An all-new WNED production allows you to take a trip back in time to the Toronto of yesteryear. Remembering Toronto, a nostalgic look at Toronto from the '20s to the '50s, will take you back to a simpler time and help you recall moments of laughter and maybe even some tears.

Since Toronto has such a rich heritage, a wide variety of topics will be visited in this hour-long program, including:

THE HISTORY OF SUNNYSIDE

WNED gives you the sights and sounds you remember from the beautiful Sunnyside Amusement Park and historic bathing pavilion--from the rides and games to the great food and lively entertainment. Perhaps you’ll recall strolling down the boardwalk enjoying a sunny summer day with family and friends or dancing the night away at the Palais Royale for a mere ten cents a dance.

We’ll even visit with some of the girls who played softball at the Sunnyside Ball Stadium back in the '20s, '30s, and '40s. Boy, did they draw the crowds!

CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION

The CNE has a consistent record of providing us with just about anything we could ask for--from the ever-famous Air Show to a look at the latest technology of the time. We’ll explore the rich history of the CNE and offer a glimpse of some of the innovations in agriculture, transportation, and industry during those years.

THE THEATRE BLOCK The years of the Depression and WWII brought difficult times to most Torontonians. But you didn't let that get you down. Tune in and remember how you lifted your spirits at movie houses, music halls, and vaudeville theatres like Loew’s, The Winter Garden, Massey Hall, and Shea’s Hippodrome.

SPORTS

We’ll follow the history of baseball in Toronto from the early days at Hanlon’s Point Stadium when you could buy a ferry ticket for 50 cents and get a seat in the stadium to see a game. Then we’ll take you back to 1926 when the Leafs left the Island and moved into their new Maple Leaf Stadium at the foot of Bathurst Street.

Hockey fans will recall that the Toronto Maple Leafs first won the Stanley Cup in the 1931-32 season. Our show will take you back just a bit further when the Maple Leafs were known as the Toronto St. Pat’s. We’ll move with the team from the Arena Gardens to the Maple Leaf Gardens, where on April 9, 1932, Con Smythe won his revenge when the team swept the series with the New York Rangers in front of 14,336 cheering fans.

Your comments on this production can be e-mailed to production@wned.org