Included with the recent mailing of the Society Newsletter is the latest issue of the Scarborough Historical Society’s periodical “Scarborough Historical Notes & Comments”.

Volume 22 focuses on the West Hill area. Don Allen has completed his research on the history of the Willows Park and we’ve added the adjacent Maple Creek Farm/Park article which we published earlier in the newsletter. In addition, Gary Strutt has written a history of his family’s business, Scarboro (sic) Automotive, which served Scarborough for almost twenty years.

After twenty years of successfully publishing the periodical annually, Volumes 1- 19, primarily due to the efforts of the late Dr. Fred Nicholson, the Society embarked on several more elaborate but time-consuming publications:
A summary of the “1861 Census of Scarborough“, “History of the Scarborough Historical Museum”, “Scarborough, Then and Now”, and “Home Sweet Scarborough”.

After these successful publications, attempts were made to return to the annual format in booklet form. Volume 20 featured articles on the Elliott Store in Agincourt and the Hough School, S.S. #8. Volume 21 featured the Golf Courses of Scarborough and Scarborough’s First Bank Heist in 1919.

Since then, the unfortunate passing of Don Hough, Ray Corley and others who were working on articles, together with the Society’s relocation of the Archives and the restoration of the former Morrish store, took a toll on the remaining members of the Editorial Board and regular publication was postponed.

We hope you enjoy the current issue (Volume 22) and we’re already nearing completion of the next issue which will feature the beginning of the W.J. Morrish General Store and the merchant’s 1891 diary.

Your comments and ideas for future issues are always welcome. Contact the Editorial Board via the Society’s address, 6282 Kingston Road, Scarborough, ON, M1C 1K9 or contact us.