More Toronto Sketches: The Way We Were

by Mike Filey

Mike Filey's "The Way We Were" column in the Toronto Sun continues to be one of the paper's most popular features. In More Toronto Sketches, the second volume in Dundurn Press's Toronto Sketches series, Filey brings together some of the best of his columns.

Each column looks at Toronto as it was, and contributes to our understanding of how Toronto became what it is. Illustrated with photographs of the city's people and places of the past, Toronto Sketches is a nostalgic journey for the long-time Torontonian, and a voyage of discovery for the newcomer.

Genres: Nonfiction, Canada, History

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1993

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Teena in Toronto]

Mike Filey had a column in the Toronto Sun for about 30 years and I read it for many years (I like learning about the history of Toronto) ... this book is a compilation of some of his columns.

We learn about Mary Pickford ("America's Sweetheart" was actually born in Toronto), the Parkdale train station (it was moved and eventually destroyed by fire), theatres, baseball and hockey teams, Malton Airport (now the Lester Pearson International Airport), when Niagara Falls froze, etc.

Even though the book was published in 1993, it was still an interesting book because it dealt with many historical events in Toronto.

If you live in Toronto or are from Toronto, you should check it out.

Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2014/08...