Valleyview Hospital

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  • Valleyview Hospital was a geriatric care unit on Riverview Hospital grounds. It originally opened in 1936, housed in the buildings that were used by the old Boy’s Industrial School at Coquitlam. At this time it was known as the Home for the Aged, a name taken from the Provincial Act under which it functioned. Over time, more buildings were added to the Homes for the Aged. Additionally, two other Homes for the Aged were opened and operated by the Mental Health Services Branch in Vernon in 1949 (Dellview) and Terrace in 1950 (Skeenaview). In 1959, the Admission and Infirmary Building for the Aged, also known as Valleyview 300 opened. The series of buildings were collectively renamed Valleyview Hospital. In 1986 Valleyview and Riverview Hospital amalgamated under one operational umbrella. Valleyview Pavilion operated until 2012, when Riverview Hospital closed, and the Valleyview Pavilion was demolished in 2016.

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Valleyview Hospital

  • UF Home for the Aged
  • UF Homes for the Aged

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William Headridge collected materials

William Headridge (1887-1959) was an attendant at Essondale Hospital and became the chief steward in 1940. William was born in Alloa, Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1913. He started at Essondale Hosptial that year. He married Ida May Healey (1896-1978) in 1915 and they lived in likely Cottage 118 on Essondale grounds. They had three children, May Jean (Billie) Headridge (1916-1962), John Morris (Jack) Headridge (1919-1989) and Gordon McKay Headridge (1920-2000). After William became chief steward, the family moved into Cottage 110.

This file contains Headridge's diary, correspondence, and military, pension and financial records. Notably it includes photographs of the Headridge family and Essondale Hospital, and also contains a photo album labelled "Headridge album 194-?". These photographs depict Ida May's extended Healey family (originally from Manitoba), vacations to Revelstoke, B. C., the Headridges wearing their army uniforms in preparation of the Second World War, as well as many unknown friends and family to the Headridges. A series of photographs depict the children of Billie Headridge, namely Brian Bovet, and likely the unnamed daughter of Gordon Headridge.

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