! Trying to remember the name of the station on 5th and Bruce, we talked about it here before, slips my mind though? Stan , where are you?!!! Saw him all loaded down with metal yesterday!!

[MDavis]

Here's that place on Wallace St by Fitzwilliam, September 2006:



Has that place ever been open?

Someone should update this area in photos, because all these buildings have been renovated, quite nicely.

[Spence]

5th and Bruce was Harewood Texaco, run by Tom Kulai. My father had his car serviced there religiously.

[nanaimotrish]

Does anybody know of any photos taken of Westwood Lake when it was originally a farm owned by William Joseph Westwood "pre" 1872 time of his death? I am curious how it looked.