City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . THE LONDON MUTUAL PIBB IXSURANCE CO. A. M. SMITH & CO., WHOLESALE GR0CEB8. grown upjice and flourished, for soon moreroom became necessary, and the Fair Grounds\vere removed to the east end, near Adelaidestreet. This seems to have been used onlyone year—1853—for in 1854 the first Provin-cial Fair was held in London on the lotbounded by Oxford, Talbot and Grosvenor streets and the ri\er. The main buildingthen erected is still standing, and is used asa storehouse for lumber. Tradition says thatthirty thousand people were
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . THE LONDON MUTUAL PIBB IXSURANCE CO. A. M. SMITH & CO., WHOLESALE GR0CEB8. grown upjice and flourished, for soon moreroom became necessary, and the Fair Grounds\vere removed to the east end, near Adelaidestreet. This seems to have been used onlyone year—1853—for in 1854 the first Provin-cial Fair was held in London on the lotbounded by Oxford, Talbot and Grosvenor streets and the ri\er. The main buildingthen erected is still standing, and is used asa storehouse for lumber. Tradition says thatthirty thousand people were present on thepiinci])al day of the Fair. Those who werepresent say there was a veiy large crowd,but thirty thousand people would make
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