Did you know that in the delivery area of the Beach Metro News there are over 100 houses of worship? This is not an article about religion. It’s an overview of a few historical facts that I have gathered regarding some of these places. They say that the number of people that believe in a […]
Category: Beach Memories
This one’s for the anonymous helpers
I have written many articles on the good, charitable volunteers of the Beach and East Toronto. History is not only what has transpired many decades ago, it is what is happening now in our present time. One hundred and twenty five years ago, all of the religious organizations and institutions were in the forefront of […]
Beach Memories: Main and Danforth, a historic area
There was a well-attended meeting at Hope United Church on Jan. 10, which discussed the development of the southwest corner of Danforth Avenue and Main Street. The city planners and representatives of the developers gave a good account of what their aims are from both sides. One thing I noticed, however, was that more could […]
Beach Memories: To my wonderful wife, Pat
I was asked recently about all of the different charity and volunteer work I have done. I have been distributing Toronto Star Santa Claus Charity Boxes for close to 60 years. I have been involved in Community Centre 55 Hamper and other charity works for over 30 years. I have volunteered for the Daily Bread […]
Beach Memories: Paper pioneers, past and present
A newspaper, like a business, institution, city, or hospital, is made by the people who stand behind it, and Beach Metro News, aka Ward 9 News, is no exception. I have been associated with Beach Metro News from nearly its beginning, in one form or another. During this time, I have never met finer people. […]
Beach Memories: When Hurricane Hazel came crashing in
In the last month or so there have been terrible hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. These calamities have taken hundreds of lives and cause billions of dollars in damage to parts of the United States, Mexico and islands in the Caribbean. They are hard to understand and even harder to reason. Are they […]
Beach Memories: What do you remember about East Toronto gas stations?
This brief history of garages and gas stations in the Beach area requires your participation, dear readers. I’d like you to give me your opinions, recollections, and any pertinent information you may have about the area’s gas stations and garages. Keep this in mind as you read through – I will let you know how […]
Beach memories: When cyclists ruled the Beach
This is not the full history of the bicycles, or the riders, or the cycling trails and infrastructure – it’s simply some local stories about men and women cycling in the East End and the Beach, who, from the 1880’s to the 1920’s, became infatuated with the sport and made a go of it in […]
Summer time to remember life savers
This story was first published July 2013 There have been great scullers, oarsmen, swimmers and athletes who lived in the East End and on the Toronto Islands. There have been stories about shipwrecks in Lake Ontario, and of the sailors who nearly drowned, but were saved by a few people living around the islands and […]
Happy birthday, Canada
This issue, for Canada’s 150th birthday, I am writing about my great country – the land of my birth and, to me, the greatest country in the world. As an amateur historian, I thought I would write about some of the different parts of our history. Canada has gone through many changes since 1867, and […]
