I just finished reading & #39;Toronto& #39; by Bruce West (1967).
It made me misty-eyed towards my city& #39;s past and a wish to read about the 53 years since.
It made me misty-eyed towards my city& #39;s past and a wish to read about the 53 years since.
Here too, is an autobiography by the Maple Leafs& #39; Darryl Sittler (approx. 1991)
In the 1830s& #39; it was Black Joe, as the sheriff& #39;s assistant, who delivered the lashings on market day? #v=onepage&q=%22Black%20Joe%22&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=tpovAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=%22Black+Joe%22&source=bl&ots=7GtJ_4CIoF&sig=ACfU3U2T8hNe9hsEkXh5OpRI6LvOy4sT_w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB4MjPiJDtAhWSm-AKHTwVBlwQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg #v=onepage&q=%22Black%20Joe%22&f=false">https://books.google.com/books...
For example, I never heard of Toronto mayor Don Summerville who died (1963) of a heart attack within a year of being elected.
I didn& #39;t know Metro Toronto chairman Fred Gardiner& #39;s nickname was & #39;Big Daddy& #39; nor that he was appointed rather than elected.
I did know about the Noronic& #39;s 1949 fire tragedy but that there wasn& #39;t a single Toronto death involved.
I hadn& #39;t heard about the 120 Torontonians / 469 Cdns who were on board when the Athenia was torpedoed during the very first weekend of WWII: #Loss">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Athenia_(1922) #Loss">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_A...
I hadn& #39;t heard about the 120 Torontonians / 469 Cdns who were on board when the Athenia was torpedoed during the very first weekend of WWII: #Loss">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Athenia_(1922) #Loss">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_A...
Simpsons and Eaton& #39;s department stores switched their original locations at Queen & Yonge Street? Yup.
Who knew that Timothy Eaton& #39;s nephew had opened his own dept. store business, just two blocks south, called The John Eaton Co. ?
Who was R. Howard Webster? https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1955/4/30/the-unknown-man-who-bought-the-globe-and-mail">https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1...
What happened to theatre owner Ambrose Small in Dec. 1919?
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