Toronto Sketches 6

The Way We Were

Mike Filey

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Year: 2000
• Print ISBN:
  9781550023398
• eBook ISBN:
  9781459713031
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Stories 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Is This the Same Car? January 5, 1997
• Toronto’s Famous Casa Loma January 12, 1997
• Hospital Dream Dies January 19, 1997
• It All Sounds Familiar January 26, 1997
• Lights, Camera . . . February 2, 1997
• Postal Design on Aviation History February 9, 1997
• It’s Wheel Fascinatin’ February 16, 1997
• Building a Lasting Name February 23, 1997
• Milk Run Memories March 2, 1997
• A Retail Survivor March 9, 1997
• Gone Up in Smoke March 16, 1997
• More Canadian Aviation History March 27, 1997
• National Trade Centre Set to Open March 30, 1997
• A Piece of History Is On the Move April 6, 1997
• Playin’ Ball With Cuba April 13, 1997
• Sunnybrook Established to Heal War’s Wounded April 20, 1997
• A Gallant Ship Remembered April 27, 1997
• A Gifted Funnyman May 4, 1997
• Will It Arrive On Time? May 11, 1997
• How Sunday Streetcar Service Got on Track May 18, 1997
• Moving Ahead With Go May 25, 1997
• Ready for Takeoff June 1, 1997
• Tidy’s Remains a Thriving Enterprise June 8, 1997
• A Gifted Entertainer June 15, 1997
• New Bells are Ready to Peal at St. James’ June 21, 1997
• Sunnyside’s 75th Anniversary June 28, 1997
• Dedicated to Anarchy June 29, 1997
• Yes, Sir Henry’s Home Really Was His Castle July 6, 1997
• Remembering Sunny Days Gone By July 20, 1997
• Track to the Future July 27, 1997
• Mackenzie’s Mansions August 3, 1997
• Taking a Milk Run Along Spadina August 7, 1997
• I Remember a Very Special Ex August 10, 1997
• CNE’s Heritage Is On Display August 24, 1997
• Remembering the Other Prince August 31, 1997
• Here’s Where You Served Your Time September 7, 1997
• Whale Sighting in Toronto September 14, 1997
• She Was a Musical Sweetheart September 28, 1997
• The Laugh’s On Us October 5, 1997
• Roads Took Their Toll in Early T.O. October 12, 1997
• Cruise Ship Revival on Great Lakes October 19, 1997
• Raise a Glass to the Silver Rail October 26, 1997
• Growing Up With Canadian Tire November 2, 1997
• It’s a Right Royal Anniversary November 9, 1997
• People Power Saves Streetcars November 16, 1997
• Music Man of the Canadian Army November 23, 1997
• Part of Our Past Distilled Through Flatiron Building November 30, 1997
• Memories of Christmas Past December 21, 1997
• Evolution of a “Meeting Place” December 28, 1997
• The More Things Change . . . January 4, 1998
• The Tragic Truth January 11, 1998
• More Tales of the Titanic January 18, 1998
• A Spin Down Auto Row January 25, 1998
• Measure of Success February 8, 1998
• Toronto Auto Shows Have Always Been Popular February 15, 1998
• Bayview Ghosts Still Haunt Toronto February 22, 1998
• Living High Off Hogtown’s Past March 1, 1998
• Meet the Knight Who Built Our Castle March 8, 1998
• Sportsmen’s Show Turns 50 March 15, 1998
• They’re Still Cookin’ With Gas March 22, 1998
• Big Shots Back in Shipshape March 29, 1998
• T.O. Paper Carried Titanic Scoop April 12, 1998
• Michie’s Tradition of Wealth and Prestige April 19, 1998
• Temporary War Tax Now Economic Cornerstone April 26, 1998
• Meet Our First Taxman May 3, 1998
• They’re Toronto’s Own Guiding Lights May 10, 1998
• What’s in a Name? Plenty May 17, 1998
• The Sinking of a Canadian Dream May 24, 1998
• Toronto’s Stormy Past May 31, 1998
• An Important Corner in Toronto’s History June 7, 1998
• A Streetcar Named Peter Witt July 5, 1998
• Bridging the Gap to the Danforth July 12, 1998
• Roy Rogers’ Happy Trails Led to Toronto July 19, 1998
• Bridge to Canada’s Superhighways July 26, 1998
• On the Right Track August 2, 1998
• Traffic Stoppers August 9, 1998
• All Aboard for a Trip into the Past August 16, 1998
• Airport Memories Take Flight August 23, 1998
• It’s the Wheel Thing at the CNE August 30, 1998
• Farewell to a CNE Landmark September 6, 1998
• Major Mackenzie’s Home Now Part of Pioneer Past September 13, 1998
• A Palatial Scheme Without Pier September 20, 1998
• The Houses That Bishop Built September 27, 1998
• Street Stands Front and Centre October 4, 1998
• 1915 Ford Fit to a “T” October 11, 1998
• Mystery Photo is an Historical Gem October 18, 1998
• City’s Past Vanishes With Arrival of New Buildings October 25, 1998
• Filling Used to be a Joy at the Pumps November 1, 1998
• Santa Claus Always Welcome in Toronto November 15, 1998
• Timely Cottage Down By the Bay December 13, 1998
• When the Snow Really Was Waistdeep December 20, 1998
• Out With the New, in With the Old December 27, 1998