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Then and now...2016 Inductee George Aitkin in 1968 competing in his first ever race (CSHF archivist Jim Cox is the timer looking at his stop watch standing beside the track) and two weeks ago alongside 2024 inductee Dave Menary at the 2025 Induction Ceremony.
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Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame
Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame ·
One of Galt’s finest baseball players and an Inter-County Baseball legend was born on this date in 1931. Wray Upper was a 13 time all star during a 21 year career with Galt and Brantford. He was a fixture at third base for the Galt Terriers leading the league in hitting in 1958 with a .413 average and as playing manager leading the Terriers to the 1963 Ontario Championship and the 1964 and 1966 Inter-County Championships. Wray was named one of …
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Mike Johnston ·
This unassuming duplex in Cambridge dates back to 1838 and is actually one of the city's most important historic buildings. It was originally situated on Dickson Street in Galt, around where City Hall sits now. This was the Dumfries Township Hall, built only 16 years after the Village of Galt was carved from the woods at the edge of the Grand River. At the time, Dumfries Township included settlements such as Galt, Branchton, St. George, Glen …
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Mike Johnston ·
Who remembers visiting the Reporter building on Ainslie Street? When I was around 10, it was a regular Saturday morning visit to drop off subscription money collected from my delivery route. Many years later, I worked in the advertising department during the final years of the Reporter's existence.
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John Short ·
The original Galt Hospital, which predates the current Cambridge Memorial Hospital, was located at the intersection of Avenue Rd. and St. Andrews St. This location was later replaced by the new Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Coronation Boulevard.
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Michael Krupp ·
First, I want to give a shout out to the good people at Waterloo Generations who have a lot of great information on many of our historical settlers. This post is on two of them, Ephraim Munson and his wife Lucy. As is referenced on the Generations' website, the couple are mentioned in James Young's History when they play host to Absalom Shade and possibly an Indigenous Guide, in July of 1816. According to the story, Shade was checking out the …
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Mike Johnston ·
Who remembers shopping for records here? The shop on the left of this funky mid-modern Main Street building was the home to Records on Wheels during the early '80s. It was definitely a favoured hangout for me and the place where I started my ever-evolving collection. The RoW store later moved to a spot on Ainslie St. Before closing for good in the early '90s. An interesting note - the geometric facade above the shops is a false front, as …
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John Short ·
One lucky day catching Murdoch Mysteries at the task, on Main St. bridge. Photo says I took it Sept 29 2011
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Joe Lethbridge
Colour is popping up everywhere. Almost daily,something new to see at Ferguson Cottage Galt Horticultural Society
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Mike Johnston ·
The James Young Block on Main Street in the Galt area of Cambridge was built in the 1870s. The yellow brick facade stands apart from the granite buildings that surround it, most of which were built 20 years earlier. All of the buildings on this block of Main Street replaced earlier wood-framed shops that were destroyed by a large fire in the early 1850s. They represented a growing prosperity in the burgeoning town. James Young was a …
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Andrew Stuetz ·
The 35th Canadian Military History Colloquium is taking place May 9th and 10th from Wilfrid Laurier University (255 King Street) — The Canadian Military History Colloquium is the largest gathering of military historians in Canada, bringing together academics, students, independent scholars and members of the public to share the latest work in Canadian military history and war and society.
May 9, 2025 8:30 AM – May 10, 2025 1:00 PM
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John Short ·
Many shoe manufactures about Cambridge area back in the 40s and 50s. here the block Park Hill Rd E between Water street and Ainslie
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Wayne Conrad Serbu
Wayne Conrad Serbu ·
If you were an early resident of Galt, chances are you drove under this Birch Street Railroad Bridge that brought you to Water Street and would duck as you went under. Did your dad make you get out to lower the car antenna. Some bikers Taxis and pickups learned quickly not to try.
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Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame
Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame ·
We are very excited to be inducting the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 today at 1:00 p.m. in front of our Hall in the Cambridge Centre. This marks the 27th time that we have been able to honour the women and men who have brought honour to our community.
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Mike Johnston ·
One of a number of great adaptive re-use projects in a former industrial area of West Galt, the Blacksmith Lofts occupy a late 19th-century factory. The factory was originally used for the manufacture of forges and later furnaces. In its last years, it was occupied by Tiger Brand, which represented the last vestiges of the textile industry that was prevalent in Cambridge for over a century. After sitting derelict for the better part of a …
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John Short ·
Central Presbyterian Church in Cambridge is a heritage treasure. Completed in 1882, it stands at 7 Queen’s Square, just above the Grand River in the Galt area. Photo was taken in 1906 as Central’s chime was installed — incorporating 10 bronze bells that were hoisted into an oak frame in the stone tower under the steeple. For more than 100 years, this chime has been played before services and to mark special occasions.
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John Short ·
On May 22, 1878, the Empress of India, which had been launched in 1877 and was meant to be a pleasure steamboat on the Grand River, went over the dam at Blain's, resulting in eight fatalities. The accident was attributed to a combination of factors including a problem with the rudder, an increasingly swollen river, and overconfidence.
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John Short ·
The Main Street Bridge in Cambridge, Ontario, was built in 1931 as a concrete bowstring arch bridge. It was a Depression-era public works project, funded in part by the Provincial government and designed by Archibald B. Crealock. The bridge connects Melville Street to Water Street, spanning the Grand River.
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Mike Johnston ·
The Lamb's Inn, in the historic village of Blair. The Inn was built as a stagecoach stop by John Lamb in 1837. Blair was perfectly situated between Galt and Preston while being adjacent to the Huron Road, which stretched from Guelph to Goderich. Growing up in Cambridge during the '70s & '80s, I knew it as the rowdy watering hole, Nicholson's Tavern, before it transitioned briefly to a fine dining restaurant in the 1990's. Today, Lamb's …
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Wayne Conrad Serbu ·
The Galt wreck took place on the Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge, Water Street North. Galt Ontario at 9.35 p.m. on May 2nd, 1956.
Lives were lost in this tragic train wreck
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Mike Johnston ·
The former Hespeler Town Hall was built in 1914 in the Beaux Arts style. The building, which still houses a firehall and the Hespeler Heritage Centre, also once included a police statio & jail along with municipal and other government offices. The town hall became redundant when Hespeler merged with Galt and Preston to form the City of Cambridge in 1973 but is still a prominent part of Hespeler Village. It received a heritage designation in …
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Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame ·
Sixty-four years ago today saw the Galt Terriers win the first ever Canadian senior hockey championship for Galt. The Terriers defeated the Winnipeg Moroons 5-1 in the fifth game of the Allan Cup Finals in only their second year of existence. On the way to the national championship the Terriers, led by captain Butch Martin and coached by Lloyd Roubell, won 19 of their final games. Read more…http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/galt-terriers-1960-61/
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Wayne Conrad Serbu ·
The Log Cabin. At one time this Hespeler Road Drive In Eatery was the place to be back in the 50 60's. Lots of us Cambridge folks have lots of good time memories here. The Youngs Family were famous for their Underdogs. Add your comments of how this iconic restaurant was part of your pastime.
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On this day in 1904 the greatest marathon runner ever from Galt and two time Olympian Cliff Bricker was born in St. George. Cliff was called the “Pride of Galt” and his running career accomplishments included a 1927 Canadian Marathon championship, a bronze medal in the British Empire Games and two top ten marathon finishes in the Olympic Games. He was fanatical in his training regime and every Saturday he would run from Queens Square in Galt …
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Mike Johnston ·
Morris Lutz House, c. 1849 - Cambridge, ON This 3-bay Georgian house, made of locally-sourced rubbled limestone, sits along the east bank of the Grand River on Water St. The American-born Lutz arrived in Galt around 1844 and quickly established himself as a community leader in the new settlement. He became a part-owner of Galt's first foundry and was elected to Galt's first council when it became an incorporated village in 1850. A few years …
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On this date in 1934 Cambridge racewalker Stuart Summerhayes was born. Stuart was an ordained Anglican minister who was born in Canada but lived his early years in London England before returning here in 1950. He was an ardent supporter of the first women’s shelter in Cambridge in the early 80s but is probably most recognizable as the race walker who would train on the streets of Cambridge regularly. Stuart didn’t begin race walking until the …
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