This photograph from the Campbell Collection at Stratford-Perth Archives, shows “adults and children on the float dressed in bathing suits, and their props … a tub of water, a swing set and a life preserver ring from the pool…the float is travelling east on Ontario Road, nearing the intersection of St. Andrew Street. To its right is Bud Fisher’s restaurant.” (Stratford-Perth Archives photo)
This photograph from the Campbell Collection at Stratford-Perth Archives, shows “adults and children on the float dressed in bathing suits, and their props … a tub of water, a swing set and a life preserver ring from the pool…the float is travelling east on Ontario Road, nearing the intersection of St. Andrew Street. To its right is Bud Fisher’s restaurant.” (Stratford-Perth Archives photo)
Betty Jo Belton Stratford-Perth Archives In July 1936, nine-year old Harold French and six-year old Ronald McCallum drowned after venturing off to pick wild strawberries. It is believed that they decided to play on a raft that then capsized on a pond at an old brickyard site at the southwest end of Mitchell. The idea…
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