City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, SS 0100, Item 449 Yonge Street looking north at Richmond Street the day after the great storm of 1944.
Month: November 2011
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December of 2011 is the 67th anniversary of the worst snowstorm to ever descend on Toronto (post #1) – Historic Toronto
The worst snow storm to ever descend upon Toronto was in December of 1944. It holds the record as the most snow that ever fell
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Memories of celebrating Christmas in schools in the 1940s – Historic Toronto
My grade one classroom at D. B. Hood Public School in Toronto in December of 1944. The following is from the book entitled “Arse Over
The Santa Claus float at the parade on November 17, 1956. Photo from City of Toronto Archives, Series 1465, S0975, File 2306,
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MEMORIES OF THE DAY THE SECOND WORLD WAR ENDED – Historic Toronto
The veterans of the Second World War are diminishing in numbers, are are those who remember the day the war ended. When victory in Europe
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Proud of Toronto? Check out the award nominated book, “The Villages Within.” – Historic Toronto
“The Villages Within,” nominated for the 2011 Toronto Heritage Awards, is an unabashed promotion of the merits of Toronto. Its cover depicts a 1920s photograph
The novel “There Never Was A Better Time” is a story of two young brothers, Jack and Ernie, who arrive in Toronto in 1921
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THE SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE AT METROPOLITAN UNITED – Historic Toronto
On November 6, 2011, Remembrance Sunday throughout Canada, the congregation at Metropolitan United on Queen Street East, awaited the arrival of the members of
I was a young boy when the Second World War ended. However, I remember the event vividly, and easily recall the celebratory bonfires that lit