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July 14 – Stratford Cemetery Walk

July 22, 2018

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St. James - first framed church here 1849, second brick church 1855; present church 1870 - 1850 first interment in Gods Holy Acre; until 1871 when Avondale cemetery opened
One of the tombstones at St. James
One of many interesting tombstones in Avondale Cemetery
City purchased 47 acres for $3000 in 1870, both sides river for cemetery which opened 1871.
Lizars; DH Lizars, respected lawyer and judge, 1822 to 1894. Daughters Robina and Kathleen published a book In The Days of the Canada Company, the story of the settlement of the Huron Tract and a view of the social life of the period 1825 - 1850 in 1896. Great stuff. First line: “Canada is a giant in its cradle”
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Tom Patterson 1920 to 2005. Born Stratford, WW2 vet. Writer for Macleans Magazine. In 1953 the city was experiencing industrial decline due to the decline of the rail industry in Stratford. Patterson, with no experience in the theatre, proposed the idea of a theatre festival. He persuaded the town council to back it, local citizens to organize it, and somehow got well-known Shakespearean director Tyrone Guthrie to run it.
too interesting to pass by
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William Ian Dewitt Hutt 1920 to 2007. Born in Toronto, served as a medic in WW2. Joined Stratford Festival in its first year. Had a fifty year career as an actor mainly in theatre but also in film and on TV. Among honors received: Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, Honourary doctor of letters from Mcmaster Univ, and many others. Appeared on a postage stamp while still alive (very rare except for the queen)
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Refreshing ice cream - thanks Ted

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