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Seeking information: Wartime and postwar housing at Small Arms Ltd. in Lakeview and elsewhere
/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPlease note that subsequent posts include: Where will the people go: Toronto’s Emergency Housing Program and the Limits of Canadian Social Housing Policy, 1944-1957 Ted Long shares photos from the Long Branch army camp in the 1950s; with comments from Ted Long & Garry Burke Life at the Long Branch Army Camp, long, long ago! […]
Two chairs from Samuel Smith house are at Applewood House (also known as Shaver House)
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn the course of working on a longread post about the history of Long Branch, entitled History of Long Branch (Toronto) – Draft 4, I’ve come across a piece of information that I had not gotten around to posting some years ago when I first learned about it. Chairs from Colonel Smith house are at […]
Approaches to local history
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Mississauga, Newsletter/by Jaan PillSome years ago I became interested in gathering information about the local history of Long Branch, the neighbourhood in southern Etobicoke in the City of Toronto where I live. The Draft version that I have put together is the story about the history of Long Branch that I have assembled to date. I have prepared […]
New Board of Directors at Small Arms Society features skills in archival research, event planning, cultural planning, marketing, and project management
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve discussed the Small Arms Society at a recent post, and will talk about the society in more detail later in the current post. Click here to access the Facebook Page of the Small Arms Society > On a related topic, I’ve recently had the occasion to think about leadership succession and other key ingredients for […]
One-page survey was circulated at Nov. 30, 2015 Long Branch Neighbourhood Association launch meeting
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI have discussed the Nov. 30, 2015 meeting elsewhere; you can find previous posts by doing a search, using the internal search engine at this website, for “Long Branch Neighbourhood Association.” Some key points Some key points from the Nov. 30, 2015 meeting: Purpose of meeting The meeting had the purpose of determining the level of […]
The burning question about Scarborough’s sewage: Toronto Environmental Alliance
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’m pleased to share with you the following message from the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA): The burning question about Scarborough’s sewage What you flush down the drain at home travels to the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant, which handles 3/4 of Toronto’s biosolids. This waste is a renewable resource that gets recycled into beneficial uses like […]