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the unionville w standard times vol 7 no 1 a supplement to the economist sad santribrae vtiatsdtf jane 4 1986 v f j 221 ftyi jrtm fjj x frit i otbyhh rtt 9otyifk3 ggsftluraiwtec 15 uadtvfoker orriof 5ap 6frrdton i fflt tingle hie h vrf jtvfl unionville 1871 from toronto milk producer a village on the rouge river township of markham county of york distance from toronto 19 miles population 250 in those days unionville had 7 shoemakers david johnson thos lownsbrough thos morley samuel murdock stephen pridd henry robson and jno size 2 cabinetmakers c h chant and wm woodall 5 carriagemakers and blacksmiths aaron bell wm eakin henry and john stephenson wm weatherill 3 hotelkeepers anthony size wm spring and jno webber 6 storekeepers mark braithwaite geo eakin postmaster jno fairless jas w fenwick jas keller and wm lamond only one tailor james brown the butcher was jno carter the coopers were andrew and geo nicholson and henry priddle adam mcdoel was the harncssmaker jno n raymer made cheese and samuel watson was the tinsmith there were two doctors thos p eckhardt and e justice the preachers were rev gsj hill and rev d mccallum hugh p crosby mpp made flour a special delivery in the early part of this century art brown had building these unidentified young men are mak- his finger in many pies in unionville operating a ing a delivery of fresh baked goods in the village general store and mink farm as well as a bakery photo courtesy tony murphy he also constructed the standard bank of canada groups worked together for main st reconstruction this years 17th annual union ville festival is the first to be cele brated with our new streets- cape in place and while it is diffi cult to determine just when the concept of renovating main street was actually formed the stage was set with the first festival in 1970 that first successful festival was a significant event for the then small police village of un ionville for it marked the first public statement and affirmation by the community that main st was vital to the village and must be preserved that fact which today seems so obvious represented a major shift in attitude from prevailing views in the 1960s for the first time a modern community was endorsing the viewpoint that something old was sometimes preferable to something new that main streets could be res tored and reused not just des troyed and rebuilt this new attitude which happily is more widespread today although by no means univer sal laid the groundwork for un- ionvilles rebirth renovation and reconstruction not to mention the unionville bypass however while the philosophic roots go back to 1970 the first tangible steps towards main st renovation did not start until seven years ago with the comple tion in 1979 of a report on union ville by a j diamond and associ ates for the town of markham undertaken on the recommenda tion of the unionville conserva tion and development society this report dealt with a number of items of concern to unionville including a recommendation for the renovation of unionvilles streetscape the diamond report represented the first major arti culation of the view that a refur bishing of main street was desir able and should be seriously cons idered continued page 14 the 17th annual unionville festival june 7 and 8 for details see pages 10 and 11 sbbr