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TURNING THE FIRST SOD—Sir William Hall-Jones turning: the first sod on March 28, 1901, when he was Minister of Public Works. Prominent in the picture is Mr. F. J. Sleuart, then Mayor of Stratford, standing beside Constable W. Ryan. _ The sod of earth is still preserved. —Photo lent by Mr,. G. H,-White,

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 88, 7 November 1932, Page 5

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TURNING THE FIRST SOD—Sir William Hall-Jones turning: the first sod on March 28, 1901, when he was Minister of Public Works. Prominent in the picture is Mr. F. J. Sleuart, then Mayor of Stratford, standing beside Constable W. Ryan. _ The sod of earth is still preserved. —Photo lent by Mr,. G. H,-White, Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 88, 7 November 1932, Page 5

TURNING THE FIRST SOD—Sir William Hall-Jones turning: the first sod on March 28, 1901, when he was Minister of Public Works. Prominent in the picture is Mr. F. J. Sleuart, then Mayor of Stratford, standing beside Constable W. Ryan. _ The sod of earth is still preserved. —Photo lent by Mr,. G. H,-White, Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 88, 7 November 1932, Page 5