I’m listening to “Scarborough Fair” this morning and wondering if Ontario’s Scarborough will ever have a fair. If we can borrow this name from North Yorkshire, we might as well borrow their fair idea well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBBpnvYEDSA
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@lydiaschoch not a fair per se, but there was an amusement park called "Scarboro Beach Park in Toronto (just west of Victoria Park Ave) in the early 1900s
see https://scenesto.com/2024/11/03/a-quick-history-evolution-of-scarboro-beach-park/
From the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, almost half a dozen waterfront amusement parks entertained Torontonians, offering a lost layer of the city's social life and geography. One of those fun resorts was Scarboro Beach Park, formerly located in the east end of Toronto, on the south side of Queen Street east of Woodbine Avenue. While the story of the park itself is interesting, the evolution of the property it sat on is a story in itself, consisting of at least three major redevelopments.
Lydia Schoch
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