Batter up!

Submitted by John on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 10:55

When I recently arrived for a presentation at the New Toronto Historical Society, I was met by a wonderful lady by the name of Lorna Martin. Although she couldn't stay for the presentation (Lorna is now in her mid-80s and can no longer drive after dark), she had wanted to bring me a photo from the 1920s of the CCM ladies's baseball team. It included her mother-in-law Gwendoline Bragg (2nd from left - top row) and Gwendoline's sister-in-law Emily Martin (1st from left - top row) who was a special person in the life of Lorna's family. Both girls had started to work at CCM in their early teens, but, as was the custom at the time, had to stop when they got married. Love the CCM sweaters. Many thanks to Lorna!    

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Submitted by zephyr on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 10:09.

That's great memories and to know someone that have known these people. Nice!

Submitted by nycet3 on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 08:54.

This is an amazing photo. 

Submitted by DUOMATIC on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 02:59.

History is outstanding !

 

Too bad you are taught it in school when it is the last thing you want to learn when you are a kid.

Maybe it is just no one cares about Christopher Columbus sailing hundreds of years ago.

 

Now teach them about bikes and maybe they would be interested.

Oh wait, I forgot... bikes don't have SCREENS yet.

 

Kids of today... what a shame.

 

 

Submitted by Brian R. on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 09:52.

I have a plan to teach kids about bikes! At the moment I teach grade 7 history - fall of New France, Loyalist migration to Canada after the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, etc. For a long time I've been thinking about what to do after retirement (still years away), and have decided on a school-to-school traveling education program centered around bicycles. There will be a math component around gearing, a science component around structures and the evolution of bicycle design, discussion of cycling and the emancipation of women, as well as the discrimination faced by world champion cyclist Major Taylor. We will talk about patents and museum issues like convservation vs. restoration. I also plan to include a hands-on activity involving degreased bicycle hubs. I've been collecting bicycles and hubs with this goal in mind, and some members of this site have sent hubs my way. With a van and trailer I would bring this traveling bicycle museum program to schools in southern Ontario.

There are still a few bikes I need to add to round off my collection for this goal: a Flyte, a Flyer, a high-wheel Ordinary, and a hard tire cross-frame safety. These are all big-dollar, hard to find bikes which is why they're still on my wish list.

If anyone has ideas, advice or comments for me on this project I'm open to hear them!

Great photo by the way! Maybe I should be collecting photos and advertising too.