Riverdale Historical Society—since 1999

  THE RHS IS GOING LIVE!  PLEASE COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND  ENJOY THE REALITY OF ACTUAL PEOPLE AROUND YOU. MASKS JUST FINE.     OUR FIRST EVENT IS A WALKING TOUR OF QUEEN STREET EAST WITH RON FLETCHER AS OUR GUIDE.  WE MEET AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO BRUCE MACKEY PARK JUST NORTH OF QUEEN STREET AT DEGRASSI STREET SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30 AT 2 PM AND TOUR UNTIL 3:30 WHEN WE VISIT A CAFE - AND STAY THERE. _______________________________ OUR NEXT EVENT WILL BE TUESDAY OCTOBER 24. USUALLY WE MEET ON THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH BUT HALLOWEEN 2023 BEAT US TO THE DRAW. WE WILL MEET AT THE RALPH THORNTON CENTRE, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, ON THE THIRD FLOOR, WHERE ADAM BUNCH WILL PRESENT:   The Toronto Circus Riot: A True Tale of Sex, Violence, Corruption and Clowns. An 1855 Brawl turned Riot.

  History is our collective past, and we research, write, read, revise and think about it.  But this year the city-wide Festival, "Doors Open" is listening to the Sounds of Our City, and the Riverdale Historical Society's ears are aflap!