November 2016 – Leslieville Historical Society

Some Faces from the Old East End

345 Carlaw Avenue: Then and Now

345 Carlaw Avenue sits on a site by a lost creek, probably fished by the Mississauga and other First Nations for millennia. In the nineteenth century it was farmland and then market gardens, and then brick yard. Then in the early 20th Century Carlaw Avenue became the industrial heartland of Toronto’s East End and theContinue reading “345 Carlaw Avenue: Then and Now”

A Visual Tour: Carlaw, Dickens and Thackery ca. 1983

Leslieville Historical Society Remembers

Eleven Men of the 48th Highlanders and Eleven Families among Many.

Come take a trip, in a virtual flying ship, 1929

Since there has been so much hot air about lately, why not harness its power to drive a virtual airship into the past: 1929 before the Great Crash that ushered in the Great Depression. Shrine Peace Parade, Parade on Boulevard, blimp overhead June 12, 1930

The Leslieville Historical Society Remembers: 11 pictures, 11 videos

The 48 Highlanders The Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stHE8L0S42E All photographs are from from 1939-1951 Library and Archives Canada

Leslieville Historical Society Remembers: Nov 9

The 48 Highlanders The 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) marching past a reviewing stand and the Duke of Connaught, Maj.-General Sir Sam Hughes, and Lt. General Turner, http://15thbattalioncef.ca/134th-battalion/ 8th Platoon, 134th Battalion, at Camp Borden, August 1916. Library and Archives Canada Rugby Team, 134th Battalion, Library and Archives Canada Pipe Band of the 134th Battalion C.E.F.,Continue reading “Leslieville Historical Society Remembers: Nov 9”

Leslieville Historical Society Remembers: 48th Highlanders, Nov. 8

Dileas Gu Brath Faithful Forever Eleven more photos will be posted tomorrow.

The Leslieville Historical Society Remembers

The 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders) at Riverdale Camp, 1915 Faithful to the End training before going overseas Pipe band, 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), C.E.F., Riverdale Camp, 1915 Brass Band, 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), C.E.F., Riverdale Camp, 1915 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), C.E.F., Riverdale Camp, 1915 Eleven more photos will be posted tomorrow.Continue reading “The Leslieville Historical Society Remembers”

The Leslieville Historical Society Remembers

The 48th Highlanders Toronto Sunday World, Feb. 25, 1915 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada), C.E.F. Battle Honours – “Ypres, 1915, ’17, Gravenstafel Ridge, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Pozieres, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, ’18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Scarpe, 1917, ’18, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line,Continue reading “The Leslieville Historical Society Remembers”