During the 1940s and 1950s, public schools around Kensington Market had some questionable disciplinary methods. While some benefitted from education, others decided to opt out.
*This track contains the use of an expletive. If you are listening with young children, you might want to skip this excerpt.
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- Joe Rosenblatt in 2009. Photo courtesy of Saul Joseph
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- Wilfred Horwich, at his home, in 2014
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- Wilfred Horwich (bottom right) and his siblings, 1943 or 1944, at photography studio on Queen Street, between Denison and Augusta. Photo courtesy of Wilfred Horwich
Do you have your own 90 second story about getting into trouble at Ryerson Public School, Central Tech, Harbord Collegiate or any other school that children living in the Market went to? We’d love to hear it!