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Graeme Decarie: The 78th Fraser Highlanders fought at Quebec, were disbanded, and settled in Fraserville
/9 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text is from Graeme Decarie as a follow-up to a previous post. Census figures I just found some old census figures I have going back to Nouvelle France. They go from 1665 up to 1861. There is no mention of St. Laurent until 1739, when it had 165 families. Most of them would […]
Graeme Decarie recalls the lines from Splendor in the Grass
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillJaan Pill: Scott Munro (MCHS ’63) has mentioned to me: “By the way, Mr. Decarie was advisor to the Film Society in 1962-63 at Malcolm Campbell High School.” Do you recollect anything about the Film Society? I recall there had been controversy about whether or not “Splendor in the Grass” was a worthwhile film to screen. […]
If you are an MCHS 60s grad, you are cordially invited to add your name to the MCHS 60s Reunion database
/1 Comment/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe are now working on the planning for the music, playlist, and entertainment details for the Malcolm Campbell High School 60s Reunion and Celebration of the 60s that will take place at Old Mill Toronto on Oct. 17, 2015. Any person who attended MCHS at any point in the 1960s – including students who graduated […]
Veronica Foster the Bren Gun Girl was a non-smoker, except on the occasion of a wartime NFB photo shoot
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillOld Mill Toronto has a close connection with military history. By way of example, I recently learned, on a CBC The Current broadcast, that Veronica Foster – also known as Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl during the Second World War – performed as a musician at Old Mill Toronto during the postwar years. Despite the […]
Peter Halliday has shared some great links related to Raimbault Creek and other Montreal lost creeks
/5 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPeter Halliday, who has shared with us an aerial photo featuring Raimbault Creek in Cartierville, which I’ve posted to this site in the past, has shared the following links. Peter Halliday writes: This is the archives I’ve been poking around in: http://archivesdemontreal.com/greffe/vues-aeriennes-archives/jpeg/VM97-3_7P9-59.jpg The indication on the image is 24-29 and you can access the photo […]