Town Park: A Community Storybook A Community Storybook Aurora Museum & Archives
John McIntyre reflects on the annual Lions Club Victoria Day celebrations. Transcript John: I mean there were things that happened annually that were big. When I was growing up […]
This photograph was taken at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1939.
Ever since baseball arrived in Aurora in the 1870s the Town Park ball diamond has been the perfect place for youngsters to practice hitting home runs.
The lawn fills up quickly when there’s live music playing from the Band Shell. Playing host to large crowds has become a defining characteristic of this historical park.
Town Park was a convenient location for the students of the Aurora High School, later Wells Street School, as it was located directly across the street. As such […]
By the 1870s baseball was in full swing in Aurora and a diamond was quickly established in Town Park. During the early years ball games would often happen […]
Olympian Jim Day (right) and his team mates Jim Elder and Tom Gayford (not pictured) visited the 1969 Aurora Horse Show fresh off their Gold Medal win at the […]
The 1969 Aurora Horse Show was also the homecoming welcome for Canada’s Gold Medal Equestrian Team who were fresh off their win at the Mexico City 1968 Summer […]
Eddie Feigner (1925-2007) is remembered as one of the greatest softball pitchers that has ever lived and holds a record of: 9,743 victories, 141,517 strikeouts, 930 no-hitters and […]
The Boer War, also known as the South African War, began in 1899 and ended in 1902. The local 12th Battalion offered to aid the Imperial war efforts however Ottawa declined. […]
This photo of the Aurora Citizen Band was taken in Town Park around 1915. Band members include: Back Row, Left to Right Harry Gray, Roy De La Haye, Ken […]
The Armoury was the official gathering place for soldiers before they left for the war. Dr. Robert M. Hillary, a well respected local doctor, was Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel of the […]
