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Businesses come and go. Memories last a lifetime.
The corner lot at 34 Hope Street East has seen its share of commercial operations. Recently we said goodbye to Text and Tales and now look forward to welcoming the owners of a new pub on the site. For many Tavistock people of “a certain vintage” this location will always be Johnny Gascho’s Service Station.
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Our Fall Fair is the best Fall Fair. Don’t miss it. Don’t even be late.
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This year (2021) marks the 100th anniversary since the International Plowing Match was held in Oxford County.
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Hands up if you have been on a shunpiker? Hands up if you had great fun on that road trip? Without question, it’s always the same number of hands for both questions. Shunpikers are fun.
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What house in Tavistock has a name?
Ever wonder what school days were like in a one-room schoolhouse with all eight grades?
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The five corners is the heart of Tavistock. On which corner did it all begin?
Did the German flag really fly in Tavistock?
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If you look through your copy of Fact & Fantasy, written and compiled by Carl Seltzer as a Rotary Centennial Project in 1967, you will see a section on the Tavistock Public and Continuation School.
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Nestled at the bottom of a knoll on “Pork Street” north and east of Tavistock is the oldest Roman Catholic Church in Perth County. Located at 1956 Line 33, one concession east of Road 107 between Tavistock and Shakespeare, St. Anthony’s is a gem of early architecture.
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Where do you draw the line between old and historic?
It’s hard to believe but 40 years ago three editions of The Tavistock Mail were published as the first historic information newsletters to predate the current Tavistock and District Historical Society’s newsletter titled “Yesterday.”
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The current Covid-19 pandemic was not the first serious outbreak to hit Tavistock and area. The files of the Gazette reveal that there have been many diseases through the years that have been of concern to citizens of the community. One disease that was in many ways similar to our current Covid-19 pandemic was the outbreak of smallpox that occurred in 1873-74.
