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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 […]
The story on the CBC is a gentle one, Graeme Decarie comments
/35 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn the following Q & A with Graeme Decarie, I’ve added some headings for ease in reading of the text. Jaan Pill: You worked for CBC and private radio for quite a few years. I would be interested in your comments (for my website) about a recent article by Linden MacIntyre: Why I Left The CBC […]
With help from Peter Halliday, we’ve located an archival photo of Raimbault Creek near the Back River
/4 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe owe many thanks to Peter for locating one of the images that we’ve been looking for, as described in a previous post. Peter Halliday writes: Bingo! Go here and download photo 10-159. I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for. http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/vues-aeriennes-de-la-ville-de-montreal-1958/resource/5bc20660-c4c0-4594-ac30-398ec6d86aa0 [End of message from Peter Halliday] You can access the image at 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 […]
Without positing a simple-minded connection, Not Hollywood (2013) argues that taste is linked to a particular class background
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI have previously posted several items about Not Hollywood (2013). This post discusses these and other posts. Toronto Public Library resources I came across Sherry B. Ortner’s work when I was reading The Hidden Life of Girls (2006), a linguistic anthropology study of cliques of popular girls in American schools. The author of the latter […]
Klaas Vander Baaren has added a new comment at “Cartierville School in Montreal”
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillKlaas Vander Baaren has added a new comment at Cartierville School in Montreal. By way of bringing your attention to his comment, I’m posting it as a separate post. In the process, I’ve added spacing between the paragraphs and have corrected the spelling for Morison. I learned some time back that the correct spelling is […]