Picture this. You’re strolling down memory lane, flipping through old family albums or scrolling and swiping through pics that bring back those special Leaside life moments.
Welcome to the latest feature of Leaside Life. Consider it a showcase of Leaside in photos with you or your family in the spotlight. Maybe it’s prom night at LHS? Stepping out on Bayview? Laughing away on the slide at the Batman park? Tennis at Trace Manes?
Your photo can be from 1925, 2025 or any time in between. For our first in the new series, Leaside Life columnist Mitch Bubulj rummaged through his family collection and also sourced images from neighbours and other Leaside Life writers.
MITCH BUBULJ
The old Trace Manes wading pool with the library in the background. It was the first day of the pool’s opening, July 1966. Notice the teenager talking to one of the bathers hired by the Town of Leaside to supervise activities.
ALLISON LUM
Allison (left) at Rolph Road School, Spring 2004, in preparation for going to the Board of Education headquarters at Scarborough Town Centrefor a folk dance festival.
MADDY DEWELLES
Maddy DeWelles in her brightly coloured skirt on Bayview, Easter 2006.
MEG KRAWCHUK
Lorna Krawchuk’s younger daughter Meg (with pigtails) at the Leaside Fire Hall in 1976 on an excursion with Mrs. Park’s Nursery School. Mrs. Webb in foreground. Beloved Mrs. Park in the background.
Interested in sharing some photographic memories with us? Email with your pictures (high resolution, if possible, taken in Leaside) and a brief explanation of who is “in the frame,” the year, locale and special significance to you.