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People of a certain vintage remember when “The Ed Sullivan Show” was mandatory television viewing each and every Sunday evening. Did you know that Tavistock has its own Ed Sullivan? His name is Fred Funk.
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Adam Mohr (1843 - 1913) was a local farmer just south of the village of Tavistock. In 1876 he sold part of his land for a new housing development in Tavistock. We know this area now as Adam Street and Decew Street.
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If you had over 4,000 photos in your collection and someone unexpectedly offered you one more, what would your reaction be? If it was the photo shown above the answer is clearly “WOW - WHAT A GEM!”
What makes this photo so special?
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
