Oh wow!! Amazing story! We recently purchased 3390 Aintree. We were out today with our daughters biking with some new friends on the st and they educated us about this amazing home! Do you know Louis? What a lovely neighbor for us.

Upstairs was an en-suite bedroom for our mom and dad, equipped with a wood burning fireplace, a cedar closet, and a walk in closet for mom’s wardrobe. Attached was a full bathroom with tub and shower.

On the exterior was a wrap around balcony that stretched from one end of the house to the other end. My family once enjoyed watching a rare appearance of the Northern Lights from that vantage point. We were just a block away from Homewood Forest, featuring a meandering walk through the woods with stops along the way to see dozens of native species who were taxidermied and placed into lifelike settings for tge enjoyment of tourists. Next to Homewood Forest was the stunning Capilano Canyon, with a suspension bridge connecting the two canyon edges. In those days it was free to the public to hike across that terrifying, rushing water below. The last time my husband and I visited, sadly Homewood Forest was gone and the Capilano Bridge was certainly no longer free. However, sixty years have passed since we roamed those woods filling buckets with salmon berries for mom’s pies (at least when we left enough uneaten berries for a pie). I can still taste those sweet, delicious orange berries, bigger than raspberries baked into mom’s pies and muffins.

The most wonderful feature of the Aintree house was the beautiful back yard. There was a small concrete patio just outside the French doors of the formal dining room, and that continued on into a 5’ wide walkway that stretched about 200’ and ended in a charming little Japanese tea house that could seat about 10-12. My family often had Childrens’ parties in that lovely setting.

Across the very back of the property was a stand of full grown juniper trees that lent the most amazing smells at several times of the year.

I hope this little travelogue stirs some memories in those who read it. It was lovely for me to remember that amazing house and incredible landscaping. I have saved this for the last – this amazing house was purchased by my parents, Bob and Ruth Russell, for $28,000. Hard to believe in this day and age of inflated prices. What memories we had there in Fred Hollingsworth’s dream house!!

I had seen the 1949 Sky Bungalow picture in the Rhodri Liscombe book “The New Spirit” but had no idea the house still existed! I love much of Mr. Hollingsworth’s architecture also. Thanks for the post. Hope to have a copy of your new book very soon! Cheers Charles.