Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2010.001.1061

Title

People on a walk on a nature trail.

Date

[197-?].

Description

Group of people on a walk on a nature trail. Art and Dorothy Brooks are in the back of the line. There are many people of all ages walking across what looks like a wooden set of stairs attached to a bridge. There is a sign near the top, but it is facing away from the camera.

People/Subject

Brooks, Arthur (Art)

Arthur Brooks was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England on December 21, 1914. His parents, George William (b. November 11, 1888) and Eleanor May Brooks (née Shepherd) immigrated to Edmonton in 1922 where Art continued school until 1932. The family bought land in the Coghlan area in 1935 and developed a dairy herd. Art married Dorothy Abbot, August 15, 1939, and they had a son, Robert, in 1940. Art played a leading role in the Farmer's Institute and was president for 11 years. After a dispute with the Agricultural Production Board, he gave up his wartime exemption and enrolled in the army in 1945. After the war, Art returned to dairy farming and his father took on a political role as Reeve of Langley Township for some years. Art served as an alderman from 1975 to 1979.

Argus v4.3.6.40 - Langley Centennial Museum