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Leslieville News: December 27
Goodbye to a local land mark
By Joanne Doucette
October: The Month from Hell
By October 12, the hospitals were triaging, turning away patients they thought might have a chance of survival or just accepting patients on a first-come-first-served basis. Doctors and nurses were not seeing those we would think would be least likely to survive: elderly, frail people and young children and infants. Those who were dying were, overwhelmingly, young and healthy men and women, in all neighbourhoods including older areas in the East End such as Riverside, Leslieville and Todmorden and new neighbourhoods spreading across the farm fields of the Ashbridges, Charles Coxwell Small, the Sammons, Cosburns and others. Even the new cottage communities along the Beach were not spared.
Rolph Clark Stone Oct 1951
October 7: more Toronto Viaduct photos
October 1 in history
Little Iron Man: Austin Avenue’s “Teddy” Morris
We received this interesting note! Thanks for pulling this information together. It appears that Allen Morris, listed as the son of policeman Gordon Morris of 59 Austin Ave in the 1911 and 1921 censuses, was Canadian football Hall of Famer “Teddy” Morris, real name Allen Byron Morris, who won 3 Grey Cups playing for theContinue reading “Little Iron Man: Austin Avenue’s “Teddy” Morris”
What does Pape Avenue have in common with bees, dragonflies, and basketball?
Logan Avenue, 1890-1895
When we look at a photo, especially an old photo, we get the big picture but often miss the details that make the shot tell a story. And there’s even more details that unfolded once I dug into my files. They say that the devil is in the details, but so is the treasure! WhenContinue reading “Logan Avenue, 1890-1895”