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Aviation in Canada: The Pioneer Decades (2008) by Larry Milberry is described as “the first general interest book dedicated to Canada’s beginnings in flight.” I became interested in the book as a result of receiving a JPEG file of a photo (see below) by Bob Lansdale of a photo of the “Y” Squadron air crew, Long Branch. […]
I’ve recently mentioned that Jim Carr had Googled the logo in the photo and had found Henderson Brothers. I’ve placed half a dozen books on motorcycle history on hold at the Toronto Public Library and look forward to reading more about Henderson Brothers. I’m very pleased, in the meanwhile, to share with you the following […]
We’ve posted information at the Jane’s Walk website regarding two Long Branch Jane’s Walks that Mike James and Jaan Pill will lead on the first weekend of May 2013: Saturday, May 4, 2013 Sunday, May 5, 2013 The first walk, on Saturday, May 4, 2013, is from Etobicoke Creek to the Lakeshore Hospital Grounds. This […]
The next meeting of the Long Branch Historical Society will take place at the Long Branch Library, 3500 Lake Shore Blvd. West, on Tues., Feb. 19, 2013 at 6:30 pm. At this event some of the artifacts from the Long Branch Historical Society archives will be on display. Next steps A General Meeting will follow chaired […]
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 […]
A Bailey bridge, named after a British engineer, Donald Bailey, is a temporary bridge of lattice steel designed for rapid assembly from prefabricated standard parts, used especially in military operations, according to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition. It’s also the name by which a permanent footbridge, across the Queen Elizabeth Way at Applewood Village […]
Updates A Feb. 20, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Are we doomed? Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the world might be in the midst of a major mass extinction.” A July 24, 2014 New Yorker article is entitled: “Spare the rod, school the child.” The article notes that a causal chain links the health of ocean […]