The Highlands, Barb Izzio Remembers … It is now 57 years since I lived in the Highlands. I know that without hesitation because Joe and I have been married for 57 years. I left the Highlands as Barbara Chalmers and remember so clearly the seventeen years that I lived at 6121 – 111 Avenue, with…
Category: Highlands History
A Conversation With Jim Moran: Part Two
The Highlands Historical Society’s project to share stories from the neighbourhood’s past has a new installment, via an interview with former Highlands resident Jim Moran. Jim, his mother and his older brother moved from Beverley to a house on 6403 Ada Boulevard in July 1967, when he was 12. The house was demolished some time…
A Conversation With Jim Moran: Part One
Highlands Vignettes from the 1960s The Highlands Historical Society’s project to share stories from the neighbourhood’s past has a new installment, via an interview with former Highlands resident Jim Moran. Jim, his mother and his older brother moved from Beverley to a house on 6403 Ada Boulevard in July 1967, when he was 12. The…
Highlands Streetscapes
As spring weather approaches and we enjoy the new sidewalk along Ada Boulevard, we thought this brief article from the Highlands Historical Foundation newsletter (Spring 2002 Volume 13 No 1) might be fun to revisit. The article was written by Wayne Tedder, who served for a time as HHF president. Streetscapes In this rural-looking scene,…
The Tocher Family Home in Highlands
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…
