Collingwood Corner:
3595 Kingsway, Collingwood Autoworkers circa 1942 by Loretta Houben Bill Steffensen shared these two photos on the Nostalgic/ Sentimental Vancouver Facebook group and gave permission to share them with RCC News readers.
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His great-grandmother and
his mother (the little girl) are standing on the sidewalk at 3595 Kingsway, which is the shop just behind them on the left. In the distance is the intersection of Kingsway and Boundary. On the right you can see a tall brick building, which is the BC Telephone Dexter Exchange. The white building next to it is the Central Park Funeral Home, later the Technocracy 1942, Bill Steffensen’s great grandmother and his mother, standing at 3595 Kingsway. Building and now a Buddhist Photos courtesy of Bill Steffenson temple.
Bill’s grandfather, Lesley
Trotter, owned the Collingwood Autoworkers shop, and his grandmother ran a beauty salon in the same building. His great-uncle Hilton Trotter is in the second photo. He was in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the time. Bill’s mother, Doreen Trotter, is
the little girl in both photos. Just past the autoworkers shop is the Central Park Sash and Door, and near the corner is Robertson’s Bakeries at 3665 Kingsway. These photos are nearly 80 years old, and it’s interesting to see how the area has changed in that time.
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Businesses in 1942 located near Kingsway and Boundary, from the B.C. directories. Image courtesy of Loretta Houben
1942, Bill Steffensen’s great-uncle Hilton Trotter, standing near the Collingwood Auto Workers shop at 3595 Kingsway, with his mother, Doreen Trotter.
