On the morning of January 24, 1925, Tavistock and area found itself in the path of a total solar eclipse. John Lemp Jr, local druggist and “astronomer”, was able to capture the event on film and in his store he sold postcards of the event.
The History of the Stone Pillars that were erected on Woodstock Street North to Recognize the 20th Anniversary of the Tavistock Horticultural Society in 1943
Home is always where the heart is. For Ernest Vickerman, a part of his heart stayed in Canada long after he returned home to England. Ernest, then a young lad of 12, arrived in Canada in May of 1906 on the ship SS Tunisian. He was a Home Boy from England, an orphan travelling with many other Home Children including his brother Lewis.