Mike Filey's Toronto Sketches, Books 1-3
1st Edition
Published on 23. April 2014
672 pages
978-1-4597-2946-9 (ISBN)
Description
Mike Filey's column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, over four decades later, Filey's column has enjoyed an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper's most popular features. In 1992 a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches: "The Way We Were." Since then another ten volumes have been published. Each column looks at Toronto as it was and contributes to our understanding of how the city became what it is. Illustrated with photographs of the city's people and places of the past, Toronto Sketches are nostalgic journeys for the long-time Torontonian and a voyage of discovery for the newcomer. This special bundle collects the first three of those volumes, packed with fascinating information about Toronto's history.
Includes
- Toronto Sketches
- More Toronto Sketches
- Toronto Sketches 3
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Person
Mike Filey was born in Toronto in 1941. He has written more than two dozen books on various facets of Toronto's past and for more than thirty-five years has contributed a popular column, "The Way We Were," to the Toronto Sunday Sun. His Toronto Sketches series is more popular now than ever before.
Content
- Cover
- Toronto Sketches: "The Way We Were"
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- A Street by Any Other Name . . .
- June 9, 1985
- Yuletide in Little York
- December 24, 1989
- Waterfront's Steamy Past
- September 17, 1987
- Toronto's Island Airport
- February 26, 1989
- Filling Up on Waterfront History
- January 31, 1988
- Let the Games Continue
- August 7, 1988
- Everything Old is New Again
- June 10, 1990
- Only the Sky is the Limit for the Time-Honoured CNE Air Show
- August 27, 1989
- The Fall of an Arrow
- August 16, 1987
- Toronto Swimmer Stuns World
- April 20, 1986
- Picture Perfect
- December 4, 1988
- Toronto's Old Gates Took Their Toll on Us
- April 23, 1989
- The "Lead Sled" in Plastic
- February 7, 1987
- The Story of the Osgoode Hall Gates
- May 27, 1989
- Waiting for a Bus
- July 24, 1988
- Sports Stadiums for Toronto Not New
- June 12, 1988
- The Ubiquitous Rev. Scadding
- February 14, 1987
- Cemetery Offers Visitors Peaceful Look at Old T.O.
- April 8, 1990
- Sunday Laws Stripped Away One by One
- January 7,1990
- Waiting for a Streetcar
- June 21, 1987
- Mr. Lea's New Town
- November 24, 1985
- Historic Schoolhouse Turned Restaurant
- September 25, 1988
- Brickbats and Bouquets for Old T.O.
- March 29, 1981
- Canada's First Victoria Cross Winner a Toronto Boy
- January 10, 1988
- Suited for Tip Top Success
- June 28, 1987
- Hero Called Coward
- April 13, 1986
- Those Floating Airports in Our Past and Future
- April 29, 1990
- The "Squirt" Makes Its First Toronto Appearance
- February 23, 1992
- A Jewel at Yonge and Front
- January 24, 1988
- A Historic Car Wash
- December 13, 1987
- Throwing Drivers a Curve
- June 28, 1992
- The First Airplane Over Toronto
- February 16, 1992
- Small a Big Mystery
- December 3, 1989
- Meet Mr. Bloor - or is It Bloore?
- August 14, 1988
- New Uses for an Old Castle
- April 6, 1986
- The Gardens on Mutual
- January 29, 1989
- The Aikenheads - Ironmongers Extraordinaire
- January 17, 1987
- Canadian Tire Goes to Market
- April 30, 1989
- The Canadian Who Helped Build the Empire State Building
- August 11, 1991
- Postal History on Bay Street
- January 3, 1988
- An Explosive Success
- February 10, 1991
- Pioneer Industry Packs It In
- August 26, 1990
- Airport Fury Flies
- February 25, 1990
- "Heart" of the City
- February 2, 1992
- Trolly Buses Trundle into the History Books
- January 19, 1992
- Summertime Streetcars
- July 26, 1987
- Trillium Flowers Again
- June 17, 1990
- Auto Heritage May Hit the Road
- June 29, 1990
- A Cruise into History
- February 17, 1991
- Summers Past in Old T.O.
- July 5, 1987
- Red's Back in Town
- March 12, 1989
- When a Huge Snow Storm Paralyzed T.O.
- January 20, 1991
- Final Curtain for Famous Theatre
- January 1, 1989
- Celebrating a Christmas Tradition
- December 20, 1987
- Santa Claus Comes to Town, Thankfully
- November 15, 1987
- Some Super Highway History
- June 4, 1989
- Hotel Fit for the Royals
- June 11, 1989
- The Alexandra Palace
- September 9, 1992
- "Little Norway" Trained Airborne Force in Exile
- December 9, 1990
- A Prince of a Gate
- July 12, 1987
- Procession of Grief
- October 9, 1988
- A Taste of History at the Market Gallery
- March 5, 1989
- A Sign of the Times
- March 26, 1989
- "Five-Pin" Ryan Bowled Us Over with New Game
- June 18, 1989
- Grandiose Transit System Certainly Not New Idea
- July 9, 1989
- Canada's First Airmail Delivery - Late
- June 24, 1990
- The House that Mary Built
- February 19, 1989
- A "Sweetheart" of a Deal
- January 27, 1991
- Memory of a Disaster
- May 13, 1984
- Lighting Up the City's Past
- April 24, 1988
- Our Man Filey in the Slammer
- March 24, 1991
- Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
- November 22, 1987
- A Victim of the 1904 Inferno
- August 15, 1990
- A Voice from the Past
- August 28, 1988
- The Bugle Boy of Company "K"
- March 1, 1992
- Toronto's Own Casino on Queen
- January 14, 1990
- New Generation of Glitter
- October 4, 1981
- Canada Zoomed Ahead with Ambitious Jetliner
- August 6, 1989
- It's Time to Visit the Dock
- September 13, 1987
- A Towering Proposal
- February 5, 1989
- Home Sweet Streetcar
- September 9, 1990
- "Lady Lindy" in Toronto
- July 8, 1990
- Past Easters on Parade
- April 3, 1988 (Easter Sunday)
- Ontario's Taj Mahal
- March 4, 1990
- Transferring TTC History
- March 13, 1988
- Rebirth of a Toronto Landmark
- December 13, 1987
- Fort York History Unearthed
- June 26, 1988
- Putting Toronto on the Map
- November 6, 1988
- So You Think Our Winters Are Cold?
- February 21, 1987
- Doubling Up in Downtown Toronto
- May 21, 1989
- Killer of the Seas Took Toronto by Storm
- April 2, 1989
- An Unsinkable Legend
- April 26, 1992
- More Toronto Sketches
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 'AMERICA'S SWEETHEART' IS A TORONTONIAN
- THE HOSPITAL SHOULD BE PRESERVED
- CHILLING MEMORIES
- PARKDALE LANDMARK IN DANGER
- LONG LIVE THE KING
- THIS PLACE ISN'T FOR THE BIRDS
- CANADIANS ON THE 'UNSINKABLE' TITANIC
- BOB AND TIM AND YONGE AND QUEEN
- HONOURING THE GOOD DOCTOR
- NEW BUILDING THE CAT'S MEOW
- FAIR BEGINNING
- THESE GUYS WERE ALL WET
- SITES AND SOUNDS AT THE EX
- A TORONTO TRADITION
- A BUILDING WITH MANY STORIES
- WINTER WAS FUN IN OLD 'TO'
- THEATRE FULL OF MEMORIES
- GOING UNDERGROUND
- SUBWAY'S DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY
- TUNNEL VISION
- TORONTO'S OLDEST HOME
- WHEELS OF PROGRESS
- A DEATH GAVE TORONTO THIS MUSIC HALL
- MANSION AT KING AND BAY
- TORONTONIAN DIES IN LINER TRAGEDY
- VANISHED MANSION
- OUR CITY'S HISTORY IN STAINED GLASS
- NO NICKEL AND DIME CORNER
- FIRE SCORCHES TORONTO LANDMARK
- AN OLD BUILDING GETS A NEW LIFE
- CITY OF THEATRES
- OLD SCHOOL MEMORIES
- BANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
- I'LL DRINK TO THAT
- CHILDHOOD RECOLLECTIONS
- ST. ANDREW'S SECRET
- HOTEL FIT FOR A PRIME MINISTER
- EASTER PARADE ON THE BOARDWALK
- MEMORIES OF SUNNYSIDE
- DUST OFF YOUR BONNET
- FROLIC AT THE PALAIS
- REMEMBER THE HUMBER
- NEW PARK A SON OF SUNNYSIDE
- THE WAY WE BURNED
- BELL-E OF THE EX
- REUNITING MARILYN WITH THE MONA IV
- TO SERVE AND PROTECT
- AN OLD INVENTION AHEAD OF ITS TIME
- UNDER THE ROYAL ARCHES
- THIS STORY'S A REAL GAS
- PUTTING OLD TORONTO TO THE TEST
- A FINE HOTEL FOR SIX DOLLARS A DAY!
- ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR TORONTO!
- END OF THE AIRSHIP ERA
- HIGH-FLYING HARBOUR CRAFT NOT SO NEW
- THE 'SAN' ONE OF THE OLDEST HOSPITALS
- WAR REMEMBERED IN MANY WAYS
- ALWAYS ROOM AT THE INN
- STRAIGHT FROM THE COW TO YOU
- IT'S A MOOVING CNE EXPERIENCE
- MEMORIES OF THE PREVENTORIUM
- WHEN THE MOVIES CAME TO TOWN
- BLOOR WAS VILLAGE BOUNDARY
- NEGLECTED PART OF HISTORY
- FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY
- MUSIC FILLED THE AIR
- RAILS GO ELECTRIC
- HOTEL OF MANY CHANGES
- A FOND LOOK TO THE EAST
- PARK WAS A MILESTONE
- DISASTER ON THE RAILS
- STREETCAR NAMED DISASTER
- OUR LANCASTER LANDMARK
- DOROTHY'S BACK
- HEROES OF NORONIC
- A WATERFRONT LANDMARK
- THE MAKING OF MALTON
- CHAMPS FROM PAST
- COP AND THE KID
- SMYTHE KNEW THE SCORE
- WHEN NIAGARA FROZE
- PRINCESS OF A THEATRE
- CROSS HONOURS HEROIC DEEDS
- ARROW'S DEMISE
- TORONTO'S MANY BASEBALL 'PITCHES'
- SUMMER TIME BLUES
- AN EVENING OUT AT THE THEATRE
- TORONTO ON THE SEAS
- FOUNDING OF TORONTO
- SERVING COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION
- Toronto Sketches 3
- Contents
- SALLY ANN'S 100 YEARS
- BRIDGING THE VALLEY GAP
- LEGISLATURE LATER WAS AN INSANE ASYLUM
- A FALL STROLL DOWNTOWN
- IT DIDN'T USED TO COST A LOT
- BACK TO THE HALLS OF LEARNING
- CANADA'S AIRSHIP ERA
- HYDRO BUILDING HIGHLIGHT
- METRO'S TOWNS OF YESTERDAY
- ROY THOMSON STARTED OUT IN A SMALL WAY
- BRIDGING THE GAP
- ARROW MISSED ITS MARK
- BIG GAS EXPLOSION LEFT TEN PALS DEAD
- THE BARCLAY REMEMBERED
- CHASING AFTER OLD WINDMILLS
- STATUE HONOURS MARY PICKFORD
- THE MOVIES WENT "ROUND" IN CIRCLES
- PUTTING TORONTO ON TRACK
- TORONTO'S HAD FOUR BIG UNION STATIONS
- PIANIST IS HONOURED BY NEW PARK
- MEMORIES OF BOWLES LUNCHES
- THE STORY BEHIND THE MOM'S DAY CHOCOLATES
- THE HEYDAY OF HOME DELIVERY
- THE ARCH THAT WENT TO THE EX
- A PIECE OF TORONTO SINCE 1922
- WHO WILL SAVE OUR OLDEST HOUSE?
- A CENTURY OF MUSICAL MEMORIES
- GROWING CONGREGATION
- NOW THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT ON THE VAUDEVILLE SCENE
- RADIO STATION CELEBRATES BROADCASTING MIRACLE
- SOME SUPERHIGHWAY HISTORY
- HISTORIAN DOCUMENTED MEMORIES
- Master of Toronto of Old
- FOREST LAWN MAUSOLEUM
- Entombed in Tranquility
- PUTTING TORONTO ON THE MAP
- TRACING "T.O." STREET NAMES
- KEEPING THE SPIRITS ALIVE IN HISTORY BOOKS / GOODERHAM AND WORTS
- NAME THAT STREET
- FAMED COMIC HAS CANADA CONNECTION
- HISTORY AS THEATRE 200 TORONTO YEARS
- TALKIN' TRASH
- BRAVE NEW "T.O."
- GETTING FILL OF GARBAGE PROBLEMS
- BASEBALL FEVER
- GETTYSBURG CARNAGE
- INSTITUTE OF RENOWN
- PARK PLAZA'S PAST
- SILENT CLASSIC
- PICTURE THIS
- TORONTO LORE
- STREETCARS ON PARADE
- A BOOKISH HISTORY
- PROFUSION OF PLAYHOUSES
- OFF TO THE RACES
- AJAX BORN IN WAR BOOM
- A PENNY SAVED
- IT'S ALL OVER FOR FIVE AND DIMES
- AUTOMANIA
- DISTINGUISHED WAR SERVICE
- TORONTO, WHERE?
- HAPPY 160TH TORONTO!
- TRANSIT GOES UNDERGROUND
- GOIN' DOWN THE "TUBE"
- HISTORIC TRACK
- TAKE ME OUT TO THE OLD BALL GAME
- SUPER SERVICE
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TORONTO ISLAND
- CONNECT ME WITH . . .
- SCHOOL DAYS
- CATHEDRAL THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
- TIME TRACKS
- MOMENTS TO REMEMBER
- LAID TO REST BY DESIGN
- ON THE HOME FRONT
- DIGGING UP TUNNEL TALK
- OUR MASSEY HALL TURNS 100
- SETTING SAIL
- FROM THE HUNT TO THE SKIES
- TORONTO'S MOST WANTED
- A CAPITAL IDEA
- RAIL KING'S MANSION
- TOUGH LOAD TO MOVE
- THE OLD MILL TURNING EIGHTY
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