You won't believe what this Londoner found on Dundas Street
Good morning from the Forest City — yes, the other London. The one that actually matters to us. Let's get into it.
You know, London is the biggest small town in Canada, 400,000 people, and somehow you still run into your high school English teacher at the grocery store every single week. But every now and then, something comes along that just screams 'only in London.' And today, it's the story of Shawn Watson, a long-time Londoner who decided to go digging for treasures near the old McCormick's candy factory on Dundas Street. And wouldn't you know it, he actually found some. He was literally digging up pieces of our city's history, right there in the dirt.
### What Shawn Found
Look, I've been covering this city for a decade, and the McCormick's factory is one of those places that holds so much history for us. It closed down years ago, but everyone who grew up here remembers the smell of chocolate wafting across the East of Adelaide neighbourhood on certain days. Shawn's scavenger hunt turned up some really neat stuff:
* Old glass bottles, the kind you don't see anymore. * Pieces of pottery. * Even some old coins that predate most of us.
It's not just about the objects themselves, is it? It’s about that connection to what used to be. Dundas Street, especially that stretch in the Old East Village, has seen so much change. To have someone like Shawn literally unearth a tangible link to our past, it's just a reminder of the layers of history right beneath our feet. It shows that even as we build new things and revitalize neighbourhoods, the echoes of London's past are still very much present, waiting to be found. It’s a good little story, grounding us right here.
Brendan Fanshawe-Okafor, MiTL Sports Desk.
You can hear me talk about this and more on the Morning Wire, London. Catch it live every day at mornings.live.