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Eleanor "Nora" Black had two brothers and fours sisters. The family moved from England to Cranbrook, BC. Nora married Gordon Bishop. They had met in Vancouver where he worked at the David Spencer Store. They lived in the third house west of St. Joseph's Catholic Church on the Fraser Highway in Langley. They had one son, Stan, who with wife Phyllis, had a son named Randy. They owned the Reliable Cycle Shop on Fraser Highway, next to Plewe's Drug Store. This shop not only had bikes, but sold all kinds of sports equipment and at Christmas time carred a great variety of children's toys.
Nora clerked in the store and was a very active community volunteer. She was involved with the Ladies Auxilliary of the Langley Legion, and was particularly active when they were building the Legion premises.
Nora had a great alto soprano voice and was often called Langley's "Kate Smith." She always sang at the service on November 11th and at many concerts supporting community affairs. She was a member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and sang in the choir. Nora also did a lot of work to support senior citizens, and was inolved in the building and running of the Langley Lodge, along with the Langley Lions Club. Randy Bishop, Nora's grandson, is still the proprietor of a sports shop, today known as "Mad Dogs", which was at various locations in Langley before returning to the Fraser Highway. The business has expanded into Abbotsford as well.

Also known as the Langley Personal Care Lodge.
Concept began in 1971, spearheaded by Roy Brown. The doors officially opened in 1974. It had 172 persnal bed care services. Since then, the Lodge has been upgraded multiple times to keep up with the demand for senior care in Langley. In 1978, the Langley Lodge entered the Ministry of Health - Long Term Care Program to help with services.
In 1983, the "Adopt the Langley Lodge" campaign was launched. This campaign raised over $172,000 that went to upgrades in the bulding and services.

Source: www.langleylodge.org

George Preston was born and raised in Victoria, B.C. After a formal education, he joined the Underwood Corporation, working in the Accounting Machine Division. He later joined the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company in Victoria, and was subsequently transferred to Vancouver, where he spent four years. The company then transferred him to Saginaw, Michigan, and then to Boston. He then returned to Canada to enter the automotive business. In 1957 George married Iris, and they had one son, Richard, and two daughters, Diane and Robin. George joined the Liberal party in 1957, where he was actively involved in the elections. He was an active Kinsmen for 15 years, serving on the executive and as vice-president; was a member of the Peace Arch Shrine Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and took part in the activities of the Polio Foundation. George has taught Business Administration courses in the Langley Night School system, and was the president of Preston Chevrolet-Oldsmobile. He was the mayor of the Township of Langley from 1972 -1976, and again from 1980-1982.