Stratford For All Seasons: Secrets & Surprises. Phyllis Hinz

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Название Stratford For All Seasons: Secrets & Surprises
Автор произведения Phyllis Hinz
Жанр Хобби, Ремесла
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isbn 9781989517109



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       STRATFORD FOR ALL SEASONS

      Secrets & Surprises

       STRATFORD FOR ALL SEASONS

      Secrets & Surprises

       PHYLLIS HINZ & LAMONT MACKAY

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       Stratford For All Seasons: Secrets & Surprises

      Copyright 2020 by Phyllis Hinz & Lamont Mackay

      ISBN: 978-1-989517-09-3

      All rights reserved.

      Editor: Allister Thompson

      Book Designer: Jamie Arts

      Photos by Scott Wishart (including cover photos), Phyllis Hinz, Lamont Mackay, Mike Beitz, and Rotary Club of Stratford.

      Published in Stratford, Canada, by Swan Press, an imprint of Blue Moon Publishers.

      Printed and bound in Canada.

      The author greatly appreciates you taking the time to read this work. Please consider leaving a review wherever you bought the book, or telling your friends or blog readers about Stratford For All Seasons: Secrets & Surprises to help spread the word. Thank you for your support.

      Stratford For All Seasons: Secrets & Surprises. Copyright © 2020 by Phyllis Hinz & Lamont Mackay. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      DISCLAIMER

      While best efforts have been used in preparing this book, the author and publisher make no representations of warranties of any kind and assume no liabilities of any kind with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents. Even though we have done everything possible to be accurate, much of our historical research depended upon the stories of others. As we all know, stories sometimes change over time. For current updates be sure to check the websites we’ve provided at the bottom of each narration. Readers should be aware that the websites listed in this book may change.

       CONTENTS

       Authors’ Note

       Foreword

       DO IT: EVENTS YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN OR ATTEND

       Chocolate, Bacon, and Brews

       Dragon Boats

       Festival Cricket Competition

       Free Carriage Rides

       Justin Bieber’s Stratford

       Puck’s Plenty Foraging Tours

       Stratford Chefs School

       Stratford Markets

       Stratford Perth Museum

       To Stratford with Love

       SEE IT: THINGS YOU CAN WALK UP TO AND APPRECIATE

       A Brief History of the Avon River

       Armoury to the Rescue

       At First, a Railway Town

       Avondale Cemetery Tells Stratford’s Story

       Bridge to Nowhere

       C.R. Plastic Products

       City Hall Almost a Revolving Restaurant

       Home Children

       Keyboard Tombstone

       Locomotive 6218

       Loreena McKennitt Saved Falstaff

       Parks Versus Progress

       Perhaps Provocative Fountain a Distraction

       Perth County Courthouse

       Sculptured Dove

       Shakespeare in the Garden

       Stratford Is a Bee City

       Stratford Public Library

       Stratford War Memorial

       Swans on the Avon

       The Brooks Steamer

       The Only Double-Arched Bridge

       University of Waterloo Stratford School

       William Allman Memorial Arena

       KNOW IT: FASCINATING AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION

       City and County Bragging Rights

       Early Contributions to Medicine

       Escaped Slaves Become Entrepreneurs

       Fire Department