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? The eastlink Wild Blueberry Centre Duck Race fundraiser on Saturday; Monday Morning free breakfast at the Oxford Seniors Club; Coffee House at the Oxford Seniors Club Tuesday; Legion PTSD Support; Register for the Terry Fox Run in Oxford; Cribbage Night; more!

Remembrance Day 2025

PHOTOGRAPHY

Sunrise

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Line up at Big Lake

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Great day recording

Hoppy Trails!

Finally….

CULTURE

Oxford’s Capitol Thespians Take a Bow!

Oxford's theatre community takes to the stage once again, to sing, dance, and receive the recognition they deserve.

Rhyme nor Reason

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