Town Park: A Community Storybook A Community Storybook Aurora Museum & Archives
People of all ages looked forward to the annual Lions Club Victoria Day celebrations held in Town Park. The celebration was known for its mammoth display of fireworks. In this […]
Dr. Ballard’s Mutt Show was added to the Aurora Horse Show program in 1955 and gave children an opportunity to enter their dog into various contests, including: best dressed, […]
In 1948, the playground in Town Park consisted of three sandboxes however with the formation of the Aurora Recreation Commission, and the Summer Playground Program, additional equipment was needed. […]
Without the playground leaders the Summer Playground Program wouldn’t be able to run. In 1951 the training to become a playground leader was extensive and involved two nights of […]
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 […]
Arts and crafts were one of the many activities offered during the Summer Playground Program that ran in Town Park from 1948-2000.
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.
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 […]
It was the talk of the Town when a local teenager decided to test the strength of their sports car by attaching it to the new flagpole in […]
Glen Duncan reminiscing about his time as a Cadet at the Aurora Armoury and Town Park in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Transcript Glen: It was great […]
