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The National Archives in London (England) have just put lots of Canadian photos on Flickr. The Ontario ones are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/collections/72157630315300544/
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Goldie
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themarc
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So... what kind of POW's would we be storing at Kapuskasing in 1914? That is a long way from the front lines in France let alone the lines at the wharf on Toronto Bay. Maybe the POW camp would have been more effective by just letting the POW's try to walk back to civilization and letting the bears and the mosquitoes "have at em"...
the lemur
Senior Member
My guess is that they wouldn't have been PoWs so much as foreign nationals, but the distance does illustrate the absurdity of such internment.
J T CUNNINGHAM
Senior Member
"So... what kind of POW's would we be storing at Kapuskasing in 1914?"
QUOTE themarc.
POW's were not "stored"; POW's were inter(r?)ed.
BTW, my "home form" grade 10 teacher was one of those who were there during WW II.
Regards,
J T
QUOTE themarc.
POW's were not "stored"; POW's were inter(r?)ed.
BTW, my "home form" grade 10 teacher was one of those who were there during WW II.
Regards,
J T
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the lemur
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Interned if live, interred if not.
rockybudgeboa
New Member
Does anyone have any pics of places I remember from my childhood and wish were still around? The old Eatons Annex and warehouse, the Old Eatons store, the Restaurant that used to be on Queen street East of Yonge st, it was a diner I believe. I just dont remember it now and have been thinking of it for a while. They had Chicken Croquettes which my Mom loved.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Some postcards I picked up from an antique store during a recent trip to Stratford:
CityPlaceN1
Senior Member
Great images.
rockybudgeboa
New Member
WOW, excellent indeed. Was the original Eatons store right at Yonge and Queen? I so wish I could see a pic of it before they destroyed it for the Eaton Centre
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Thanks! There are many. many pics of the old store on-line on both the Toronto and Ontario Archives sites:
Site of the original proposal for the Eaton Centre from The Toronto Telegram March 1, 1966:
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Goldie
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The Torontoist web site:
http://torontoist.com/2012/07/historicist-summer-cruising-to-niagara/#more-182880
is displaying a wonderful history of the passenger ships that once cruised from Toronto to Niagara.
As a child in the 1940s, I loved the adventure of those cruises.
http://torontoist.com/2012/07/historicist-summer-cruising-to-niagara/#more-182880
is displaying a wonderful history of the passenger ships that once cruised from Toronto to Niagara.
As a child in the 1940s, I loved the adventure of those cruises.
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Goldie
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128 years of progress
I find it 'mind-boggling' to realize the immense changes that have altered this block in the downtown core since 1884 (attachment). Dozens of buildings have evaporated to accommodate today's TD Centre. Is there even one of the 128-year-old buildings remaining?
I find it 'mind-boggling' to realize the immense changes that have altered this block in the downtown core since 1884 (attachment). Dozens of buildings have evaporated to accommodate today's TD Centre. Is there even one of the 128-year-old buildings remaining?
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r937
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some of them had the foresight to do so in 1904
the tall pink rectangle just to the right of the numeral 6 in your image is the location of the start of the great fire
Lone Primate
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I am constantly amazed at how ubiquitous the Union Jack used to be in Canadian life within living memory. I remember seeing it occasionally alongside the Maple Leaf in the 70s, but it's really evaporated since then. If it weren't for the little nod in the corner of Ontario's flag, you'd just never see it these days. Attitudes about who we are in the world really seemed to have turned on a dime in the 20 years between 1955 and 1975.