The Cabbagetown Chronicles

FOR KING, HOME AND COUNTRY

IN GRATEFUL AND EVERLASTING
MEMORY OF

ALL PARK SCHOOL OLD BOYS

WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES DURING
THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

THEY DIED FOR US

THIS TABLET WAS MADE OF METAL FROM THE BELL THAT
HUNG IN THE OLD SCHOOL 1857 - 1919 AND WAS ERECTED
BY THE PARK SCHOOL OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION 1920 Many Thanks To Jerry Newton
For Sending This Photo Along To Us

Welcome To Punchy's

Cabbagetown Chronicles

Short stories and pictures from my
Cabbagetown of the 50s & 60s, and yours
And any other goofy thing I feel like putting up

Above Is My Souvenir Park School Reunion Button

The Park School Reunion.
Happened on Saturday Feb., 07, 2004
Unfortunately I could only spend one hour there.
But from what I've heard everyone had a great time.

*Cabbagetown Message Board*

Although we will keep the guest book up and running we felt a message board would be a better way for multiple users to keep in touch. This is a good way to find old friends, share memories, or just about anything else you might want to discuss. However, all the normal rules apply. No commercial stuff. No yard sales, No rentals. And especially, nothing in bad taste. All the above will be removed immediately.

Click Here To Go To Cabbagetown Message Board

ATTENTION

We've been getting some email lately from people wondering if we can help them find lost friends etc. We help when we can but it ain't easy. Please use the Message Board in the box above to get in touch with other Cabbagetowners. Leave your name and email along with the name of whoever you're searching for and someone may be able to help you find them.

However, if you just want to comment, then feel free to use the Guestbook...

Click Here To Read Guestbook

Click Here To Sign Guestbook

This guestbook is not for finding apartments or any kind of advertizing. For that type of listing we suggest you visit our friends at Cabbagetown Toronto. They have a free posting service for this purpose.

They're Wrecking Regent Park North

Here's some news for those of you that never get down to the old homestead, some of it ain't there anymore. The wrecker's ball has taken out the entire block from Parliament to Sackville, and from Dundas to Oak. In it's place the City is to build new housing and retail units. expected to take 10 to 15 years to complete the project.

It is indeed very strange to see that area vacant. Also, the cop shop on Regent has been torn down.

*Stuff You Guys Have Sent In*

Paul Melling's Cabbagetown Memories

Part Three Added September, 2006
Patricia Crofts-LaGree tells the story
of her time in Cabbagetown from 1936 to 1950

Candy In Cabbagetown By James Kirk-White
Story about a family owned candy store on Parliament Street including a picture.

Cabbagetown Memories Of Patricia Ross
Member of a very large Cabbagetown Family.

Memories Of Dixon Hall by Jeannette Walton/McDonald
A short story and a picture from 1950.

My Kids, My Life. A biography by Audrey Wood.
A Cabbagetown kid writes a book and tells her story of poverty, broken marriages and having a dozen kids.

Here is a short poem about John's Grill
A seedy little greasy spoon that once stood in Cabbagetown
It was written by the late Ted Plantos, a Toronto poet and editor
and former Cabbagetowner

John's Grill Boogie

Part One

The following pages explain what
Cabbagetown was all about in the 50's and 60's Why This Site Is Here

The transformation of
Cabbagetown to Regent Park

My memories of Cabbagetown
as a kid in the 50's and 60's

The unwritten laws of Cabbagetown

My Tribute To Ted Plantos
A Passionate Cabbagetowner
Also A Bit About The Original Cabbagetown Borders

Cabbagetown and the rest of Toronto had
dozens of movie theatres that are now all gone
Here's a list of the ones east of Yonge Street

The Canada House Tavern
and the Beresford bite the dust
Two of the more infamous juice joints go down the tubes

Cabbagetown Store
A book review on J.V. McAree's
novel about a long gone Cabbagetown grocery store.

If you want you can leave a comment in the guestbook.
It's near the bottom of this page.

Short Stories

In Cabbagetown and the rest of Toronto

Two Hide-N-Seek Stories
Toronto Cops Flip Over The Beatles
Sneaking Into The Stones Concert
Two Transistor Man
Two Cabbagetown Stories
The Great Candy Caper
Attack Of The Alien Space Bugs
A Rough And Tumble Saturday Afternoon Matinee
Playing Hooky In Cabbagetown
A Ghostly Apparition In The River Street Junk Yard
Brylcreem, A little dab'll do ya
The super heavy duty bundle buggie
1050 CHUM, One of the first Rock and Roll stations in the world
The Boyd Gang
Canada's most notorious bank robbers and jail breakers.
How I Pepper Sprayed Elvis
Saturday Night Special
Why Our Government Run So Smoothly

Do you have an interesting Cabbagetown story?
Would you like it posted on on this site?
Click below to send it to me.
I'm also looking for old Cabbagetown pictures from the 60's or earlier.
Full credit will be given to all contributors.
E-mail us

So come on you old Cabbagetowners, send me your memories.
I'll let you know if your story qualifies

Part Two

Old Cabbagetown Pictures
With brief explanations.

The Bluebell / Gay Theatre

Parliament Street Shopping Area

School Pictures

Check to see if you're in there...

Newest Additions Listed First

Park School Grade 8, 1945
From Patricia Crofts/LaGree

Regent Park School 1960
From Brian Cruden

St Pauls School Pictures
From Colleen Musick

Park School Pictures
From Gail Hudson

From Stan Kelar
A Boy Scout Troop 1946

Jerry And Sue Sent In This One
From Spruce Court School 1965-66

St Pauls 1941
From Stan Kelar

St Pauls 1942
From Stan Kelar

Dufferin School 1946 or 47
From Stan Kelar

Park School 1956-57

Park School 1958-59

Regent Park School 1960-61

Park School 1947

Bruce Sent In This One From Park School

Another One From Bruce Park School 1962-63

Jerry Sent In This One From Regent Park School 1965-66

Susan Sent These Photos From Lord Dufferin School

Miss McCaul's Grade 2 Class

Miss Pritchards's Grade 3 Class

Here's a bunch sent in by Frank Currell

Park School 1946, 1947 & 1954

St. Paul's School 1942

Park School 1947

Park School 1948

Ed Healey's School Pictures

Regent Park Ballteam From Bruce White

John Locicero's Baseball Team

Girls Track Team 1951 From Bernie

CANADA

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Here's Our Guestbook
We've recently started it over and would
like to use it as a place where people can leave their name and
email to possibly get in touch with old friends from the area.
We have had many people inquire about finding lost friends and
we figured this would be helpful.

Check Out Who's Dropped By And Signed Our Guestbook

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More Soon

Cabbagetown Links

Cabbagetown Toronto
What's Happening Now-A-Days In Cabbagetown
Sign Up For Their Newsletter To Keep Informed

The Annual Cabbagetown Tour of Homes
This popular tour runs from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
and includes a Victorian Tea.

Cabbagetown Boxing Club
Keeping Cabbagetown Kids Off The Street

Dixon Hall
One Of The Oldest Community Centres In The Area

The Other Toronto:
Irish Catholics in a
Victorian City, 1850-1900

St Patrick's Hall
Racism Against Irish Catholics
In A Very Protestant Toronto & Cabbagetown

Cabbagetown
A Rather Dry, Statistic Loaded
History Of The Area

Night Flyte Sound
My Buddy John Hope's Band Has Played In Just About Every
Cabbagetown Pub There Ever Was. He Now Has His Own Home
Digital Recording Studio. So If You're Looking For A Place
To Cut A Demo, Or Just Want To Make A CD To Impress Your
Friends, This Is It.

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