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We have a current Milton councillor and a former local midwife this week!
Each week, we speak with Milton Historical Society (MHS) President John Challinor II to gather information and details about the namesakes of our roads. If you weren’t aware, he and the late great historian, Jim Dills, wrote the book on Milton street names, writing Milton Streets back in 2007.
Recently, we covered Clitherow Street and Stemman Place. This week, we’re looking at Malboeuf Court and Raspberry Terrace.
Starting alphabetically with Malboeuf, Challinor talks about his Ward 2 tag-team partner: Regional Councillor Rick Malboeuf.
He adds that Malboeuf ran for mayor of Milton in 2003. He was unsuccessful, as Gord Krantz won the election.
Moving on to our second street this week, Challinor says Raspberry Terrace is not named after the berry, but rather, a person from Milton’s history!
The nursing home was in Milton before the town had a hospital. Challinor says the first private hospital opened in 1943 and was located around where the Sixteen Mile Creek passes through Martin Street, roughly around where the Shoppers Drug Mart is currently located on Main Street.
If you’re looking to understand how Milton’s streets are named, you should check out the book written by Challinor and Dills. Published by the Milton Historical Society back in 2007, it sold out in about six weeks and has since been long out of print. That said, according to Challinor, you can still find a copy at the Milton Public Library. With nearly 15-years having passed since the initial publication, and the extensive town growth in that time, an updated book is likely to come.
You can also take a walk with the late Jim Dills down Milton’s Main Street in 2002.
If you have a suggestion on what you’d like to learn about next week, let us know! We’re currently working on names that we find interesting. You can message our Facebook page, Twitter account, Instagram page, or even email us at News1013@LocalRadio.ca. Otherwise, we’ll just continue asking about local street names that we find interesting.
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