Let’s head back to Ladner Village on June 25, 1932.
That’s the day a ceremony was held to unveil the new William Henry Ladner Memorial Clock at Municipal Hall.
The monument is still standing there today.
William Henry Ladner served a number of terms as Delta reeve between 1880 and 1906, and was a member of the B.C. Legislature from 1886 to 1890. He died in 1907.
The masonry work consists of over 30 tonnes of Nelson Island granite.
The stonework of the six-metre high granite clock tower was undertaken by Joe B. Bregani, who had been a stonemason in Italy.
Local jeweller O.B. Allan supplied the four-faced clock at the time.
