1929 - 1945

Years of Heartbreak, Years of Joy

              The BCE Victoria office picnic, 1938

The labour climate was relatively good until about 1929 and the Depression. After that it got very, very difficult. In the mid-'30s there were protest marches on Hastings Street. What could people do? They had no money. People were relying on handouts or help from relatives. A lot of people - married people included - were living on $65 a month.

--Ralph Purves

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