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? Dianna Mitchell Memorial Tournament! Musical Theatre! Town-wide Yard Sale! Fiddle Lessons! A Lucy Maud play!

Remembrance Day 2025

PHOTOGRAPHY

Great day recording

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Truth & Reconciliation Day at Wild Blueberry Corner

A lovely gathering at Wild Blueberry Corner this morning for Truth & Reconciliation Day. Great attendance as well!— with Tracy Sweet.

NS icon in stitches

Hoppy Trails!

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.