Clothing on Instalments 1940

This is the actual booklet of payments to the Kerns Dress Shop on Yonge Street Toronto.  My mother Aniela (Jean) was a wonderful dresser and she purchased her clothing on payments which was quite acceptable at the time. She arrived from Manitoba Late 1939 to seek employment and met and married my father and was welcomed into a large Italian family and we were raised with family members all living on Niagara Street Toronto..  Money was scarce but she purchased her clothing on payments of  2.00 per week and notice that even the extra .10 cents was noted. This book shows the payments starting on July 27th, 1940. The address on the booklet was originally 704 Richmond Street were my mother first lived when arriving from Selkirk Manitoba. Interesting  visit my new web in progress at vintagecollector.ca and my etsy store at vintagecatwalks

St. Mary's girls Club 1950's

This was taken on the front lawn of St. Mary's Catholic School around 1948.  On the left side of the picture is the new St. Mary's School were I attended while on the right side is the building that was the original School were my Father and Aunts attended.  This original school later became a school for children with learning disabilities and it was also used as a social club were I  along with many girls who were in school with me would look forward to organized activities. I sure would like to know where some of my childhood friends who are listed on the write up  are today.  Where are you girls????

      If any of you girls read this please post and entry I would love to hear from you

St.Mary's School Adelaide St. Toronto 1925

This is a rare photo of my father Solino taken with his sister's school mates in around 1925. The story as I know it is that his sisters went to the original St. Mary's school at Bathurst and Adelaide and it was not the school that sits on the  west side it is the building that is at the back of St. Mary's Church near the present rectory house.  There was a building there that was the school note the wooden floor and the buttresses of the church. The present school was built shortly after and than the original school building was used as a boys and girls club. My father's sister Sabina (back row end on right side of picture) was responsible for him that day and she took him along with her on picture day and he was told to sit there and he became part of the group.

Unknown relative Liverpool England

We inherited some photos of my husband's family and this elegant ladies we suspect my have been a relative of his mothers.  I was especially fascinated with her since I am a lover of vintage fur and the fox stole and muff was incredibly beautiful but what interested me most was the fact that she wore fur with feathers in her hat.  I thought that  to-day that would  not be a fashion combination.