Mar 21, 2022 | Turner Tales
The Meeting House That Started Our Community This photo below was taken at the corner of Queen and Cooper. It shows Hespeler’s very fashionable Post Office and St. Mary’s Catholic Church. The building pictured between them has an interesting story and dates back to...
Feb 21, 2022 | Turner Tales
Tom McMaster, Jack of All Trades The hamlet of New Hope, formerly Bergeytown, was incorporated as the Village of Hespeler in 1858 and at the first village meeting, Henry Fields was appointed police constable and served until 1873. He was succeeded by various men, for...
Apr 17, 2020 | Marty Lachance
1946 Dominion Woollens Picnic At 6:00a.m. on August 23rd, 1946, the ‘banshie’ screamed out in Hespeler. The air horn on the Dominion Woollens & Worsted building was normally used to signal work starts, stop and breaks. This day, it was used to call the...
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