Remember This?

In this week's Remember This?, History Hound Richard MacLeod traces the history of the Old Town Hall, which has its beginnings in 1881 when Newmarket's first Town Council decided a building was needed as a marketplace for agricultural produce from local farms

In this week's Remember This?, History Hound Richard MacLeod explores what he believes is one of the most contentious topics in Newmarket's history, the Ghost Canal

This week, History Hound Richard MacLeod takes you back to the late 1800s and early 1900s when Newmarket's three-day fall agricultural fair merited a permanent location in town

In this week's Remember This? feature, History Hound Richard MacLeod highlights the magic that arrived when the circus train rolled into town every few years

In this week's Remember This?, History Hound Richard MacLeod recalls a monument made in the memory of a soldier and the weapons of war proudly displayed by it for decades.

The current debate regarding whether or not to permit retail cannabis outlets in town has History Hound Richard MacLeod recalling the days of Prohibition and the powerful temperance movement that ensured Newmarket was a 'dry' town until the 1950s

Both H.R. MacMillan, raised on a Newmarket farm by his grandmother, and Mazo de la Roche, daughter of a well-known merchant, went on to achieve success and fame

Robert Simpson, who eventually established a mercantile empire at the corner of Queen and Yonge in Toronto, was first a Newmarket general store owner in the 1860s

While exotic gifts filled store windows, the tradition was to give an orange — a real prize back then — or a bag of candy from Santa

The History Hound pays tribute to his mentors, Terry Carter and George Luesby, who can take credit for not only ensuring Newmarket's heritage has been preserved but for igniting a respect and passion for history in our community