An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
Recent online conversation with Duncan Campbell highlights local history of Lakeshore communities in south Etobicoke
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillTravel report from David Godley of Long Branch regarding East South Africa
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillFrom time to time I’ve posted travel reports from David Godley of Long Branch. Below is one such report which David sent me on April 30, 2018. I share it for your interest. I find such reports of interest, as they offer glimpses of a world outside. The opinions and observations by guest bloggers, such […]
Great question from Shirley (Taitelbaum) Gravenor: Who was Marcel Laurin, and when was the Laurentian Blvd. changed to Marcel Laurin Blvd.?
/2 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA great question recently has come our way: Who was Marcel Laurin, and when was Laurentian Blvd. changed to Marcel Laurin? The question is from Shirley (Taitelbaum) Gravenor (MCHS 1976), a key player in the organizing of a July 4, 2018 MCHS 1976 mini-reunion in Montreal: Planning is underway for an MCHS 1976 mini-reunion at […]
Comments from Arleen Chenoll and Cheryl Nicholls. As well, Duncan Campbell of Long Branch remembers Graeme Decarie from high school days in Montreal.
/10 Comments/in Long Branch, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe’ve had some very fine comments recently added to a previous post entitled: Many changes have occurred in Cartierville where Malcolm Campbell High School was located from 1960s to late 1980s In order to bring attention to some of them, I’m pleased to share the following recent comments, from the above-noted post. Please note that […]
We Were Soldiers (2002) is a movie based on We Were Soldiers Once …. and Young: Ia Drang: the Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam (1992)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: I have begun to view We Were Soldiers (2002), while pausing to read The Water Will Come (2017) The 2002 movie is based on a book entitled We Were Soldiers Once … and Young: Ia Drang: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam (1992). A blurb outlines the narrative that […]
Please contact us if you were in the Malcolm Campbell High School 1976 graduating class
/12 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan PillOn Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, 2018, Paul Seesequasis will be in conversation with Wanda Nanibush, Curator, Indigenous Art, AGO, on Indigenous Archival Photo Project
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillPaul Seesequasis @PaulSeesequasis whose photo archival work I follow with much interest on Twitter, has tweeted: Toronto: On Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, I will be in conversation with the amazing Wanda Nanibush, Curator, Indigenous Art, AGO, on the Indigenous Archival Photo Project. Hope to see you there. Beeton Hall, 7-8pm. TRL [Toronto Reference Library] […]
Small Arms Inspection Building – For June 23, 2018 Official Opening, you will need an Eventbrite ticket. Also at this post: We have sold our house in Long Branch.
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following message is from the Small Arms Society: We’re excited to announce the Official Opening of the rehabilitated Small Arms Inspection Building. Join the City of Mississauga and the Small Arms Society as we unveil this rich historic sites’s transformation into a community creative hub. Come explore the community gardens, art exhibits by InSitu […]