Neil and I trotted off this morning to the annual Summer Fair at Brock House, sponsored by the Brock House Seniors Society. This is a real, old fashioned fair, with used books, a white elephant sale, knitting and woodwork projects, hot dogs, home baking.
Brock House
Brock House in an authentic Tudor replica heritage building situated on scenic waterfront property on beautiful Jericho beach. It was designed by the noted architect Samuel McClure. It is presently owned by the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Board of Parks maintains the grounds. It has an interesting history: History of Brock House
The grounds at Brock House extend from the back of the house to the shore line above Jericho Beach where there are gorgeous views of the city, English Bay and the North Shore mountains. The gardens are "old English" style, note the wild roses in the picture above.
There is always a huge used book sale - all books, including hardcover are $1.00 each.
I ended up buying four books, three of which are hardcover and fairly recent, for a total of $4.00.
The white elephant sale was a hoot - such old stuff - reminded me of what my mother and grandmother had in the house:
Lovingly made knitting and craft projects. In some cases the volunteers had no idea what the items were to be used for!
The Society works hard to raise funds to maintain this historical building - expensive upkeep. They offer many programs for 55+ throughout the year - from painting, bridge, lectures, hikes, books clubs - it is a great place for seniors.
Brock House contains a restaurant, "Brock House Restaurant", and the building and its gardens are very popular for weddings.
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