HISTORY

Season’s Greetings from 1957

The diversity of businesses in Oxford some 65 years ago boggles the mind... how many of these local proprietors do you remember? Some were still operating into the 1970s. On the occasion of Christmas, 1957, these were the greetings published in The Oxford Journal from local mom 'n' pop stores, and more!

Memories of growing up in Oxford during WW2

Ann Raper, daughter of former Oxford Mayor R.D. Russell, shares her memories of growing up in Oxford during World War II.

Oxford’s “Empress”

Oxford Skirts Fire Disaster

Puzzle from 1965

Events

Coming Up:

What's happening in Oxford? Priscilla Queen of the Desert; Legion Bingo; Fire department Horse Pull event; Baptist Church take-out supper; more!

Remembrance Day 2025

PHOTOGRAPHY

Something new this morning in Downtown Oxford

Something new this morning in Downtown Oxford

Little River Road access

OREC parents who use the Little River Road access: there's now a path so the little ones can get in without filling up their boots with snow.

Remembrance Day 2024

Great day recording

Oxford ball field flooded

“Welcome Back!” to school!

CULTURE

Rhyme nor Reason

Oxford's unofficial poet laureate offers up prose that recalls a childhood growing up adjacent to the blueberry patch.

Hello, Birdie!

Oxford's musical theatre scene starts 2026 with 'Bye Bye Birdie', a fun story based on Elvis Presley and his US Army draft in the 1950s.