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March 6 in Leslieville’s past
A selection of articles from March 6 through the years.
March 5 in Leslieville’s past: the Grand Trunk Railway Crossing
March 4 in Leslieville’s past
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”
March 1 in Leslieville’s past: Greenwood Park Shelter under construction, March 1, 1928
February 28 in Leslieville’s Past: featuring the Greenwood Park field house
February 27 in Leslieville’s past: Skating, pleasures and perils
February 26 in Leslieville’s history
By Joanne Doucette More houses and garages to be torn down to make way for Dundas Street East.
Leslieville Historical Society 