The Richmond Hill Historical Society

Over the summer, I decided that I needed to get myself ‘out’ more. Lately, it’s pretty much been work, home and shopping. I need more social contact. So, I joined the Richmond Hill Historical Society…sent in my registration in August.

The first meeting I attended was this month. Normally, the meetings take place at the Central Library but there are some renovations going on there right now. This time it was at the Elgin Barrow Arena. Of course, there were no close parking spots, and I don’t move fast and it was raining. I was a bit damp but I finally got to the meeting room.

The presentation, featuring member Bob Blanchard, was called “The Demise of a Village Culture.” It was a very interesting history of the businesses that have come and gone on Yonge Street over the years. It was a great trip down memory lane. I’m looking forward to the next meeting, hopefully at the library. It is much more accessible than the arena was.

Carnival 1968

I came across this program from the Richmond Hill Figure Skating Club in 1968 while sorting through a drawer of ‘stuff’ the other day. I would have been 12 years old that year. I had taken figure skating lessons for a few years at this point.

Can you pick me out in the photo below?

I’m in the back row, third from the left. I also found two other photos of me in my costume from a different year. My goodness, that was a LONG time ago.

I have no recollection of why I was not wearing my glasses because I most certainly would have had them and needed them to navigate the world. I lost interest in figure skating when I started high school and never pursued it further. It has been quite the nice trip down memory lane though.