North Toronto Historical Society Monthly Meetings
   October - November  2024




**** Note the time change! ****    Meetings are held from 7 - 8 p.m. in Rm. 224 at Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. No refreshments are served - you may wish to bring your own. Co-sponsored by The Toronto Public Library.

 

Wednesday, October 30  7 p. m.  

Toronto's Early Cemeteries

Retired librarian Virginia Van Vliet has been leading historic
walking tours in Toronto for many years. St. James and Necropolis
cemeteries are among her favourite places. She will tell us the
history of these and other early cemeteries, and the interesting
lives of some of the people buried there.

Wednesday, November 27  7 p. m. 

Flying Kites in Yorkshire - the WWII Diaries of RCAF Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson MBE

From 1943 to 1945, Ross Dawson kept an extraordinary, 460-page, hand-written diary about his time overseas with the RCAF.  His son (and NTHS treasurer) Bill Dawson will provide a brief biography of his father, describe his time with the RCAF and read a number of excerpts from the diary. Ross Dawson was an excellent story-teller. The talk will be illustrated with Ross's wartime photos.





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