Toronto Sketches 10: "The Way We Were"

Mike Filey x2019;s column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sunnot long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, almost four decades later, Filey x2019;s column has enjoyed an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper x2019;s most popular features. In 1992 a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches: "The Way We Were."Since then another eight volumes of Toronto Sketcheshave been published, each of which has attained great success.

This 10th volume highlights some of Toronto x2019;s greatest landmarks such as the Don Jail and its graves and Hanlan x2019;s Point on Toronto Island. Mike also steps back in time to revisit the Avrocar, the flying saucer of the Great White North; takes a peek at Miss Toronto of 1926; conjures up The Hollywood, the city x2019;s first "talkie" theatre; and recalls historic snow days Canada x2019;s largest city has experienced.