ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BOTTLE CLUB MEETING. THIS TIME AT MY HOUSE AND I PUT ON A BIG BBQ FOR THE GANG. BURGERS, HOTDOGS, ODD STEAK, COLD DIP VEGGYS, ETC. SOME OF THE GUY

ANOTHER PIC

ANOTHER

AND ANOTHER

ANOTHER. MY OLDEST SON IN RIGHT FOREFRONT. OUR CHEF FOR THE EVENT. 

ANNUAL SHOW AT FULLER LAKE ARENA, NEAR CHEMAINUS, ISLAND HIGHWAY.

CHECK OUT BILL & CURT'S NEW TSHIRT STORE, IN HILLIERS, B.C.   tshirtsthattalk@gmail.com      &

OUR JUNE BOTTLE CLUB MEETING; THIS TIME HELD ABOVE BILL'S NEW TSHIRT STORE, IN HILLIERS, B.C.   BILL & CURT HAVE SOME FUNKY, WILD, COOL, & OFF- THE-WALL ORIGINAL

MIKE PLAYED US A LITTLE TUNE!

ANOTHER GREAT MEETING FOR THIS MONTH. HELD AT BILL'S HOUSE THIS TIME. LOTS OF TALK-SWAP, SHOW & TELL, A LITTLE WHEELIN' & DEALIN'.  A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!

BOB TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT!

BILL, DANCING?

SECOND PIC OF THE DIGGERS SHOW IN CHEMAINUS

SPENT ALL MORNING OF SATURDAY AT THE DIGGER'S SHOW & SALES IN CHEMAINUS. IT APPEARED TO BE QUITE SUCCESSFUL! A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAY BROUGHT MANY COLLECTORS AND THE CURIOUS, OUT TO C

I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO INFORM THE COLLECTING COMMUNITY OF THE PASSING OF ROY HAMMERSLEY. CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FROM THE VANCOUVER ISLAND COLLECTORS.

SECOND PIC

ANOTHER FUN-FILLED MEETING! LOTS OF ATTENDEES, BOTTLES, POSTCARDS, STONEWARE, ETC.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FUN TIME. 

PIC

ROW OF IMPRESSIVE, AND MOSTLY FAIRLY RARE, GINGER BEERS. BROUGHT TO OUR MEETING FOR SHOW, BY MIKE HEROLD.

SEE THEM LISTED SEPARATELY ON THEIR RESP

PIC

PIC

VERY FUN-FILLED MEETING, WITH LOTS OF ATTENDEES, BOTTLES, CHILLI, BEER & MONEY. HELD AT STEVE'S PLACE.

PIC

LAST ONE

ANOTHER PIC

AND ANOTHER

THE SIDNEY PAPER SHOW HELD ON SUNDAY WAS QUITE A SUCCESS. 100 SALES TABLES AND LOTS OF ATTENDEES. I HELPED BILL BOKSTROM AT HIS TABLE, WHICH DREW A LOT OF INTERESTED, AND PAYING, 

MINER

BY TOM TEER

CHECK THIS OUT!! THIS YEAR WAS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN THE LAST 2 PRECEEDING YEARS! WE HAD A VERY WIDE RANGE OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND A HUGE TURNOUT OF THE PUBLIC! EVERYONE WENT HOME

STORY HERE!! CLICK ON "MORE INFO"  OUR 4TH ANNUAL 2009 WEST COAST COLLECTORS SHOW WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! THIS YEAR WE HAD MORE SALES TABLES, MORE DISPLAYS AND MORE ATT

OUR MONTHLY BOTTLE MEETING WENT VERY WELL FOR OCTOBER. THERE WERE LOTS OF GOOD BOTTLES TO LOOK AT, SOME FOR SHOW, SOME FOR SALE.

BILL'S STATEMENT

ANTIQUE & VINTAGE NANAIMO MEDICINES / E. PIMBURY, THOS. HARDY, VAN HOUTEN, ATKINS & ATKINS, T.R. MORROW, HODGINS, CRESCENT PHARMACY, NANAIMO PHARMACY 

ANOTHER

OUR MONTHLY MEETING, THIS TIME AT ONE OF OUR MEMBERS' HOMES. OUTSIDE. LOTS OF BOTTLES FOR SHOW, AND FOR SALE, AND GOOD CONVERSATIONS.

35 BOXES OF BOTTLES & JARS, MOSTLY JARS. HOWEVER, I FOUND A FEW GOOD JEWELS IN THE LOT. (EXCLUDING TONY IN THE PIC!)

PURCHASED FROM THE WIDOW

ANOTHER

ANOTHER

ANOTHER

FIRST OF THE YEAR, 2009. THE DIGGERS SHOW IN CHEMAINUS, VAN. ISL. B.C. WAS AN AWESOME SHOW! A GREAT TURNOUT, AND A LOT OF GOOD ITEMS. MANY HAPPY PEOPLE LEFT WITH NEW (OLD) TREASURES. I

RECESSION?  MONEY WAS FLOWING PRETTY GOOD AROUND HERE.

NANAIMO COAL MINING ARTIFACTS

DISPLAY PUT ON BY TOM TEER

ANOTHER

NANAIMO BOTTLES /  BEER, SODAS, SYPHON SELTZERS, GINGER BEER. 

DISPLAY PUT ON BY MIKE HEROLD

MIKE'S LIST OF BOTTLES

MIKE RESERVED THESE FOR ME. (NOW, I GOT'EM)

HERE'S A COPY OF A 1979, HAND-WRITTEN DIGGER'S CLUB NEWSLETTER. IN TWO PARTS. PAPER TOO LONG FOR ONLY ONE SCAN. PAPER WAS FOLDED UP, STAPLED, ADDRESSED. STAMPED AND MAILED ON SEPT. 30,

TOM'S STATEMENT

BILL'S LIST OF MEDICINES

HERE'S A COLLECTIVE PIC OF MY NEW ADDITIONS, PURCHASED AT OUR WEST COAST COLLECTORS SHOW, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2009. AM LISTING ALL ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PAGES, AND

ANOTHER

I GOT LUCKY AND PURCHASED 4 BOXES FROM A VICTORIA GARAGE FIND. BOXED UP, MOSTLY, IN 1975, AND SOME FROM 1995. (ACCORDING TO DATED NEWSPAPER WRAPPING) 45 BOTTLES, PLUS 2 PONY INSULA

ANOTHER

MANY REALLY NICE BOTTLES

ANOTHER

BILL BOKSTROM'S DISPLAY

SECOND PART FOR BOTTOM PAGE READING

ANOTHER

OUR TWO $500 CASH WINNERS FOR BEST DISPLAYS! ON LEFT IS STEPHEN LAMB, THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE, FOR HIS DISPLAY OF "TRENCH ART".ON RIGHT IS BJORN WA

ANOTHER

ANOTHER

OUR JUNE 3RD BOTTLE CLUB MEETING.

BILL BOKSTROM HANDLING THE LATE LORRIE DALE BELVEAL'S PARTIAL COLLECTION. THERE WAS A LOT MORE OF THIS COLLECTION FOR SALE AT THE NANAIMO WEST COAST COLLECTORS SHOW ON SATURDAY, SE

HERE'S A FEW BEERS, AND SOME MINERAL WATERS, FROM OUTSIDE OF B.C.  SOME FROM CANADA, AND OTHERS FROM THE U.S.A. A FEW WITH BALTIMORE LOOP CLOSURES.

UP TO DATE

ASSORTED JARS

ASSORTED

SQUATS, HUTCHES, CODDS, TORPEDOS, ROUND BOTTOMS, ETC.

AS STATED

Nice Mix

September, 2007 Story for Fraser Valley Antiques and Collectables Club Newsletter, Fraser Valley Holedown 

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Bill Bokstrom and I dug 70 black glass, plus a few other items, in our first dig on Pandora St. Victoria. This was a 1860's-1870's dump. Many more bottles came out of this site.