It was a glorious day on Saturday, May 24th, for the 53rd Annual Hyack Parade in New Westminster. There were over eighty entries taking part, including our 1964 GM ‘New Look’ Transit bus, #4612. In charge of our entry were Sue & Lawrence Walker. They were aided by Anthony Sherst, who drove the bus, a TDH4519, Jackie Sherst , Stephen Goodman and Matthew Walker.
(L to R, Lawrence Walker,Anthony Sherst, Jackie Sherst, Stephen Goodman, Matthew Walker and Sue Walker.)
The parade began at the corner of Eighth Avenue & Sixth Street, travelled down Sixth to Queens, along Queens to First St and then into the park. It lasted for two hours.
The weather gods were with us this weekend; the temperature around 17 degrees. So many entrants, those in our area just a bunch of happy people. We chatted with so many interesting people. We all had a wonderful time!
Sue Walker.
Says Sue: We had the Dune Buggy Club behind, and Cap’s Cycles in front.
The gentleman in green is Gordon Hobbis. He is the current owner of Caps Cycles in Sapperton. He is the son of the founder Gerald Hobbis, whose nickname was “Cap”. Gerald sold his first bike in 1932. There was a museum in the basement, displaying all type of items from the world of cycling, including these two “penny-farthings”. (That was a UK term for the bike, which had a big front wheel “the penny”, and a smaller back wheel, “the farthing.” They represented two British coins, the large penny, and the smaller farthing. There were 4 farthings to the penny.)
Thank you to our volunteers, and to Matthew Walker for the photos.