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Updates: Colleen O’Marra – see Comments at the end of this post – has added details about Police Chief Smythe that I read with much interest. For additional comments about Toronto-area postwar emergency housing, click here > [End] I had the good fortune to spend a couple of hours on the morning of Dec. […]
As I’ve explained at a Comment in another post, I did an interview on Oct. 18, 2013 with Bernice Law (nee Butterfield), who was born in 1924 and lived at 86 Forty First Street, at a house that her father built. I’ve done several previous interviews with her. Now that I’m getting up to speed […]
Following message of September 7, 2013 is from Robert Lansdale (if you can help with pinning down the location of the photo, please contact me): Hello Jaan You immediately came to mind when I saw this picture 20mins ago: [You can access the photo and accompanying text here.] The picture states that it was […]
In recent blog posts, I’ve discussed plans regarding the sand beach at Marie Curtis Park. I’ve recently posted a comment from Jake Yoo, a Long Branch resident. By way of bringing attention to his comment, I am pleased to post it here in its entirety: Comment from Jake Hi Jaan, I attended the most recent […]
We have some great photos taken by Gay Chisholm from the May 4, 2013 Jane’s Walk to share with you. For a start, below are three of them. For your interest, Gay Chisholm has a Facebook page, Living in Long Branch, which you can access here. An earlier blog post refers to changes that have […]
Below is a letter from David Godley of Long Branch to Lynda Tanaka, executive director of the Ontario Municipal Board, as well as a letter to the Official Plan Review team. David Godley has requested that people send an email to Lynda Tanaka at ontario.municipal.board@ontario.ca asking for a copy of her reply to this letter. […]
This year Mike James and I have organized two Jane’s Walk events in Long Branch, one for May 4 and the second one on May 5. The May 5 walk focuses on Marie Curtis Park and the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead. That walk will end at the Fair Grounds Organic Cafe and Roastery at Fortieth […]
In earlier blog posts – which have been viewed and commented upon by many site visitors – I’ve shared photos from Robert Lansdale from the 1920s to the 1940s when a cottage community existed at the mouth of Etobicoke Creek. I very much appreciate the fact that the Durance family has shared their historic family […]
This is a photo that Barry Kemp, past president of the Long Branch Historical Society, received some time ago from a resident of Long Branch. Update (June 3, 2013): Along with the photo that I received from Barry Kemp was a photocopy of the back of a post card, on which was written the […]