Burlington Timelines

 Week of April 21, 1914

• Crystal Theatre re-opens for the summer season.
• C. F. Coleman advertises choice building lot on Hurd Avenue measuring 35 x166 for sale at $450.
• Mass appeal goes out to residents to paint and fix up their property, and to rake rubbish into a pile to burn it – “making sure you don’t burn your house down.”
• Chu Bros. set up a laundry business in a garage located on Brant Street.
• Over-crowding is reported in the kindergarten room forcing the teacher to arrange different hours for the various classes.

Week of April 21, 1964

• Construction of the clubhouse for the Tyandaga Golf and Country Club is now under way.
• Politicians move to ban truck traffic from Beach Boulevard.
• T. Eaton Company expresses interest in joining with Dominion Store and Robinson’s as key tenants of a major new shopping centre on Guelph Line.