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I love that the common thread in both these pictures are the streetcar tracks and that there are less cars and more bicycles in the now picture. Paul

I still have my last edition Toronto Telegram that my father's father thought was important I have. Paul

Note the faded Toronto and York Radial Railway Metropolitan sign if front of the north house, the people waiting for the train and the wheel stop for the tracks. This was the second terminus for the Met after the CPR underpass was built a little further south and forced the end of the line to...

Thank you for this post. It details the original terminus and shops of the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway. This was Ontario's first operating railway opened in 1853 and beating the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway from Montreal to Toronto by 1 year. The other original terminus was at...

I was just sent a link from a member of the Ottawa Railway History Circle. It's Stompin' Tom Conners performing a song titled TTC Skedaddler from the 1973 concert film Across this land with Stompin' Tom Conners. I hope it is appropriate to post it here...

As a young lad my mother would take me to Sherway Gardens for lunch at the restaurant inside Eaton's on the second floor. We would always get there by taking Sherway drive east from Dixie road to cross the old concrete arch bridge into Etobicoke and onto Evans avenue. As far as I know, it was...

Great detail in those shots, thank you.

There are other great Toronto Archive photos of ice skating and harvesting on Grenadier pond.

www.cermc.webs.com The downloadable file is near the bottom of the cover page. You must have Google Earth already installed on your computer to view the map. Any portion of the map can also be uploaded to your mobile GPS unit for use in the field if it runs the .kml/.kmz file format, and most...

My passion in life is to digitally record all of Canada's former and current electric railways using Google Earth. I have linked to the Toronto Archives with these photos in my map and I love seeing them turn up here from time to time. If I get permission I will post a link to my website for you...

It is possible Gravenhurst would have looked far less developed than it does today, and would have been much bushier(is that a word?) than it is now. Lethbridge Alberta also had a P.O.W. camp. Many of the internee's returned to Lethbridge after the war to settle there because they were so well...

J.T., if he was a German officer, he was likely intered at the former lunatic asylum at Gravenhurst. The S.S. Sagamo used to sail out of Gravenhurst with the ships band playing "God Save the King" and "There will always be an England" as it passed the prison camp. Paul

We had Canada, Elmer and Ontario with the U.J. on it in 1975. Our grade 7 english teacher, Mr. Harrison, was a WW2 bomber pilot. Turns out he was on a sortie that bombed a labour camp in Germany, where our schools janitor was working at the same time. Odd they would both wind up at a Peel county...

Billy the Mountain, Tata's and Beer, Joes Garage, Live at Fillmores, Mudshark, Dynamo Hum... oh the memories, thank you J T. Saw him at M.L.G. on his Tour '80, he was playing from Sheik Yerbouti. Whatever happened to all the fun in the world? Life is just not the same without him. Paul

Just got to love that Nash Metropolitan sitting in front of the Bank of Montreal. It would make a great companion cruiser for that Sprite Frogeye from a couple of pages back. Not that they share anything other than very unique and endearing looks. Paul

Sounds like a job for Mike Holmes.

I notice the rust on your 1944 and it makes me sad to know that all of Canada'a mint output is now plated steel and will suffer that same fate. On a happier note I promise not to post anything else about coins, returning you back to the previously scheduled Then and Now forum. Paul

My wife just asked me why the Victory 5 cent only has "cents" written on it. The V has two purposes, V for victory and it's the roman numeral 5. Paul

Just to round out our wartime 5 cent picture show here is a 1942 Nickel (pulled from my change), 1942 Tombac and a 1944 Chrome. I am just a working man so I could probably never afford a 1944 Tombac Victory. Please forgive my poor editing skills, I guess after almost 5 years here I am still...

That Morse code around the rim reads 'We win when we work willingly" and was a message to the Nazi's. The 1943 victory 5 cent piece is made of Tombac, a zinc and brass alloy. The substitution was made due to nickel being diverted for the war effort. When brass became a wartime limited resource...