Test your history. Can you identify any of these old photo's.
All information will be given to the Digger's at the Cheshire Historical Society
and used to index the photo albums.
I'm just hoping to hear your concerns, thoughts and ideas.
Contact me at: 439-4394 or TimWhite98@yahoo.com (Paid for by Tim White. Front
page approved by Tim White.)
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Cheshire was settled in 1694 as part of Wallingford. It achieved a measure of
independence that year, when residents petitioned to set it aside as West Parish
with its own church. The town was incorporated in May 1780.
Associated with farming since it was settled, Cheshire prides itself as being
the "bedding-plant capital" of Connecticut. It is estimated that as many as 400
million plants in 300 different varieties are grown in town by about 30 farmers.
In the past 40 years, however, Cheshire has had significant industrial and
commercial growth. Bozzuto's and CL & P are among the town's largest taxpayers.
Despite such growth, the town has maintained its rural character, thanks to an
aggressive preservation campaign. In addition to its agricultural sector, the
town has thousands of acres of open space and parks. This includes the 73-acre
Quinnipiac Recreation Area on Cheshire Street, the 58-acre Mixville Recreation
Area and Lock 12 Historical Park. The former canal lock includes a gatekeeper's
house, an arched railroad bridge and a blacksmith shop from the early 1800s. The
town's newest park is Linear Park. It runs from Cornwell Avenue to Mount Sanford
Road and provides a 2.9-mile paved trail for walking, jogging, in-line skating
or cross-country skiing.
This is what officially is said about our
town: But what do you have to say? I want to publish your accounts of
living in Cheshire. Please E-mail your stories to
cheshire06410com@aol.com
and I will post them here.
Richard (Reggie) Smith
thegrogshop539@aol.com
My family moved to Cheshire in 1960.
My first memories of Cheshire are of a summer day. Our new house on
1174 Avon Blvd was like nothing we had ever lived in before. We had
our own yard and the woods behind it were an adventure whispering to
my brothers and me.
Ed Beard was across the street mowing his lawn. His son's Steve who was my
age, and Gary who was three, my brother Jeff's age, were playing in
the driveway pretending not to notice us. Ed waved and offered my
father help moving in, my father thanked him but only asked to
borrow his lawn mower when he was done. Somewhere in the
conversation the great debate began. This debate would run for years
and was probably taken to the grave by both of them. Fix or repair
daily. This was Mr. Beards opinion of Fords which my father
championed. To my father, Chevy's might have a good engine, but the
rest of the car was as stylish as a three dollar suit.
Today, we argue about the North End development which will bring a
Shopping Mall, low income housing and a demand upon the already over
burden infrastructure of the town. Can you imagine what the Townies
of the day must have thought of that whole massive development on
the South End. Acres and acres of little ranches as far as the eye
could see. The development was so massive that the developer was
responsible in part for the construction of Norton School.
