A June 1, 2015 CBC article is entitled: “Toronto’s booming real estate market fuels teardown trend: Teardown trend in Toronto homes weakens neighborhoods, expert says.” The opening paragraphs read: “Toronto’s red hot real estate market is fuelling a push to tear down homes on valuable land and replace them with newer, bigger ones, sometimes to […]
Click on image to enlarge it. Click again to enlarge it further. MALCOLM CAMPBELL SENIOR CHOIR In September 1962 the Executive of the Senior Mixed choir was elected. Audree Blampied was chosen President, Ellsworth Ritch Vice-President, Donna Bristow Secretary-Treasurer, Beverlee Blampied Librarian, Zennie Levitsky Assistant Librarian, and Linda Colucci Registrar. The Staff and student body […]
Jaan Pill (email to David Godley): Again, I would be pleased to post this on my website, but would like to know if this would be a good way to go or not. David Godley: Yes this one is fine. The message from David Godley follows below From: David Godley <mhairig@pathcom.com> Date: Sunday, May 31, […]
Click on the photo to enlarge it. Click again to enlarge it further. The following text by Jeanne Butcher is from the MCHS 1962-63 yearbook (p. 58). THE PREFECT BOARD The Prefect Board is gradually becoming a tradition at Malcolm Campbell High School. Since the opening of our school three years ago, the Prefects have […]
We were very pleased to be in touch with Jeanne Butcher (MCHS ’63) by email in March 2015. She had learned about the MCHS 2015 Reunion while surfing the net. By way of a quick overview, Jeanne reports that she lives with her husband in Colorado after working as a lawyer, with her husband who […]
An April 22, 2015 CBC article is entitled: “Shawn Achor’s 6 exercises for happiness: Happiness a choice not a pursuit, psychologist advises.” There may, or may not, be some hyperbole in the claim that happiness is a choice; I wouldn’t know; I haven’t had a look at the book – The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of […]
I am pleased to share with you these photos of John Griffith. Edith George, who forwarded the photos to me, notes: “John Griffith owns 5 and 1/2 acres in King Township where the Humber River flows through his property and the Historic Toronto Carrying Place Trail went through his property as well. “I went to visit […]
A November 29, 2014 blog post by Elinor Florence is entitled The Woman With the X-Ray Eyes. I came across the post because I was looking for an online image of Constance Babington Smith whose work is featured in Chapter 6 of Women of Intelligence: Winning the Second World War with Air Photos (2012), a […]
The previous post is: Harry Chan (MCHS 65) shares with us some great MCHS Sixties memories Here (and I’m posting them at this new blog post in order to bring your attention to them) are Harry’s May 30, 2015 additional Comments: Comment for David regarding Gary Moffet Greetings David Sorry it has taken so long […]
The following text is from a message circulated from Ward 6, City of Toronto Councillor Mark Grimes’ Office: GOOD NEWS “The OMB recently denied the severance and variances requested at 86 Twenty Third St. This would have been a devastating precedent had it been approved, as the property owner clearly attempted to circumvent the proper […]