Leslieville history from the first week of April

They only had to wait another 35 years! Some photos from Gerrard Street East, April 3, 1984

Weekly History Round-up

March 15th in Leslieville: articles and images

March 2 in Leslieville’s past

Natural gas, odourless and invisible, seeped into pockets in the shale and overlying gravel in Leslieville.  Joseph Russell Junior’s brickyard stretched between Leslie Street and Greenwood Avenue, south of Gerrard to what is now Dundas Street. In 1908 workers were digging clay in the bottom of a 50-foot-deep pit. One worker swung his pick down and struck a pocket ofContinue reading “March 2 in Leslieville’s past”

January 29 in Leslieville

MISS WESTON IS CHAMPION Won All Three Ladies’ Events at Motordrome Rink Races. A wonderfully fast and graceful lady skater has been developed at the Motordrome Rink. She is Miss Ruby Weston. last night Miss Weston won the quarter-mile from 12 skaters, the half from 15, and the mile from 19. In the mile sheContinue reading “January 29 in Leslieville”