Remember This?

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

Newmarket Public Library has its roots in the Mechanics Institute Hall, still standing as an apartment building on Millard

In Newmarket's early years, many Main Street and surrounding buildings were destroyed repeatedly in fires

Reminders of the once flourishing all-electric Toronto and York Radial Railway Co. Metropolitan Division that connected Newmarket with Toronto and Georgina are scattered about town