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I have attended three meetings in the past year chaired by Brian Liberty of Long Branch, which have had the purpose of laying the ground work for the launch of a neighbourhood group in Long Branch. The meetings, of an informal planning group made up of Long Branch residents, have convinced us that there is […]
For many years, I was involved in community self-organizing on behalf of people who stutter. Years ago I formed a Toronto-based self-help group for people who stutter; our first meeting took place in September 1988 at the North York Central Library. That meeting, for which I had made plans for several months beforehand, led in […]
A number of people have mentioned a point, about the organizing of reunions, that is well worth passing along for the organizers of future MCHS reunions – by which, I mean reunions of ’70s and ’80s grads. When organizing a reunion, it would be great to have one person, from each graduation year, take on the […]
Conference Room at Stay Inn On Sept. 21, 2015 we received confirmation that the Conference Room at the Stay Inn is indeed available for us starting at 7:30 pm on Friday evening, Oct. 16, 2015. At that time and location, we will have an informal getting-together of alumni and spouses who will be attending the reunion on the […]
During the past week, I stopped to visit Bill Rawson, owner of the Long Branch Furniture store at 3153 Lake Shore Blvd. West. A previous post about Bill, with a link to a video, is entitled: What Elvis liked to do in his spare time I was out for a walk and stopped for a chat. For […]
The following information is from David Godley; but first a note about a Facebook video that I’ve posted: I am pleased to share with you a video, posted at Facebook, in which Bill Rawson of Long Branch Furniture at 3150 Lake Shore Blvd. West recalls some of the entertaining things that he’s read about Elvis […]
Update: A Nov. 5, 2015 New York Times book review is entitled: “‘Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll,’ by Peter Guralnick.” [End of update] A couple of years ago, I posted some videos in which Bill Rawson, owner of Long Branch Furniture & Appliances at 3513 Lake Shore Blvd. West in […]
On Sept. 11, 2015 I met with Walter Psotka, of Walter Psotka Photography, to review our plans for photography at the Oct. 17, 2015 MCHS ’60s Reunion at Old Mill Toronto. Walter will set up a printer in the foyer outside the Humber Room on Oct. 17. Each attendee will be able to purchase framed photos, […]
I live with my family in Long Branch in South Etobicoke. Where we live still has a touch of the rural scene attached to it, but it’s only 20 minutes to downtown Toronto, which is primarily an urban scene. Long Branch is a short ways to the south of the Stay Inn, so that if […]
I’ve had the good fortune to be working on the MCHS ’60s Reunion for the past couple of years. I enjoy the work. In organizing of the reunion, many alumni from cities across North America have worked together, to take the idea and turn it into a reality. We have a great team in place and that’s […]