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History of Cambridge
 Boy, I hate to admit it, but, I didn't know the history of my own HomeTown!!
I didn't know anything about the real history of Cambridge. I didn't know who the first settlers were or where they came from, until I started surfing the internet. Here's what I've found so far.
I mean, I remember Walkers with the elevator that had a metal gate and that weigh scale...back then I had no problem stepping on a scale in public!!
I remember going to the movies at the Capital Theatre with the red seats and the Purple Pool Hall down the street....which I never went in.
I vaguely remember when the Iroquois Hotel burned down, oh and the flood 1974..I remember helping our neighbour, Dr. Moffat, with all his files from his office, spread all over his backyard, trying to dry them off.
The Right House ...that's where I had my daughter's ears pierced... oh and Walter's Jewellers that's where my sister and I had our ears pierced after school one day.
Wow, remember the old YMCA and the wire door that they had to buzz to unlock , to let you in, or the police station downtown Galt? How about Dot's Fish & Chips, it was just down the road from where Barnacle Bill's is now...they use to wrap the fish & chips in newspaper. Or the horse barns down by the river at Dickson Park?
You have to remember Woolco!! Every Saturday I'd bribe one of my younger brothers to come with me downtown on the bus...we'd get fries with gravy and a grape fountain drink. Or when Harvey's was down on Water Street....oh...remember their fresh cut fries....or George's...dinner #18, Nat and I still go there!
You know, I think I even remember when the library was on Water Street, across from the old Post Office.
Just click on any of the links below for more history.
Galt
Preston
Hespeler
Cannon at Queen's Square
The Train Wreck in Galt
The Flood of 1974
Keep checking back, I'll keep updating with any new history I stumble upon.
If you have any history you'd like to share, feel free to send it to me....if I use it, I'll send you a gift certificate for Tim Horton's.
Thx Brenda
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