Flashbacks

1 :  The Evolution of four main streets:

1. Ontario Street

2. Downie Street   TBD

3. Wellington Street  TBD

4. Market Place TBD

2:   The Evolution of Places

1. The unlikely marriage of the Jarvis Block and a service station

2. History of Railway Stations

3. History of the YMCA

4. History of the YWCA

3: Stories from times past

1. The 39 Casino Band

2. Reviving Shakespeare Gardens   Beacon Herald

3. Stratford Railway Stations  from 1856 to Present  by Paul Wilker

4. Location of Early Stratford Mills by Paul Wilker

5. History of Stratford's Old Hotels  Floodtides of Fortune by Adelaide Leitch

6. Story of the William Freeland  Fountain by Cam Trowsdale

7. The R. M. Ballantyne Ltd. built by a thread company by Jaan Pill

8. Thomas Edison in Stratford by Bruce Whitaker

9. The Golden Mile    Beacon Herald Chronicle  Vol. 2 

10. History of Stratford's Old Hotels Floodtides of Fortune by Adelaide Leitch

11. Lions Pool Celebrated its 50th Birthday Beacon Herald

12. Our Splendid Schools Stratford Beacon Special Edition 1905 

13. 1891 Reminiscences  of a Canadian Land Surveyor by Joseph Kirk

14. Streets by the Numbers

15. Old Stratford Fire Department History

4:  Events over the years

1. Dark Sunday  Stratford-Perth Archives

2. The HMS Razzamajazz

3. Gordon Scott  Memorial Concert Series   

4. Hydro Conversion from 25 HZ to 60 Hz in the 40s by Paul Wilker

5. The Trial and Execution of  Amédée Chattelle, Stratford 1895 Compiled by Paul Wilker

6. The Second Hanging in Stratford: Frank Roughmond, 1909 Compiled by Paul Wilker

7. Shakespeare’s 300th, and 400th Birthday Party Compiled by Gord Conroy

8. Nursing Sister Receives Full Military Funeral by Stratford District Historical Society

9. Headless Torso found at Old Waterloo Street Wooden Bridge in 1876 by Carole Huband

10. Banner Event Honoring Stratford Veterans Stratford-Perth Museum

11. Significant Events in Stratford 1920 -1942  E. Huggins

12. Dynamite Explosion 1879 Stratford-Perth Archives

13. Stratford's Dark Day  Jan. 22 , 1966, by  Edna Staebler,  Maclean's

14. Regattas by Carolynn Bart-Riedstra

15. The 1939 Royal Visit  A poem by James Reaney

16. Letter to Manufacturers in Great Britain and Ireland 1882  Toronto Public Library Archives

17. Streets and places named for Queen Victoria and Kin

5:   Stories by Gordon Conroy

1. V-1  Rocket Visits Market Square 

2. How four Stratford musicians came to perform in Twelfth Night, 1957.

3. Dairies: Straight to the Door 

4. The Ice Man Cometh 

5. History of Stratford Schools 

6. Dr. Norman Bethune: A Stratford Connection 

7. The Rise and Fall of Tom Daly: Politics in the 1860s and 1870s

8. The Park System: How Dr. Eidt saved the day!  

9. Cam Mayberry…How to get hired for 45 years! 

10. The Old Fire Station  

6:  Stories by Vince Gratton

1. The unlikely marriage of the Jarvis Block and a service station

2. Stratford, First View of itself from Air  1919

3. Stores and Restaurants  From Times Gone by

4. Stratford’s Old Boys’ Reunion,  August 1 to 8, 1914

5. A Lifetime in Stratford 

6. Stratford's Love Affair with Automobiles    

7. The Raging Avon River, the Flood of " 37" 

8. Murder on Romeo

7:   50th-year anniversary stories by the Stratford-Perth Archives  

1.  Brooks Steamer Stock Certificate 

2. John Davis Barnett's desk 

3. Treasured correspondence opens a window to Stratford's past a letter from Walter Allward

4. A treasured letter home penned by Capt. Albert James Pequegnat  

5. A treasured Stratford novel, Committed to his Charge by R. and K. M. Lizars

6. Monteith family's scrapbook: A glimpse into their private life   

7. Kroehler furniture company catalogues  

8. Stratford Festival Souvenir

9. Albion Hotel Photograph

10. Thomas Edison's Original Application to the Old Time Telegraphers

11. Fred Ubelacker's Amateur Photographs Created Using Glass Negatives

12. A Treasured Reminder of the Stratford Strike of 1933  

8: Reflections and Times Past by the Stratford-Perth Archives 

1. Stratford fall fair firsts

2. Stratford’s controversial bandshell? 

3. Emil Kalbfleisch, inventor of a motor bicycle

4. Barnum Brings Circus Spectacle to Stratford  

5. Stratford Blackout 1950  

6. Stratford by the Numbers 

7. The Pound-keeper and the 'Pig Nuisance'  

8. Stratford's  Swans 'cygnet-ture' stars    

9. The Royal Tour  1860    

10. Perth County Fairs    

11. Times Past: A Stratford Stroll In 1907  by Lorne Brothers   

12.  The Stratford Times  History 

13. Radio is a Sound Salvation   

14. 125 Years of the Stratford Concert Band   

15. When Wayne and Shuster came to Stratford  1973  

16. Dr. Robertson and His Dogs    

9: Old By-Laws by Mike Beitz

1. Fire Department Created with By-Law  1880  

2. Meat Market By-Law in Market Square  1908 

3. Sale of Bread By-Law  1869 

4. Animals running at large By-Law, 1867 

5. Loud Noises By-Law 1865  

10: Furniture Manufacturers   ACO Newsletter August 2020 

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11 : History and architecture of the Court House

1. Handsomest and Best Appointed Courthouse in Canada  Stratford Beacon Herald, 1887

2. The Birth of the New Court House , History of Perth County to 1967  by  Hugh Johnston

12:  Sketches and Prints

1. Stratford Sketches and paintings 

2. Prints of Stratford's Old Buildings Source:  Canadiana

13:   Timelines

1. Mayors 

2. Milestones of Growth