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Fraser Flight 1976 DeKoninck 7th from left front row

Fraser Flight 1961 Arnott front row, third from left

Dola had a playhouse on the east side of the creek that runs through the Hatley Park property. It was built for her by Peter Bugslag, a carpenter who lived in the house by the present day entrance to Hatley Park. The house and furnishings were scaled down to suit children's play. The women and the child are unidentified in this photo. The child is too young to be Dola, who was seven when the family moved to Hatley Park.

Many Chinese workers were employed in the gardens at Hatley Park and Phillip Francis Hayward supervised several of the men as manager of the greenhouse complex.

L to R: unknown woman, Eileen Molyneux, Muriel (Dunsmuir) Molyneux, Clifton Webb.
Clifton Webb (1889-1966) was an actor, dancer, and singer. He performed at Edward Molyneux’s Paris nightclub, with Eileen as his dance partner. Eileen Molyneux (1890-1962) was a maternal cousin of Edward Molyneux and a long-term friend of the Dunsmuir daughters.

The bearded man is identified elsewhere as Grandfather Peachey

Personal intro to the memoirs