Toronto Sketches 6: The Way We WereStories of Old Toronto never lose favour with the city’s nostalgia buffs, and as long as Mike Filey continues to provide us with his "The Way We Were" columns, no one’s appetite will have to go unsatisfied. When Mike’s Toronto Sunday Sun columns were first brought together in Toronto Sketches, demand was so high that it prompted a second collection ... then a third ... and a fourth ... and a fifth. Now, for 2000, Mike has once again brought together some of the best of his Toronto Sunday Sun columns for Toronto Sketches 6, the latest installment in the wildly popular series. This time around, Mike takes us to a performance at the Royal Alexandra Theatre by Al Jolson, the opening of Sunnybrook Hospital, a game between the baseball Leafs and the Havana Sugar Kings - with Fidel Castro throwing out the first pitch - and many more famous, notorious, and entertaining episodes in the history of this great city. |
Contents
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MORE CANADIAN AVIATION HISTORY March 27 1997 | 45 |
PLAYIN BALL WITH CUBA April 13 1997 | 54 |
EVOLUTION OF A MEETING PLACE December 28 1997 | 161 |
MORE TALES OF THE TITANIC January 18 1998 | 169 |
MEASURE OF SUCCESS February 8 1998 | 175 |
BAYVIEW GHOSTS STILL HAUNT TORONTO February 22 1998 | 181 |
MEET THE KNIGHT WHO BUILT OUR CASTLE March 8 1998 | 187 |
THEYRE STILL COOKIN WITH GAS March 22 1998 | 193 |
T O PAPER CARRIED TITANIC SCOOP April 12 1998 | 200 |
TEMPORARY WAR TAX NOW ECONOMIC | 206 |
A GALLANT SHIP REMEMBERED April 27 1997 | 62 |
WILL IT ARRIVE ON TIME? May 11 1997 | 68 |
MOVING AHEAD WITH GO May 25 1997 | 74 |
TIDYS REMAINS A THRIVING ENTERPRISE June 8 1997 | 81 |
SUNNYSIDES 75TH ANNIVERSARY June 28 1997 | 89 |
REMEMBERING SUNNY DAYS GONE BY July 20 1997 | 97 |
TAKING A MILK RUN ALONG SPADINA August 7 1997 | 104 |
CNES HERITAGE IS ON DISPLAY August 24 1997 | 110 |
HERES WHERE YOU SERVED YOUR TIME September 7 1997 | 118 |
WHALE SIGHTING IN TORONTO September 14 1997 | 122 |
THE LAUGHS ON US October 5 1997 | 128 |
CRUISE SHIP REVIVAL ON GREAT LAKES October 19 1997 | 135 |
GROWING UP WITH CANADIAN TIRE November 2 1997 | 141 |
PEOPLE POWER SAVES STREETCARS November 16 1997 | 148 |
PART OF OUR PAST DISTILLED THROUGH | 155 |
THEYRE TORONTOS OWN GUIDING LIGHTS May 10 1998 | 212 |
THE SINKING OF A CANADIAN DREAM May 24 1998 | 218 |
AN IMPORTANT CORNER IN TORONTOS HISTORY | 225 |
BRIDGING THE GAP TO THE DANFORTH July 12 1998 231 | 231 |
BRIDGE TO CANADA S SUPERHIGHWAYS July 26 1998 | 237 |
TRAFFIC STOPPERS August 9 1998 | 243 |
AIRPORT MEMORIES TAKE FLIGHT August 23 1998 | 250 |
FAREWELL TO A CNE LANDMARK September 6 1998 | 256 |
A PALATIAL SCHEME WITHOUT PIER September 20 1998 | 262 |
STREET STANDS FRONT AND CENTRE October 4 1998 | 268 |
MYSTERY PHOTO IS AN HISTORICAL GEM October 18 1998 | 274 |
SANTA CLAUS ALWAYS WELCOME IN TORONTO November 15 1998 | 281 |
WHEN THE SNOW REALLY WAS WAISTDEEP December 20 1998 | 287 |