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Reg Easingwood was born on March 23, 1924, in Vancouver. He grew up in Milner and Langley. He served as a mechanic during World War II, in England and France. Reg also served as councillor and mayor in Langley City.

Elford L. Nundal was born in Ballantyne, Alberta on July 30, 1919. He moved to Langley with his parents Samuel Henry Nundal (1890?-1961) and Catherine Nundal (1882?-1973). He graduated from veterinary college at Guelph Ontario at the top of his class in 1943, and founded the Langley Animal Clinic in Langley. During WWII he was a member of the War Time Bureau Technical Personnel. He served as a Langley school trustee in the 1950s, and was a Township of Langley Alderman 1975-1985. Nundal was elected Township mayor in a by-election in 1985 after the death of W. C. Blair, and served as mayor until he retired from politics in 1986. In October 1991 he was awarded the B.C. Veterinary Association's M.C. Award of Merit, recognizing his outstanding contribution to the veterinary profession. Nundal and his wife, Ada ( -1984) had three daughters: Joanne, Sharon, and Carol.
Term Source: The majority of this information was provided by tributes to Nundal published in the Langley Times and Langley Advance in January 1992.

The W. C. Blair Recreation Centre officially opened on December 15, 1986. The original opening date was scheduled for October 1 of that year, but a 5 week worker's strike during the construction pushed the date back. The wave pool inside the Recreation Centre was B.C.'s first wave pool.