About the Streets

The Streets of Stratford  website was created in collaboration with the Stratford-Perth Archives and inputs from many Stratford people.  

At the beginning  this site was prepared by Paul Wilker who scanned old scrapbooks that contained a series of 180 articles in the Stratford Beacon Herald about the Streets of Stratford. They were written by Stanford Dingman over a period of four years in the early 1980s. There was also a supplement called  Streets of Stratford in 2004 in the Stratford Beacon Herald that added more streets. Since March  2021  this project grew with the addition of stories about people and places that were on various websites and pictures and stories contributed by Stratford residents. 

Main Contributors:

Gord Conroy  partnered with Paul Willker. He contributed significantly by providing research and editing as well as  compiling many stories and  sourcing photos.

• Betty Jo Belton, Ellen Thomas, Stratford-Perth Archives, historical materials and images

• Dean Robinson  Stratford history and his full editing 

• Vince Gratton stories and images 

• Fred Gonder photography

• Brian and Wendy Reis  rich stories  and images

• Rick Thistle  art works

• Nancy Musselman  vintage photos and stories

• Megan Skelton  Stratford building sketches

• Stratford District Historical Society historical materials

  *  See: The Origin of the Streets of Stratford   ORIGIN