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Citizenship Ceremony at Fort York, April 26, 2013, featured sharing of thoughts about what it means to be a Canadian
/0 Comments/in Toronto/by Jaan PillIn the last several days I had the good fortune to attend several enjoyable events. On April 26, 2013 I helped out as a discussion host prior to a Citizenship Ceremony at Old Fort York in the morning and gave a short talk and slide show about the Long Branch Jane’s Walk at the Centre […]
Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update April 26
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillFollowing is from Trustee Pamela Gough’s Office: Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update April 26, 2013 Happy Earth Week! I did my traditional community clean-up on Monday, Earth Day. My husband, who is truly talented at building and fixing things, built a raised vegetable garden in our backyard […]
Jane’s Walk seeks volunteers for May 4 and May 5 walks across Toronto
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillFollowing message is from Jane’s Walk: Volunteer recruitment We’ve got over 50 volunteers signed up and ready to take pictures on the Walks, act as Walk Marshalls helping the group to stay together without blocking busy sidewalks, and so forth… but we’d like to have enough to have a volunteer at every Jane’s Walk! With 119 Jane’s […]
Online Toronto maps project puts the history of familiar streets a click away (April 23, 2013 Toronto Star)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe April 23, 2013 Toronto Star has a great article about Nathan Ng’s historical maps project. You can find an earlier blog post about his work here. You can access Nathan Ng’s website here. I owe thanks to Mike James of Brampton, co-leader of the May 4 and May 5, 2013 Jane’s Walk in Long […]
Asbury and West United Church 1958 sanctuary was designated following a July 2010 city planning division report
/1 Comment/in Jane's Walk, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe story of the Asbury and West United Church redevelopment appears very straightforward to me. I can readily follow the story because I lived on Saranac Blvd. from 1983 until 1991 and know the area well. The church is at the southwest corner of Saranac Blvd. and Bathurst Street. A Google Map of the area […]
Built from 1912 to 1930, Henderson motorcycles became popular with police forces
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillIn a previous blog post, I referred to information we’ve acquired from Jim Carr and C.M. O’Marra regarding the motorcycle in the photo (above) taken at about 1927 at Etobicoke Creek. It’s one of the photos we are using to publicize the May 4 and 5, 2013 Jane’s Walks in Long Branch. The illustration below […]
Comment from Bob Lansdale regarding proposal to remove sand beach between Etobicoke Creek and Applewood Creek
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn earlier blog posts – which have been viewed and commented upon by many site visitors – I’ve shared photos from Robert Lansdale from the 1920s to the 1940s when a cottage community existed at the mouth of Etobicoke Creek. I very much appreciate the fact that the Durance family has shared their historic family […]
The Tyburn Walk is a traditional English event occurring on the first Sunday in May
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillIn a previous blog post I described what Steve Roud (2006) has characterized as a traditional English event occurring in the first Saturday in May. That is a day that corresponds with Saturday, May 4, 2013. In the context of the Sunday, May 5, 2013 Jane’s Walk in South Long Branch, we turn next to what […]
Whatever happened to the Colonel Smith homestead artifacts found in 1984?
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillC. O’Marra writes: Did you ever find out what happened to the Colonel Smith homestead artifacts found almost thirty years ago? I read an incredibly detailed description of the dig. The only maddening thing. Not ONE blessed word of artifacts found, not one. Why all the secrecy? Was this a private company project ? (C. […]