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Neigh the Front -- Exploring Scarboro Heights
142 pages -- 20 photographs -- 3 maps -- ISBN 0-9689501-0-8
$17.00
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This collection of oral histories and other material is centred on the
farms along Scarboro Heights in the McCowan Road / Kingston Road area.
A few random selections from this book are scattered through www.scarboroughrecord.com, the web site of The Scarboro
Heights Record.
Sorry to report that not all story submissions up to now could be included
in Neigh the Front. Those that were not included will very
likely be placed on this web site! And if a story touches on a particular theme that
touches our fancy, we may include it in another publication!
Contest... Prizes!
There are a couple of very minor, nit-picky-type errors in Neigh the
Front. If you call (416-447-4895) or write or send me an email to the above
email address with your name, address and phone number and correctly point out the goof,
you'll then qualify for a lucky draw.
Contents in Brief
Part 1 -- Introduction -- A Learning Resource for Students
- Overview and Methodology
- Purpose
- Inputs and Resources: Context and Evidence (On-line Unit)
- Method: Information Processing Techniques (On-line Unit)
- Outputting "Better Information": Some Rules of Writing (On-line
Unit)
Part 2 -- The Farming Community to 1950
- Kingston Road and Transportation
- Immigrants and Land
- Disease, Health Care and Mortality
- Character and Faith of the People
- Public Service, Leadership, Civic Duty and Democracy
- Housing, Homelessness, Heat and Hardship
- Education
- Pastimes, Recreation, Fun at Work and Music
- The Changing Times
- On the Farm
Part 3 -- A New Era: 1950-2001
- The Neighbourhood
- H.A. Halbert Public School
Acknowledgements
For their generous financial assistance with the production of Neigh the Front,
many thanks on behalf of the McCowan Society to:
- McDougall and Brown Funeral Home
- Cliffcrest Plaza Limited
- Hemson Consulting Ltd.
- Dr. R. Lubin
- John R. McCowan
- William D. McCowan
- Beatriz McCowan
And a special thanks to the many folk, past and present, who took some time out of a
busy day to record their recollections for the benefit of our students and other readers.
D. Bruce McCowan, Halbert Graduate, 1968
Neigh The Front
Exploring Scarboro Heights
A joint publication of
The Scarboro Heights Record
and the
James McCowan Memorial Social History Initiative
Neigh the Front
is a students’ companion volume to
the Educational Resource section of
www.scarboroughrecord.com
the web site of
The Scarboro Heights Record
Dedicated To Promoting
Community Events, Multicultural Activities, The Arts
Non-Profit Groups, Local History and Local Heroes
ISSN 1198-9114
With thanks to Bea McCowan, Retired Real Estate Broker
www.beamccowan.com
www.scarboroughrecord.com
James McCowan Memorial
Social History Initiative
A Non-Profit Non-Charitable Organization Dedicated
To Placing the Scottish Experience Within the
Wider Context of the Community
c/o 19 Monarchwood Crescent, Don Mills
Ontario, M3A 1H3, 416-447-4895
www.mccowan.org
From Croft to Clearing: ISSN 1195-177X
Honorary Chairman
Lord Justice Sir Anthony McCowan
We are inviting anyone who has lived in Scarboro Heights
– Midland to Markham Road, from the Lake to Eglinton –
to contribute further stories
as supplements to Neigh the Front to
www.scarboroughrecord.com
Additional stories about school days at
H.A. Halbert Public School
are particularly welcome at this time as we
commemorate Halbert’s 50th Anniversary in 2001
Please send the stories by email to the
Email address at top of this page
or to the McCowan Society street address above
Neigh the Front is
Dedicated to the Memory of
Janet Marion McCowan Fincham
April 16 1952 - February 4 1993
Graduate of H.A. Halbert, 1966
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Afterword
Neigh the Front - Exploring Scarboro Heights has provided insight
into your community’s past. Knowledge about the past is available through many
sources: oral histories, written accounts, and even archaeology. While Scarborough has
gone through a transformation from a rural farming area to a large urban community,
vestiges of the past still remain to be seen above and below ground. As you reflect on the
information contained within this book, consider what may still remain to be found by
archaeologists. Excavating historic sites is another way to uncover how people lived in
the past. Through examination of their material possessions and what is known through
other sources, a clearer picture of Scarborough’s history may be uncovered. As you
create your own past and memories, consider what will survive and how you can communicate
your life experiences to future generations.
Dena Doroszenko, Archaeologist,
Ontario Heritage Foundation
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