{"id":7759,"date":"2014-08-14T00:24:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T04:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=7759"},"modified":"2014-08-14T00:24:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T04:24:27","slug":"a-piece-of-aurora-found-in-goderich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/a-piece-of-aurora-found-in-goderich\/","title":{"rendered":"A piece of Aurora found in Goderich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the many articles about local history printed in the Auroran over the years, I was aware of the existence of the famed Fleury foundry that once made high quality agricultural implements that sold across the continent.<br \/>\nTo give credence to the old Yogi Berra quip that you can see a lot just by looking, last week I found myself bending over to have a look at an old plow that is part of a mini putt course north of Goderich.<br \/>\nAs you will see by the pictures attached, the plow (a No. 21 Dandy) was made in our town.<br \/>\nGood on the Auroran to print pictures and articles about our past!<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPeter Drost<br \/>\nAurora<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7759&#038;t=A%20piece%20of%20Aurora%20found%20in%20Goderich&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7759&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F08%2F2014-08-14-14.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=A%20piece%20of%20Aurora%20found%20in%20Goderich\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7759&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=A%20piece%20of%20Aurora%20found%20in%20Goderich&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7759\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the many articles about local history printed in the Auroran over the years, I was aware of the existence of the famed Fleury foundry that once made high quality agricultural implements that sold across the continent. 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