Todmorden Mills Heritage Site - Toronto, Ontario
Todmorden Mills | Set in the scenic Don Valley, Todmorden Mills Heritage Site is a complex of historic buildings which were once part of the small industrial community of Todmorden.
Location: 67 Pottery Rd, Toronto, ON M4K 2B9
Visitors can discover the lives of Toronto workers as seen through the two historic homes recently restored to the 1890s and wartime 1940s.The other buildings consist of the Brewery building and popular Papermill Theatre and Gallery.
Adjoining the site is a 9.2 hectare wildflower preserve with a walking trail that explores a number of natural habitats, including upland and bottomland forests, dry and wet meadows, swamp lands and a pond.
Todmorden Mills Heritage Site is one of 10 historic museums operated by the City of Toronto. Toronto's Historic Sites engage visitors, inspire passion, challenge ideas and connect the past to the present.
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Todmorden Mills, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Welcome To Todmorden Mills Out In Toronto, Ontario Canada!
History: Todmorden Mills was a small settlement located in the Don River valley in Toronto, Ontario. It started out as a lumber mill in the 1790s. Originally known as Don Mills and grew into a small industrial complex and village before becoming part of East York in the 20th century.
Currently the valley site is occupied by the Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, which includes the museum, art gallery, a theatre and a forest preserve.
During my visit, I met with Lori who discussed and explained Todmorden Mills and we saw several of their buildings which include Helliwell House which was built back in 1838.
We also saw The Cottage which is a 1940's home and Lori discussed the kitchen area in my Youtube Video.
Would You even believe that Todmorden Mills has a Special Day in June whereby everybody comes dressed up as if we were back in the 1940's?
I would Love to take part in that once a year event! That sounds like Fun!
I want to personally Thank Lori for taking the time out of her day to show ME around and helping ME make my Youtube Videos.
Narrated By Howard Paul Shore
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Todmorden Mills - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 17 June 2009
A walk through Todmorden Mills, an historic site where one of Toronto's first paper mills and breweries were once active. It is also the site of a wildflower preserve, constructed around an oxbow of the Don River.
I included two pictures of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), a rare bird in the region. They aren't the best as the autofocus seems to have had other interests than I had, but they are evidence of the presence of this impressive bird in the park, and I thought it important to include them.
When I have the time, I will post some more information on
Todmorden Mills (Helliwell House), Toronto, Ontario Canada
Welcome To Todmorden Mills Out In Toronto, Ontario Canada!
During my visit, I met with Lori who discussed and explained Todmorden Mills and we saw several of their buildings and in this video we are visiting the Helliwell House which was built back in 1838.
I want to personally Thank Lori for taking the time out of her day to show ME around the Helliwell House and helping ME make my Youtube Video.
Narrated By Howard Paul Shore
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Todmorden Mills (The Cottage), Toronto, Ontario Canada
Welcome To Todmorden Mills Out In Toronto, Ontario Canada!
In this video, we are at The Cottage at Todmorden Mills which was a 1940's home and we are standing in the Kitchen area.
I want to personally Thank Lori for taking the time out of her day to show ME around The Cottage and helping ME make my Youtube Video.
Narrated By Howard Paul Shore
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Todmorden Mills Toronto
Todmorden Mills August 2016.
Music used with permission.
Artist: Silent Partner, The 126ers, Kevin MaCleod and Audionautix
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Fab 40s Day: Mini-Tour of the 1940's Cabin
Take a mini-tour of our 1940's cabin here at our historic site: find out why our gramophone is so special.
Find us online: toronto.ca/todmordenmills
Find us on Twitter: @TodmordenMills
Landmark Tours with Eric Wow - Todmorden Mills
Located in the former East York region of Toronto is a heritage site, and wildflower preserve, called Todmorden Mills.This is a walking tour of this site during the month of July 2014.
1940's Recipe Taste Test: Sweethearts
We taste tested some vintage recipes from the 1940's here at the heritage site so you could time travel through your taste buds.
We tried: Sweethearts
No baking required!
Special thanks to the ladies from Malabar Ltd for testing this recipe with us!
Todmorden Mills Clean Up
This video shows a number of people helping to clean up trash that was tossed into the ravine near Todmorden Mills. It is important that we protect the legacy that is our Natural Heritage by respecting our natural areas.
The Past of Todmorden Mills (5E Chester PS - TDSB)
One of the student-created songs from the TODMORDEN MILLS SONG PROJECT - facilitated by Mike Ford, powered by the TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL
Alias Dance Project Animate Toronto's Historic Todmorden Mills
Choreography by: Lauren Cook, Troy Feldman and Hanna Kiel. Created with and performed by: Victoria Machin, Nigel Edwards, Troy Feldman, Lauren Cook, Elke Schroeder, Amanda Davis, Caitlin Amodeo, Drew Berry and Krista Newey. Some Original Music by: Nigel Edwards
Video Shot and Edited by: Steve Senga @see.what.icy
Todmorden Mills Lego Exhibit - Sept 2016
Trevor and the Lego Toronto Transit exhibit inside Todmorden Mills Heritage Site during their annual Harvest Festival. September 25th 2016.
Walking along the Don Valley - 10 July 2010
This presentation takes us from Riverdale Park West, along the Don Valley, to historic Todmorden Mills and the Brick Works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
A description of this walk can be found here:
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The music track is Eyes to Enchant Me by Howard Green.
The Hills of Todmorden Mills (5E Chester PS TDSB)
A student-created song from THE TODMORDEN MILLS SONG PROJECT, facilitated by Mike Ford and funded by THE TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL
Visit to Todmorden Mills - 28 August 2010
Todmorden Mills is an historic site and wildflower preserve in Toronto.
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The soundtrack is Tema Di Ricordi by Ennio Morricone.
Todmorden Mills
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Mike Ford Song Workshop - Whiteboard Animation - Todmorden Mills
Prologue Artist Mike Ford's Whiteboard Animation of a Songwriting Workshop exploring the theme of Toronto's Todmorden Mills - as introduction for Inquiry-based group song projects. For Mike Ford school concerts & workshops, go to prologue.org OR mikeford.ca
Produced with generous support from the Toronto Arts Council (Animating Historic Sites program).
Vivtar DVR548NHD - Toronto - Todmorden Mills - 3D-Test-Shoot - 20140321_version
This was the first test shoot using my outdoors 3D video setup based on two Vivitar DVR548NHD camcorders set at a lens base of 150mm. The conditions for all my outdoor shooting with the Vivitar camcorders has been below -10 deg. C. This setup was chosen because at temperatures this low, ice crystals can form internally in a camcorder which could cause damage to moving parts. Unlike still photography, where a camera can be used briefly in the cold and then warmed up between shots, a camcorder generally will stay exposed for long periods of time. Either one must keep the cameras away from the conditions by keeping them in warm isolation containers while shooting, or one must remove the moisture from the moving parts. I cannot afford to do either. So no focus and no optical zoom can be trusted in these conditions.
Locally, this and the Hello Kitty camcorder were the only choices. Eventually I expect to replace them with better camcorders, but knowing that I would need time to test each camcorder, and then test the setup for glitches, all before I starting production shooting, and all at a near non-existent budget, made this choice almost unavoidable.
After the shooting, I found that I was having problems with the Magix Plus 2013 software which was not fully functional with the Motion JPEG files the camcorder outputs. But recent upgrades and experimenting to find ways to work around problems are slowly resulting in progress in that area.
I am almost able to do what I want to do.
Various problems with these camcorders include:
- a slow frame rate of about 20 fps when used at 720p
- misalignment of the sensor v. lens in one or both camcorders resulted in the right side image significantly lower than the left
- frame dropping (mostly eliminated by switching off image stabilization, but still a problem)
- power meter only scaled for alkaline batteries (4 x AAA), whereas I used Nickel Metal-Hydride
- a possible mismatch in lens focal lengths between camcorder units (still under evaluation)
- poorly designed camera body for tripod mounting, causing tilted camcorders
- loss of time-date setting in one camcorder when changing batteries
- image noise
Other Issues for Cold Weather Shooting:
- Fluid lubricants will have viscosity problems. Inexpensive modern camcorders probably would not have fluid lubricants. They would probably use self-lubricating materials (mainly nylons). True dry lubricants could be used, but are probably not for really cheap camcorders.
- LCD displays theoretically should stop working if temperatures are low enough, but I have not had a colour displays which uses back-lighting fail yet. So temperatures in which I have worked are within bounds. I do not think that I have worked below -15 deg. C. yet. I do not think that I would want to try it. I need to work with my gloves off, at least for a while, during a shoot, and I have already experienced minor frost-bite.
- All batteries should also fail eventually in extremely low temperatures. This is particularly a problem with current Lithium Metal-Hydride batteries. If a battery drops low enough, the safety circuitry will stop a battery from being recharged again to avoid explosions or fires. This is a serious matter.
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