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The Ontario Historical Society recently announced that the Dorothy Dunlop Public History Award for 2018 was accorded to “Oxford Remembers Oxford’s Own”. The Dunlop award recognizes an outstanding public history project presented or completed in the award year.
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Tavistock Historical Society guest speaker Dr. Paul Bartlett looks at some rare Tavistock postcards with Society resource person Donna Wilson and newly elected director Donna Dickson (right) following the Society’s Annual Meeting on Saturday afternoon, March 30th at Grace Church.
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They had vision. They had vitality. They had vigor. They were the Village of Tavistock Horticultural Society.
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These days the saying “Be My Valentine” brings to mind heart-shaped chocolates, long-stemmed red roses, romantic candlelit dinners and lovey-dovey greeting cards.
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Bell Telephone Office at 12 Hope Street West in Tavistock — circa 1935
left to right: John Lemp, Pauline (Girly) Lemp, Ruth Eifert (later Seltzer), Edna Berger and Bob Krug
Please click "read more" for the story that accompanies this photo.
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A sure sign of the yuletide season in Tavistock is the cheerily-lit Christmas tree at the five corners. This year marks the 80th year we’ve had a community Christmas tree. And it’s all thanks to the Men’s Club.
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The headline in the London Ontario Free Press read “Paris Cable Announces The Great War Is Ended - Armistice Was Signed By Germans At 11 O’clock This Morning”. It was news the world was waiting to hear.
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What does the Historical Society find interesting about this Almanac? It isn’t the full-page ad for “Florida Water” which, we’re told, “represents the mythical fountain of youth while it brings to memory the perilous adventures of the illustrious Ponce de Leon in his exploration of that land from which this most popular of all perfumes derives its name”.
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The Tavistock Room at the museum / archives showcases the best-of-the best local history artifacts. One prominent item is a sign advertising the Tavistock Fall Fair. This sign was discovered by chance in a pile of lumber put up for sale by Edgar Vogt when he retired from his shop on Minerva Street many years ago.
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People interested in Tavistock history have so many resources to draw on. We have books like “Fact & Fantasy” and “Crossroads In Time”, pictures from the Lemp Studio Collection, items in our museum collection, records in our archives collection and articles in our local newspaper, the Tavistock Gazette. All of these resources came into play for this short story about lawn bowling.
