Grahame’s Bakery
Grahame’s Bakery was originally the site of a house built by Asa Clothier in the 1820's, and was at the centre of what was...
Kemptville College – Early 1920’s
The photograph shows two buildings that formed the core of Kemptville College in its early years. In the background is the renovated farmhouse of...
Odd Fellows Hall, 119 Clothier St. East
Built in 1859 by Joseph Bower, a leading merchant in the community in the latter half of the century, it was run by Bowers...
A divided United Province
In 1862, the United Province of Canada was a deeply divided and unstable place. Since it had been put together by British Imperial orders...
Spanish Residential School: the good one
The Times is publishing a series of articles on Indigenous History as part of Indigenous History Month.
Many of us have heard the terrible stories...
Rachel Swedlove: survivor and supporter
When Rachel Swedlove arrived in Kemptville in 1929, she had already lived more than many people manage in a lifetime. Born Rachel Achber, in...
The Bell Telephone exchange, Kemptville, 1939
This picture of the Bell telephone staff was taken in the summer of 1939. Reading left to right is Mrs. Doug Sommerville (Bowen), Miss...
Walter Turnbull: Man at the top
Walter James Turnbull probably had one of the more interesting lives of anyone who grew up in Oxford Mills. His mother, Sophronia Williams, came...
Ku Klux Klan in Smith’s Falls
Racism and bigotry is not unknown in Canada, although we often like to think that we’re in a better place in that regard. Sometimes...
Clothier Hotel, 9 Water Street, Oxford Mills
Here is a building that no-one but older residents from Oxford Mills will recognise. It was constructed c 1835 of timber frame and served...