Toronto Postcard Club (TPC)

Club Meetings

SPADINA MUSEUM: Historic House & Gardens.
Thurs. Sept. 16, 7:00pm Spa-dee-na or Spa-dye-na? Join us at the Ontario Historical Society offices for a presentation about the restoration of the Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens by the City of Toronto’s Karen Edwards. From a late 1800s Victorian country estate to a city mansion, the building at 285 Spadina Road was home to four generations of the wealthy Toronto Austin family.
A restoration of the museum has been underway since the beginning of December 2009 and Karen will entertain us with the story of the restoration, the life and times of the Austins, Toronto of old, and this historic Toronto building.

***MEETING LOCATION***

The ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICE at 34 Parkview Avenue in Willowdale is our new meeting location.  See map here.

This elegant, refurbished c.1913 house is in a residential area with free on-street parking after 6:00pm.  Accessible by TTC, from the ‘North York Centre’ stop on the Yonge line.  Cross to the east side of Yonge and walk 2 blocks north to Parkview Ave., then one block east on Parkview. Cross Doris Ave. to the big red house on the corner by the park.  Look for the blue Ontario Heritage plaque out front. _________________________________________________________________________

Club meetings are held on an ad hoc schedule, but at least quarterly in April, June, September and December. In June, the last meeting before our summer break, we enjoy a field trip to a local venue that has a postcard or historical relevance to the club. In December we celebrate the season at our holiday dinner get-together.

The first half hour is for the exchange of postcard chat and a free coffee. A presentation by a member of the club or a guest speaker on a topic of interest to history buffs and postcard collectors follows. ________________________________________________________________________
SHOW AND TELL FROM A DISTANCE! (for out-of-town Members)

Take a look at the up-coming meeting schedule. If you have a great card or a handful of great cards about a meeting topic that you feel other TPC members might enjoy seeing and hearing, scan or photocopy the cards and tell us a little bit about them. Scan the cards at 300dpi -in colour – and email as a jpeg attachment to editor at torontopostcardclub.com. If sending colour laser photocopies, send by snail-mail to John Sayers (his address is in the TPC Roster).

In your email or letter please mention which the meeting for which you’re sending the cards.  We’ll show them at the appropriate meeting and read what you’ve written. You might even see your name and cards shown in Card Talk and/or on the TPC website!

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