Rudy
just idly scrolling through the hundreds of images in my #TOhistory folder, and thought i'd post this one for you younguns who might not know about it
oh look, something is definitely happening!
i wonder if anyone noticed the reference to Winchester Street in the last picture's ALT text
Winchester St ran down the hill beside the Necropolis, crossed the Belt Line railway, crossed the Don on its own bridge, then ascended from the Don valley to meet Broadview and Danforth
#OTD April 27 1813, the Battle of York
the definitive resource is Robert Malcomson's excellent book "Capital in Flames: The American Attack on York, 1813" ISBN 1896941702
wikipedia has a good summary -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_York
241 Blythwood Rd #Toronto, just east of Mt Pleasant Rd
farmhouse built in the 1850s, with a nice view of the Burke Brook ravine, before local streets were laid in
#ThenAndNow NW corner Yonge and Castlefield, Capitol Theatre
pics aren't exactly lined up because right now all you'd see from across the street is a huge hoarding, over which i had to hold the camera to get the now shot
1933 -- 2026 -- 202?
#OTD April 12 1838, Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews were publicly hanged in Toronto for their part in the Rebellion of December 1837
"Be of good courage boys. I am not ashamed of anything I have done, I trust in God, and I am going to die like a man." -- Lount
#OTD March 31 1972, the 1822 Campbell House was moved from Adelaide St East to Queen St West
historic background by Jamie Bradburn
https://jamiebradburnwriting.wordpress.com/2022/03/31/campbell-house-on-the-move/
pics of the move by Steve Munro
https://stevemunro.ca/2016/08/25/campbell-house-move/
