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Tavistock Potters Helped Shape Our History

If you ask people what word they associate with “potter” most everyone of a certain age will say “Harry”. The boy wizard has a huge fan following. Others with different interests will reply “artisan” or “craftsman” or simply “someone who makes pottery”. If you are deep into Tavistock history, your answer is Schuler and Collins and Dwyer and Smith.

A Local Olympian

The year was 1924. The place was Paris, France. The event was the Summer Olympics. Samuel Goodwin Vance, born in Hickson, was awarded a Silver Medal in Team Clay Pigeon Shooting.

Recipe for Scandal

The Tavistock and District Historical Society presents their Speaker Series with ALLEN TAIT: a member of the Society of American Baseball Research. RECIPE FOR SCANDAL: The 1919 Black Sox and the World Series Fix!

Hold That Smile

We are all a little bit guilty. When we look at the pictures in the Lemp Studio Collection or even the photos in our family album, our focus is on the people in the picture. We rarely think about the photographer who took the shot. These are the people who recorded our history and gave us such grand memories.

D-DAY - June 6, 1944

Tavistock’s Cpl. Francis Weitzel looks out from the hatch of a landing craft at Normandy on D-Day on June 6, 1944. Cpl. Weitzel was killed at the Battle of Buron on July 8, 1944.

Wins Prestigious Award

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.

The Golden Age of Postcards

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.

Be My Valentine

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.

Number Please

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

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