The Stratford Farmers’ Market, established in 1855 and run under the auspices of the local agricultural society, bills itself as “one of the oldest markets in Ontario”. Its current location is in the Stratford Agriplex, part of the sprawling multi-use set of public buildings erected nearly 20 years ago, known as the Rotary Complex in…
Category: Stratford Like a Local
A pool for one season
This outdoor pool, 94 years old in 2026, began as a civic project of the Lions Service Club and remains a centre of Stratford summer memories.
Fried food memories
For 73 years and counting, Stratford has been quenching its fried-food thirst with Ken’s Fries.
The bands play on
For nearly 40 years, twice a week during the summer, Stratford locals have gathered in Upper Queens Park to hear a band play.
The bridge … to everywhere
The teenagers flitted to the spot where many classes of youth before them had gone on this day: To the Bridge to Nowhere.
A blooming good time
Since its early days, Stratford has been a garden-mad city, creating beauty amid sometimes less-than-ideal conditions.
Groovin’ in the Grove
The Stratford Side Trail of the Avon Trail goes through an in-city forested natural area that used to be called The Old Grove.
The paths amid the dead
The Avondale Cemetery covers around 68 acres, with more than 33,200 internments: that’s more than the current official living population of Stratford.
