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Shaw's Hardware, Kleinburg, [n.d.]
The second business for #AAW2025 is Shaw’s Hardware Store. In 1891, Charles Shaw and his son Charlie established a tin smithing business and hardware store in Kleinburg, as well as their binder twine delivery night. Rather than driving a wagon to individuals to deliver their binder twine, which prevented rodents from getting into sheaves of grain, farmers came to Shaw’s instead, allowing them to get the product quickly. On delivery night a free concert was held, with a stage being erected right in front of Shaw’s. There were also performances by local bands and comedians and women’s groups set up booths to sell food. This festival grew and eventually became known as the Kleinburg Binder Twine Festival. It ran annually until Charlie Shaw’s death in 1931 and then from 1967-2020.
City of Vaughan Archives: MG 10
Shaw's Hardware, Kleinburg, [n.d.]
The second business for #AAW2025 is Shaw’s Hardware Store. In 1891, Charles Shaw and his son Charlie established a tin smithing business and hardware store in Kleinburg, as well as their binder twine delivery night. Rather than driving a wagon to individuals to deliver their binder twine, which prevented rodents from getting into sheaves of grain, farmers came to Shaw’s instead, allowing them to get the product quickly. On delivery night a free concert was held, with a stage being erected right in front of Shaw’s. There were also performances by local bands and comedians and women’s groups set up booths to sell food. This festival grew and eventually became known as the Kleinburg Binder Twine Festival. It ran annually until Charlie Shaw’s death in 1931 and then from 1967-2020.
City of Vaughan Archives: MG 10