As I’ve noted in a previous post, I’m an enthusiastic practitioner of reality tourism, a concept that in my usage of the term covers quite a bit more than visits made by affluent tourists to urban slums. Any excursion anywhere, even from one room to another, can be viewed as reality tourism, in my understanding […]
A Jan. 23, 1985 Montreal Gazette article concerned with the closing of Malcolm Campbell High School can be accessed here. A Dec. 18, 1986 Montreal Gazette article provides additional information. If anybody knows details about the closing, which I assume was in 1987 – for example, was there a final assembly?; are photos available of […]
My life: May 1946 – ? My life began in Ottawa, joined a few years later by my brother, Gary. But I grew up in Montréal, home to les Canadiens, maître du coupe Stanley, and to the local gang of French kids that would occasionally torment me on the way home from school. Not that […]
We’ve talked about a good Montreal smoked meat restaurant in the Greater Toronto Area, and a few similar ones in Montreal, at an April 28, 2014 post, which you can access here. Lynn Berry, an MCHS alumna, has asked the following question: “Is there still a bagel shop at the mall on Sources where they […]
Through the Facebook Groups that I’ve joined that deal with Malcolm Campbell High School, I’ve learned many new things: Ahuntsic School “Hi Jaan, I went to Ahuntsic school , corner of St Lawrence and Henri Bourassa between 1956 -1962 then went on to MCHS. Kids from Ahuntsic and parts of Laval attended the school till […]
Fred Fohring has shared with us a comment at a previous post about Cartierville school. Fred Fohring commented: Cartierville School .. yes, very fond memories … NOT!!! Family moved from Pointe Claire to Roxboro during 1956 and I was bussed to Cartierville. Must have been very dull trips every day as I only recall getting […]
In a previous post, we shared comments by Cheryl Vince regarding favourite teachers. Ruth MacLeod has shared a comment regarding the latter post. You can find it there, and you can also find it here: Comments from Ruth MacLeod (I’ve broken the text into shorter paragraphs): Hi Cheryl – my memory does have its moments, […]
Klaas Vander Baaren (MCHS 64) shared the comment – “We need others to add pictures. I wasn’t the only one with a camera on camera day.” – at the Facebook MCHS ’60s Reunion Group. You can enlarge the image by clicking on it. Click again to enlarge it further. I found a photo that I […]
In a comment at a previous post, Cheryl Vince (MCHS 64) has mentioned her favourite teachers. I much enjoyed reading the comment – I didn’t know, for example, that Mr. Talbot taught English or that Mrs. Schlutz drove an impressive convertible. I very much like the practice, in the 1960s at Malcolm Campbell High School, […]
We’re pleased to mention that Old Mill Toronto turns 100 this year. A June 19, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Old Mill marks centennial, honours area history with new TTC subway sign: TTC, MPP-elect Peter Milczyn partner on pictorial tribute.” You can find historical background about Old Mill Toronto here.The archival photo of the […]