Town Park: A Community Storybook A Community Storybook Aurora Museum & Archives
Whether you knew it as the whirl-le-gig, merry-go-round or round-a-bout chances are if you were a child playing in Town Park during the 1960s you would be eagerly for […]
The girl cadets march in Town Park with the hardball diamond visible in the background. Although a formal Cadet training program had been in place since 1912, girls were not […]
Arts and crafts were one of the many activities offered during the Summer Playground Program that ran in Town Park from 1948-2000.
While the softball diamond in Town Park’s south west corner still remains the hardball diamond, between the Armoury and the Band Shell, was removed about fifty years ago. In […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Live music in Town Park is as old as the park itself. Throughout the park’s history a combination of permanent and temporary pavilions, platforms, bandstands, and band shells have been […]
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 […]
Town Park has undergone many changes over its 150 year history. The Armoury, Ball Diamond and Band Shell have been long standing and well loved features of the park.
