“‘Why do all the work if nobody gets to see it?’ In today’s Toronto Star, I chat with the film archivists responsible for the Pop Up Cinematheque series at U of T www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Here's some #Toronto history I'd never heard before. "Patty vs. Patty" tells the story of the city's bizarre 1985 “patty wars,” when Jamaican-Canadian bakers went head-to-head with the federal government over the name of their beloved beef patty. #CBCShortDocs #PattyvsPatty youtu.be/-PxtCIMeRMY
"When people ask if the #museum is haunted..." Years later, I still adore this spooky reel from Thunder Bay Museum (Ontario, Canada). Enjoy. 👻 #tbaymuseum #tbay #nwo #halloween #spookyseason #ghost #ghostphotoshoot
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Applications now open for StreetARToronto’s “Monumental Program” for murals of monumental size on tall buildings. Details at tinyurl.com/4rmpjxsr
Toronto History Lecturers on the Bathurst streetcar with the metal superstructure of a bridge in the background
Each summer @tofamilyhistory.bsky.social holds a very special event to remember a friend. The 2025 Toronto History Lecture is Tues Aug 5 at 7:00 on Zoom. @briandoucet.bsky.social & Michael Doucet present Toronto's Streetcars: How the past shapes the present
torontofamilyhistory.org/learn/toront...
Check out @onegalstoronto.bsky.social's star turn on @breakfast-tv.bsky.social! #TorontoHistory #GhostSigns www.breakfasttelevision.ca/videos/these...
There's a whole mile of tunnels beneath Chancery Lane tube station -- a former spy base and telephone exchange. We had a look around ->
Congratulations, Carolyn, that's fabulous!
Some of those locations are in my video on this topic!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L6C...
Yes, indeed, @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social, your video is terrific (have liked and subscribed)! Thank you so much for making it.
New! Toronto #PublicToilets history: Heritage Toronto's interactive "Lost Lavatories" map "Uncover(s) the hidden history of civic debates, architectural ambition, and changing attitudes toward public space told by Toronto’s lost network of public lavatories."
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Poster advertising the first major mudlarking exhibition ever at the London Museum - ‘Secrets of the Thames’. The poster shows an old gold ring tantalisingly in the mud, above it a 17th century trade token. The exhibition opens on 4th April 2025 till 1 March 2026.
It’s nearly time. ‘Secrets of the Thames’ will be opening at the London Museum on 4th April 2025 - 1 March 2026. This is the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to mudlarking. Please come and explore the hidden world of the mudlarks. Link to more info here 👉🏼 www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sec...
Tweedy's #London Pub Map show all the pubs he's covered for his YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@TweedyPubs). Looks like a great resource. youtu.be/aiqXCDnZjKc
What lies beneath Toronto? From Indigenous burial sites to Deep Lake Water Cooling... this is fascinating (and new! 2024). youtu.be/hicZmecc31M
Join us for our February Teatime Talk with "Putting Indigenous People "on the map" in Canada" by Chris Brackley
Date: 20 February 2025
Time: 6:45 PM London
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