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,…
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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…
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…
Save the Date! HHS AGM Nov 27
This will be an on-line meeting (using Zoom) November 27, 2021 12:45 pm Zoom Tutorial 1 pm Business Meeting ~ 1:45 Presentation the 1910s were a “Horrible, No Good Very Bad Decade” for Edmonton. Boom and Bust. Peace and War. Flood. Flu. The 1910s are etched onto our built cityscape.
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