Open Saturdays
from 12am to 5pm.

NEW also open the first Sunday

of each month from 1pm  -4pm eg

Mar 1, 2026 

EVENTS AT THE COTTAGE
(newsletter)

Mending Days: Save Your Clothes!
Our mending service is a huge success.
Keep cherished garments off the landfill. Menders also teach you to repair clothes.
Drop your item at the Cottage:
Sat 11:00–4:00
Collect when repairs are complete.
For repair lessons, email:
tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com


MARILYN SPEARIN / CATHERINE WATTS / RONNIE BURBANK HELP YOU WITH YOUR MENDING on two Saturdays March 14 and March 28, 1 to 4 pm A few people have asked for some guidance in mending fabric or knitted materials and this is your chance to sit with Marilyn, Catherine or Ronnie to perfect your skills! If you just want mending done for you, you can drop it off any Saturday when we're open and we'll let you know when it's done. We offer all these services like our tours: payment is by donation. DEATH AMONG THE VICTORIANS~HOW DID THEY VIEW IT? WHAT CHANGES DID THEY MAKE? Thursday March 26 at 7 pm Given by Virginia Van Vliet, retired librarian, who has led walking tours for the Royal Ontario Museum for 25 years including the Necropolis and St. James Cemeteries. These cemetery Walks have led Virginia to research the changes in the view of death in the 19th century and the complex rituals that developed around Victorian mourning customs. Her talk looks at the growth of the garden cemetery style, mourning dress and jewelry, funerals, and home decorating tips for the newly bereaved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Advance notice for next month: Community History Project Annual General Meeting, plus stained glass artist keynote speaker Henry Knight Sunday April 26 from 2 to 4 pm at the Tollkeeper's Cottage All our members who have taken out their a membership since last October 2025 are entitled to attend, vote and run for the Board of Directors. You will also find out about our successes and challenges of the last year. We'll have a very interesting keynote speaker. More info to come next month. Hope to see you there!
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NEW MEMBERSHIPS AND RENEWALS -
- Thank you to  the
people who  renewed their memberships.
 There are many more of you out
 there and we'd like to see you
 continue your support.
And those of you who are not
 members yet--no time like the present
to start! It's
 only $20. for an individual
 and $35. for a family, and
it's tax deductible! Cash,
cheque (to the Community
History Project) or e-transfer. 

Here are some of the other tours we do:
Seaton Village 
  – including its Black history
the West Annex 
  – with Jane Jacob’s house
the Christie Pits area 
  – Koreatown, unusual houses, the Riot
Tarragon Village 
  – with Baldwin and George Brown
Wychwood Park 
  – with or without turtles
Casa Loma – with very grand stables
If you would care to join us for
 a guided walk through Seaton Village,
 the West Annex, or many other
 interesting areas nearby,
 send us a message at
 tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com to be
 added to the list of those we 
contact when a walk or two are imminent!

Our walks are for anyone interested.
 As we conduct these walks 
as part of our efforts to
 support the operation of
 the Tollkeeper's Cottage,
 we suggest a donation of $10.

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COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2024-25
Thank you to our members for an
 interactive Annual General Meeting,
 where we passed the new Constitution 
and celebrated our Ontario Trillium Grant.
 We wish our hard-working
 board another successful year!
 

COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT
ACTIVITIES ...

Send us a note to be put on

our list or keep watching here.

 

WE HOPE TO BE WALKING WITH YOU SOON! (after the snow melts!)
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