SCA Meeting Agenda, February 2017 Thursday February 9th, 2017 7:00 – 9:00 PM Central Memorial Recreation Centre – 93 West Ave S SCA Values: Collaboration, Engagement, Respect, Trust, Inclusiveness, Transparency SCA Mission: To enable all residents to fully participate in the community. To actively engage community partners in building relationships in order to enrich…
By Maggie Day-Myron <a href=”http://www.stinsoncommunity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Beasley-homestead-at-435-Main-Street-East.jpg”><img class=”wp-image-1545 size-full” src=”http://www.stinsoncommunity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Beasley-homestead-at-435-Main-Street-East.jpg” alt=”Beasley homestead at 435 Main Street East” width=”960″ height=”269″ /></a> Beasley homestead at 435 Main Street East Walking through our neighbourhood streets is always a joy. Stopping to note and appreciate the many architectural details on the houses can easily turn into a 2 hour stroll. Walks are…
Did you know that the neighbourhood of Stinson is named after Thomas Stinson? Thomas was born in 1798 near Drum, County Monaghan, Ireland. At the age of 24, he mi-grated to North America, settling into the Clinton Township in the Niagara Peninsula. In a few short years, he married Margaret Zimmerman, the daughter of a…
In 1892, the Times Printing Company of Hamilton, Ontario, published the following in “Hamilton, the Birmingham of Canada (1892)”: “There is no better known brewery in Canada than that of the Grant-Lottridge Brewing Co. (Limited) in this city. It is known as the Spring Brewery, and the ales and lager beer made here have a…