Old Pics of Chinatown

[Harewoodian]

Welcome to the forum jjones,thanks for posting your memory of the fire.

How was the dance??

[jjones]

The dances were always great fun! A local band, the Pacers use to play.

[Flugel Horn]

Here's a map from Nanaimo Museum of the different locations of Chinatowns in Nanaimo.

- It was the "3rd Chinatown" that has the 1960 fire.

[Flugel Horn]

Nanaimo Museum's temporary feature exhibit on Chinatown is now open. Check it out.

Also, Friday's Nanaimo Daily News is supposed to feature a story on the Chinatown fire. Let's see if they remember it.

Today, Sept 30th 2010 is the 50th anniversary of the fire.

[jjones]

I hope the Nanaimo Daily News recognizes this historic event. It is a way of passing on part of Nanaimo's history to the younger generation and those who are newcomers to Nanaimo.

[BigMac]

Both my dad, & grandather, who was fire chief at the time, fought the fire. I was 6 months old!!!

[jjones]

The fire was on my 15th birthday. I hear there is going to be a cover story in the paper today.

[sheena]

There is - right on the front page - http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/index.html

[BigMac]

Found a couple of interesting photos, courtesy of the Nanaimo Museum, first one is a menu from Chinatown in 1952, cheap chinese food!!!



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next is a 1909 map of Nanaimo & Chinatown




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