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January 28 along the coast

By

Joanne Doucette

The Sunnyside Merry-go-round

Merry-go-round Sunnyside Toronto Star, January 28, 1922

Recommended reading

Mike Filey, I Remember Sunnyside, 1982

First published in 1982, I Remember Sunnyside is a mine of golden memories, bringing back to life an earlier Toronto, only hints of which remain today.

Like the city itself, Sunnyside was an everchanging landscape from its heady opening days in the early 1920s to its final sad demolition in the 1950s. The book captures the spirit of the best of times a magical era which can only be recaptured in memory and photographs. It also presents the reality of a newer Toronto where change, although necessary, is sometimes regrettable. Review, Toronto Public Library

Dale Barbour, Undressed Toronto: from the swimming hole to Sunnyside, how a city learned to love the beach, 1850-1935, 2021

Dale Barbour, Undressed Toronto: from the swimming hole to Sunnyside, how a city learned to love the beach, 1850-1935, 2021

Building the Merry-go-Round

Proposed Sunnyside Amusement Park, Toronto Star, September 9, 1921
Building Sunnyside Globe, April 28, 1922

The Merry-go-round and Amusement park

Toronto parks, Sunnyside, 1922
Sunnyside, amusement area in winter garb. Dec. 24, 1924
Sunnyside, Toronto, Ontario ca 1925
Sunnyside at night from bridge to Parkdale Canoe Club – May 9, 1925
Sunnyside, Toronto, Ontario ca 1926 TPL
Merry-go-round, Sunnyside, 1927
Sunnyside, looking northwest, showing St. Joseph’s Hospital (formerly Sacred Heart Orphanage), The Queensway ca 1928
Sunnyside Beach and Amusement Area, Goad’s Atlas 1929
The Sunnyside Amusement Park with the roller coaster on the left and merry-go-round on the right
Sunnyside Amusement Park
Plan of Sunnyside, June 10, 1943
Amusements at Sunnyside Beach, Toronto, Ontario ca. 1950s

Videos, Sunnyside

History of Sunnyside Amusement Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside_Amusement_Park

https://www.torontojourney416.com/sunnyside-amusement-park/

https://www.blogto.com/city/2011/05/nostalgia_tripping_sunnyside_amusement_park/

History of the Merry Go Round/Carousel

https://www.historyofcarousels.com/

https://www.sonnysplace.com/history-of-the-carousel

Photo of carousel horses by Lex (Felix 63), CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Flickr

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