An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
50th anniversary reunion for Class of 1964 from Etobicoke Collegiate Institute
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill50th anniversary reunion for Class of 1964 from Etobicoke Collegiate Institute ’64 grads and friends are holding a 50th anniversary reunion event on Friday, September 12, 2014 at a local golf club in the vicinity of ECI. The evening will consist of a welcome reception followed by a BBQ buffet dinner. If you graduated from ECI […]
Military history mural at Small Arms Ltd. building in Mississauga
/1 Comment/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI much enjoy viewing the mural, related to military history, located at Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road East in Mississauga. This is an impressive and engaging work of art, presented in what I like to characterize as an open-air art gallery. This post focuses on some of the details featured in the mural. You can click […]
Message from Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s office – Aug. 1, 2014
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following message dated Aug. 1, 2014 is from Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s office: As we head into August, I would like to wish you a safe and enjoyable Simcoe Day long weekend. I would also like to remind you that I would be happy to advertise your local events. Please send me the information […]
Lakeview Waterfront Connection – Information display at Marie Curtis Park, Aug. 4, 2014, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn earlier post that highlights and provides a context for the Lakeview Waterfront Connection project can be accessed here. Additional posts related to the redevelopment of the Mississauga waterfront can be accessed here. Join Credit Valley Conservation, Region of Peel, and Toronto Region Conservation to learn more about the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Staff from Credit Valley Conservation, Region […]
This is a scam to get in your house to hard sell you on a new system
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following message is from a Long Branch resident: Beware. There are some very “pushy sales people” in the area who are insisting on an “authorized inspection” of heating and air conditioning systems. This is a scam to get in your house to hard sell you on a new system. Police attended at the bottom […]
The next meeting of the MCHS Sixties Reunion organizing committee will take place in September 2014
/0 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn a previous post regarding the June 16, 2014 meeting in Kitchener of the organizing committee, we have discussed a number of topics related to the format for the Oct. 17, 2015 (that is, next year) Malcolm Campbell High School Sixties Reunion. Our next organizing committee meeting will be held in September 2014. In the […]
I have observed and photographed many roofs
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillEvery one in a while I borrow a library copy of a Pattern Language (1977) by Christopher Alexander. Pattern 117 is described as the “Sheltering Roof” On p. 570 of my copy of the book, two photographs are laid out side by side. The caption reads: “One roof lived in, the other stuck on.” According […]
Re-thinking the role of the regional oral history organization (July 25, 2014 Oxford University Press blog post)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text, from a July 25, 2014 post at an Oxford University Press website, is from a blog post entitled “Re-thinking the role of the regional oral history organization”: ‘You can access the full text, with accompanying links, here.] By Jason Steinhauer What is the role of a regional oral history organization? The […]
What do you do to save the trees in Long Branch (Toronto) and elsewhere? Here’s what to do.
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillTrees are a topic that strongly interests me. My father, who was born in 1915, was a forester in Estonia. Before we arrived in Halifax in 1951, my father followed this line of work in Sweden for some years. Before that, our extended family had escaped as wartime refugees to Sweden from Estonia in 1944 […]