This week in Ontario, Canada it’s ‘Heritage Week‘ and as a lover of history and keeping the past alive thru my little blog, I thought I would share some (just some, I have written TONS!) of my past posts I have done on Toronto (my adopted home) from the 1920s-1960s. Then stick around till the end for a fun video from the Archives of Ontario of 1960s Toronto.
Vintage Photo Tuesday: 1930’s Art Deco Toronto
The Biggest Rock n Roll Show of 1956 Performs at Maple Leaf Gardens.
The Canadian “Rosie the Riveter”-Veronica Foster, the Bren Gun Girl. MY TOP TORONTO BLOG POST!
Vintage Glamour-The Historic Royal York Hotel, Toronto Canada
The “Kitschy” 1950s Toronto Subway Song
Vintage Photo Tuesday: The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Ruth Lowe-The Canadian Gal Behind “I’ll Never Smile Again”
Happy 184th Birthday Toronto! Souvenirs of Toronto’s Past
Miss Toronto Pageant-The Early Days
“Let’s Dance”: Palace Pier, Toronto Canada
‘Canada Dry’-Toronto’s Original Beverage and the Champagne of Ginger Ales
Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion – A Grand Piece of Toronto History
Not a blog post by the Vintage Inn, but I just HAD to share…
Do you love 1960s Fashions? 1960s Furniture Design? Then you MUST check out this cool video produced for the Ontario Department of Economics and Development. It showcases innovations in fashion and furniture design in Ontario. The video is hosted by Adrienne Clarkson, future governor general, and is set at Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto (a heritage site FYI).
OTHER TORONTO VINTAGE BLOG POSTS (not featured here):
- Mary Pickford-“Canada’s Sweetheart” of the Silver Screen
- ‘Let’s Dance’: Canadian National Exhibition Dance Tent
- The (Non Hockey) History of Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens-Pre 1970s
- “Morgans Department Store”-Little bit of Canadian Vintage History
- Vintage Photo Tuesday: Stylish Toronto of the 1940s
I hope dear readers that you enjoyed viewing some of my past posts on Vintage Toronto. Happy Heritage Ontario Week (to those in Ontario who celebrate)!
Have a great week everyone!
Liz
Great post! Thank you for sharing this post with us. I love read your blog.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for dropping by and commenting 🙂
Liz
Really enjoyed reading your post. I grew up in Toronto (Don Mills) but my father sold his business to an American company in Bristol, and we moved to the States in the fall of 1970. I did see the Beatles live in 1965, The Who and Led Zepplin twice, second time they were the first rock & roll band to play at the O’Keefe.
My mother and father were involved in amateur theater and my mother both produced (with a friend Vera Miles) and acted in a series of plays performed at the Poor Alex. One of the plays she was in was A Taste Of Honey which she later produced and played the role of the mother in a national theater competition and she won best supporting actress and an award for producing the play. My father did the sound effects. She was in a number of plays over the years at the Poor Alex (the side kick to the Royal Alex where I did see “Hair”, nudity and all. I remember seeing Buddy Rich and his orchestra perform at the Royal York Hotel. My father used to see famous jazz musicians like Oscar Peterson for the price of a drink. I remember when Yorkville was just developing as a sort of Canadian alternate to New Yorks Greenwich Village. I sailed for 6 summers at the National Yacht Club and taught sailing one summer at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club where men had wear a suit and tie and women a dress on the ferry to get to the yacht club; don’t know if they still have the same rules.
I’m amazed at how many Canadian actors, comedians and singers in the United States are Canadian; remarkable. With the way things are going down here I may be back. I live in Massachusetts in the southeast part not far from Cape Cod, lots of beautiful beaches and ocean. My mother’s name was Dorothy Spencer and my father’s was Geoffry Spencer.
Your blog brought back a lot of memories, I’m going to save it so I can check back for more memories. Thank you.
Hi Wendy,
Thank you so very much for sharing YOUR memories of your family and your time in Toronto. Incredible! I really enjoyed hearing about it all. This is why I write my blog, so that readers can share their memories about something I posted about.
Fun fact, my parents saw Hair at the Royal Alex as well. Possibly the same time line. My mom still to this day talks about that nudity and how she was quite surprised lol!
Please drop by again. I have been blogging for over 11 years, so I have LOTS of posts.
Thanks again for commenting!
Liz