Today’s entry comes sent in from regular reader Steve L. He found these photos at his Grandmother’s house, and shared them with me to share with all of you:
Interesting to note, model homes already popping up in front prior to the implosion.
Going…
…going…
…gone…
A shot from the front during the implosion.
Steve told me they were in an envelope marked “Windsor Star”. So they were shot by Star photographers, however I’m not sure if they were ever printed in the paper or if they were just photos shot that day. If so, they may be seeing the light of day for the first time here.
A big thank you to Steve for scanning and sending them along. As always if you have any photos hanging around your house, or maybe your parents or grandparents have some, feel free to contact me, I’d be happy to share them.
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I was a student at St. Mary's, from 1946 to 1949. 1st through 3rd grade. There seems to be little info on the boys who attended as borders. What a beautiful place....it's so sad.
I remember as a student in the mid 1960`s...marching up three fights of stairs to the classrooms... all hardwood floors ... oak staircases...stained glass windows...the 4th floor housed the student residence...& some retired clergy...we`d hang out in the "Grotto" (usually to smoke) at noon & recesses or wonder around the two courtyards or the orchards , hoping the Assumption boys would dare drive around the grounds & leer at the St Mary girls ... on occasion some of our duties as day students included dusting the parlours on the main floor in preparation for a funeral service for a nun ("sister")...or the annual "mother & daughter tea"...there was a grand auditorium for the theatrical events the students put on ...wonderful old stage with "practice" rooms (ie piano) surrounding it...the locker rooms & lunch rooms were in the stone basement... there was an old "cage" type elevator we`d sneak rides on (or press the button to pull an unsuspecting pasenger (usually a "sister") back down...the Chapel was beautiful ( the only part of the building salvaged )...we`d wear our "beanies" for sevices...What a sin that this building was not treated as heritage !!!
if you go south on Acadamy from Norfolk you'll see two brick columns that was the original main entrance
The home on Normandy in Lasalle which is owned by the Tunnel BBQ family has the original gates in their entrance of their driveway
I am looking for information about an extracurricular group from the 1950s that involved the both the girls of the St. Mary’s Academy and the boys of Assumption High School together. My dad (Mike Jacko) was involved in that group and we are interested in the name of it (Catholic or Christian “something”?). Does anyone remember that group? Thanks for your help!
I remember skipping classes that day, was my first year at V.Massey. I still have a piece of a chalkboard out of one of the classrooms. I grew up in the 3400 block of McKay and we used to cut through the grounds as a short cut to central park pool and the nuns would yell at us... Good memories
Does anyone know the exact address where this building was?
Scott, do you need the actual address, or do you just want to know where it was? The address no longer exists.
I'm quite certain that the two houses on the immediate right in the link, are the two you see popping up in the top photo.
http://goo.gl/maps/26JCD
I'm also pretty sure these two brick lawn ornaments mark the original location of the gates.
http://goo.gl/maps/qCllQ
Scott Kuli... The two model homes you see being built in the first picture are the present day 3385 and 3395 Acadamy Drive. If you google street view, or google map it, you'll get the idea of where the school was. The entire property was divided up into a small sub-division.