Early in 2021 Barry Alloway discovered the Highlands Historical Society website, learned about the Plaque Program, and inquired about obtaining a plaque for the Highlands home at 11112 – 62nd Street that his grandparents moved into in 1956. Barry was put in touch with the current owner of the home who immediately became interested in…
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Thistle Curling Club at 100
This article is from the Highlands Historical Society Newsletter Volume 7, No.1, Winter/Spring 1996 It’s 75 years for our Thistle – Edmonton’s Oldest -by Don and Anne McIntyre, Thistle Club Historians It was the talk of the town back in December of 1920. The brash new city was to have two new curling clubs, and…
Remembering the Music of Gaby Haas
by Highlands Historical Society – July 22, 2021 Article written by Carol Snyder, edited by Laurel Erickson, from Vol 18 No 2 (Summer 2007) of the HHS Newsletters. from the newsletter… Gaby was born in Czechoslovakia on November 7, 1920. He was taught violin and piano, and classical music. The family decided to come to…
Extract from William F. Brown, builder of 64th Street,
by Anita Jenkins from Vol 7 No 2 (Fall 1996) of the HHS Newsletters. As soon as he heard about the plans for new subdivision called The Highlands, William F. Brown was in line for a building permit. His was the fourth one to be taken out. In 1912, he and his father-in-law Cephas Sissons…
Mary Parris – Highlands Watercolour Artist
It all started with an old photo! When long-time Highlands resident and historian Ted Smith came across a gentleman holding an old photo on the stairs at the Highlands Golf Course, a conversation naturally ensued! It turned out the gentleman was Glenn Parris and the photo, circa 1947, was of Glenn’s mother, Highlands artist Mary…
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