The Death of Sculler Johnny Durnan ( 2 pages)
Provenance: From the archives of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: The Telegram, from an original copy
Date: 10 Dec 1966
Islanders Weather Political Storms
Document: The Toronto Star, from an original copy
Date: 5 Oct 2002
Provenance: From the archives of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
He’ll be waiting for Joe Wright, Jr. ( 2 pages)
Provenance: From the archives of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Toronto Daily Star, from an original copy
Date: 04 June 1927
Island show catches fine folk flavor
Provenance: From the archives of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Original Globe and Maul newspaper
Date: 13-07-1973
Protest Against Destruction of Hanlan’s Landmark
Provenance: From the archives of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: The Telegram newspaper from original issue
Date: 29-06-1936
Posting: Islanders envision return to “poor man’s paradise”
Document: Toronto Star newspaper- from original copy
Date: 12-04-2002
Digitized by: Ted English
Provenance: From the archives of Ted English
FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE:
Bill Durnan, 87, Fixture on the Islands
Born, Lived, and Worked There
Last of 4 Islands Generation
Ashante Infantry, Obituary Writer
In retrospect, one’s childhood often seems idyllic. Bill Durnan recalled his as utopian.
He was born on Hanlan’s Point into an Irish family that was among the earliest settlers of the Toronto Islands.
When he was growing up — prior to World War II and the development of the island airport — people flocked to the 10,000-seat Hanlan’s Point Stadium, where baseball Keep reading →
Toronto Island Hockey Team 1939 Winners of the Lionel Conacher trophy Created by: F.S. Rickard Date: 1939 Provenance: From the collection of Ted English Notes:
