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The following message is from Colleen O’Marra: In September of 1935( and it really was a dark and stormy night) a small plane crashed onto a field. Two men climbed out and were confronted by a security guard and his dogs. The guard asked the men if they were okay.They were fine but the men […]
Sandy Bray has a question that you may be able to answer “I’ve been enjoying your site very much,” Sandy Bray writes, “and have been thinking alot of memories and questions, etc. etc.” Sandy has recently sent a question to her dad, Jim Bray, asking if he remembered the address of the house called “Robins Nest” […]
I’ve recently put together a text about Jane’s Walk for a book at blurb.ca that the Jane’s Walk organization is putting together, and which I look forward to publicizing in the weeks ahead. Here’s the text (see below). It will serve as a reminder to mark the date in your 2014 schedule book! Name of […]
As noted in a previous post, on one occasion I mistook a photo of the Eastwood Park Hotel for the Long Branch Hotel. I recently came across a copy of Villages of Etobicoke (1985), which features an image of the hotel. It’s an interesting book but when it comes to dates and details, I wouldn’t […]
I send out a message about once a week to an email distribution list, which I set up around November 2010 at the start of the Parkview School project, which I became involved in by happenstance. Email distribution list Sometimes the message is sent out once a week, sometimes more, and sometimes less. Contact me […]
As I’ve explained at a Comment in another post, I did an interview on Oct. 18, 2013 with Bernice Law (nee Butterfield), who was born in 1924 and lived at 86 Forty First Street, at a house that her father built. I’ve done several previous interviews with her. Now that I’m getting up to speed […]
During the past two days I’ve observed two car collisions – at least one of them involving personal injury – on Lake Shore Blvd. West east of Brown’s Line. The situation is as follows 1. Traffic is constricted along the construction route. Less space is available than otherwise to handle the usual flow of traffic. […]
Alistair Thomson has posted some great comments regarding Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) at the following post: A Long Branch resident passed along to Barry Kemp this photo of the Eastwood Park Hotel To access his observations, go to the Comments at the end of the above-noted link. In a subsequent email Alistair Thomson […]
The following message is from Roxanne at Villa Road & Fortieth: This is a picture of Whiskers. I will try to find some others, but this is the most recent. She is a long haired black, spayed, 2.5 year old female. She has a white patch on her chest and a white back paw. Whiskers […]