Upcoming Events
Monthly Swansea Historical Society Meeting
Speaker(s): SHS and the congregation of Runnymede United Church
Topic: The Windermere United Church & the Runnymede United Church’s Centennial Celebrations
Date & Time: Wednesday, May the 7th, 7:30pm
Place: 356 Windermere Avenue – Windermere United Church
We have a very special evening for this month’s meeting: In a break from recent tradition, the May 7 meeting of the Swansea Historical Society will be held in the former Windermere United Church building on the corner of Windermere Avenue and Mayfield Avenue in Swansea. The meeting will be jointly hosted by the Swansea Historical Society and the congregation of Runnymede United Church, and it is a part of Runnymede’s 100th Anniversary Celebrations. In 2023, Windermere United Church merged with Runnymede United Church, and the building where we will be meeting continues to provide outreach to the local community as the “Windermere Campus” of Runnymede United Church. Plans for the event include a tour of the Windermere building (including the stained-glass memorial windows), a presentation on its history, and refreshments in the Church Parlour. We hope you can join us on Wednesday evening, May 7, for this special event (and please note that we will not be meeting at the Town Hall this month).
We are planning to conduct the May meeting in a hybrid format so that participants can choose to attend in-person at Windermere or connect on-line using the Zoom tool. The Zoom links are provided below. The Zoom connection should be open by 7:15 pm on May 7. If possible, we suggest that on-line participants start tuning in as soon as the link is open, so that we can be ready to kick off the meeting at 7:30 pm.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84089431341?pwd=3LewFgfKVmfWniCwaCzXpFhi90cQnI.1
Meeting ID: 840 8943 1341
Passcode: 994844
Upcoming Swansea Historical Society Events
On Saturday, May the 10th, from 11am – 12:30pm, Alex Rascanu of #ExperienceTO will be conducting a walking tour of the Swansea area, with assistance from the Swansea Historical Society. The tour will start at 11 am on the front patio of the Swansea Town Hall and finish about 12:30 pm at a nearby coffee shop. There is no charge to join the tour, but participants are asked to register online through Eventbrite.
Please note that this tour replaces the Annual SHS Walking Tour, which had been planned for June 7, 2025. Unless there is a further change in plans, there will not be a walking tour on June 7.
Past Swansea Historical Society Events Highlight
Our December meeting was great fun as we welcome back Trina & Amy to share with us the history of tap dance as well as some brilliant live performance. They discussed with us how women have played a huge role in ensuring tap dance was able to bridge the gap from the 1970s into today’s era of technology. From producing documentaries to organizing the first tap-dance festivals, women have ensured the art form could thrive by bringing tap dancers from the vaudeville era, with their wealth of experience and history, to the next generation of dancers.
View a partial list of our past speakers ›
View a partial list of our past guided historical walks ›
