This day in history:March 11, 1935 - The Bank of Canada was founded. Its first home in Vancouver was in Page House at 330 West Pender Street, famous for its stained-glass ceiling. “Back then,” Robin Ajello has written, “bank robberies were a popular craze, so the bank had a machine gun installed to defend the enlarged vault that at one time held all of the bank's B.C. assets. Cash was safely lugged in and out along a since-walled-off tunnel that ran underground to West Hastings Street.”
(Taken from "The History of Metropolitan Vancouver", one of my favorite sites!)
posted by Deb at 11:29 PM
8 Comments:
My father is a history buff. I know he'll enjoy the site and then I also know my mom will have to endure, "Hey, come here, you have to hear this!"
Wow, old money, no loonies or toonies back then and now they want to rid us of the penny. Actually, ok w/me. Nice post.
Deb, another Canadian
I just came by to tell you I had just met the other Deb. I thought it was you at first and so wrote a comment thinking I was talking to you. You two are going to have to come up with some kind of code name. BoxedDeb and ToiletpaperDeb?
tc...I found it so interesting. I'll be posting a lot of tidbits from there. I'm like your Dad - my kids get tired of the "hey come here's".
deb...welcome aboard. I wouldn't miss the dirty old pennies either. What part of Canada are you in?
can get confusing, hey tc? But mine will always have my pic :)
So, what is the exchange rate on the U.S./Canadian currency?
I wish my bank had a machine gun by the vault. That would be pretty cool.
jr...not sure at the moment. Never get down there anymore to spend any $$.
Barb...how cool is that?
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