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Written By Alice Gibb When London Township residents celebrated Canada’s centennial on the July 1st weekend in 1967, babies, beards and beauty highlighted the festivities. The event was the official…
Written By Alice Gibb The following is one of those quirky stories that researchers happen upon when browsing through old newspapers. It relates the odd tale of William Ellwood, 68,…
Written By Alice Gibb One November 5, 1926, William Martin went into work early. At 5 a.m., he entered the offices of Lucan Milling Company, a firm he co-owned with…
Written By Alice Gibb There’s an old joke that asks - “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The answer; “Practice, practice, practice.” We don’t know if Charles Saunders (1867-1937)…
Written By Alice Gibb For many years, the arrival of spring in Ailsa Craig meant not only the scent of lilacs in the air, but also the annual spring fair.…
Written By Alice Gibb With the current drought drying up streams around southwestern Ontario, it’s hard to imagine the damage caused by the 1937 floods. But that April, the Thames…
Written By Alice Gibb When Robert Elliott (1858-1902) of Tamalghmore Farm, London Township, died too soon at age 44, his friends wanted to create a special memorial. That memorial was…
Written By Alice Gibb Although Ichabod Crane slept for decades after venturing into the fictional Sleepy Hollow, hard work was more the order of the day in the West Williams…
Written By Alice Gibb The first black policeman in Canada was Lucan resident Peter Butler III, descendant of one of the early settlers at Wilberforce. Peter’s grandfather, whose slave name…
Written By Alice Gibb Long before the town of Exeter appeared on maps, another Huron County settlement sprang up where Stephen, Hay and Usborne townships meet. The hamlet was called…