John K. Lemp was a skilled woodworker from Tavistock who, during his lifetime, built five large grandfather clocks for members of his family. As his family moved, so did his clocks, so that residents of Tavistock have been deprived of seeing the handiwork of one of its most notable residents…until now!
Walter Scholz finds a first issue of the Tavistock Gazette from 26 Sept 1895, not seen since the disastrous fire at the turn of the last century. He also finds the first issue of the rival Tavistock Mail. These discoveries help to fill a gap in Tavistock's history.
Community outreach is important to TDHS. Until recently, that mission was primarily accomplished by having the public come down to visit the museum itself. But with limited hours of opening, few of the public had the opportunity to see what TDHS has to offer. Modern technology is changing all of that!