Editor:
Hmmm. New Westminster has historically always been the big city in the region. My 86-year-old mother can tell me stories of her shopping trips, snuggled in their family sedan, between her Swedish Grandma and her English one: women of great girth and character. On the road from Hammond (now part of Maple Ridge) to the big city of New Westminster. A very exciting outing for an eight-year-old child.
I say this because New West was never a small town. It was never the mostly farming communities of Burnaby or, God forbid, Richmond, Coquitlam or Surrey.
Its richly appointed grand homes make Shaughnessy's look, well, cheap.
My point is ... time moves on. New West moves on. But I think, after some decay, over the last 40 years, New Westminster is alive again. With the tinkling laughter, wonder and joy of the eight-year-old.
Lori Pederson
